RI among ICC's Global Award winners

RI among ICC's Global Award winners

JAKARTA: The Indonesian Cricket Foundation has been named a
recipient of the 2002 Global Development Program Award from the
International Cricket Council (ICC), along with similar
foundations from other East Asia-Pacific countries, an ICC media
statement said.

The statement, obtained on Wednesday, stipulates that the
Indonesian Cricket Foundation was granted the Best Junior
Development Initiative for its success to develop cricket in the
country from zero in 2000 to over 3,000 new boys and girls
exposed to the game, including formal competitions in both Bali
and Jakarta.

Other recipients of the Award included the Vanuatu Cricket
Association for the Best Run National Body category, the Samoa
English Cricket Association for the Best Overall Cricket
Development Program category, and the Japan Cricket Foundation
for the Best Women's Cricket Initiative category.--JP

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150 climbers take part in MOCC
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150 climbers take part in MOCC

JAKARTA: Around 150 climbers are taking part in the Mega Open
Climbing Competition (MOCC), which began on Monday here.

The competition is being held at the parking lot of
Tarumanegara University, West Jakarta, and will run until
Thursday.

Andi Gunawan, from the organizing committee, said the
participants had come from a number of provinces in Indonesia,
including East Nusa Tenggara and South Sulawesi.

With a total of Rp 10 million in cash prizes, the event has
five classes of competition: Men's and Women's Difficulty, Men's
and Women's Speed and U-19 Difficulty. --JP

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Jones must fight Klitschko: WBA
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Jones must fight Klitschko: WBA

WASHINGTON: If Roy Jones wants to keep his World Boxing
Association heavyweight title, a decision he must make by April
15, he is going to have to defend against mandatory challenger
Vitali Klitschko by late August.

That was the word from the World Boxing Association in a
statement released Tuesday.

Jones has the option of remaining the undisputed world light
heavyweight champion or keeping the heavyweight crown he won from
Puerto Rico's John Ruiz on March 1 in Las Vegas.

Jones sought and received a deadline extension for his
decision from the WBA. He has struggled to find worthy foes in
his weight class for years but will be giving away huge size
edges to most top heavyweight contenders. --AFP

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Australia gets rally go-ahead
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Australia gets rally go-ahead

LONDON: The Australian Rally will not be struck off the
calendar after agreement was reached between the International
Automobile Federation (FIA) and the local organizers on Tuesday.

The Perth-based race had been in doubt following a dispute
between local rally officials and the Western Australia Tourism
Commission (WATC), who own the commercial rights to the event,
over the organization of the race.

The FIA, motorsport's governing body, had asked the organizers
to sort the matter out last Christmas and had sent a
representative to Australia to help resolve it. --Reuters