After collapsing near the finish line of the Austin Marathon and Half Marathon on Sunday, 29-year-old Hyvon Ngetich of Kenya was offered a wheelchair and assistance, both of which she refused.

Determined, Ngetich then crawled the remaining 50-meters to the to end of the race while the crowd cheered her on, finishing third in the elite women's division in 3 hours and 4 minutes. According to Keye-TV, Ngetich led the elite women to the 23 mile mark, before she was overtaken.

The race director, John Conley, was so impressed with Ngetich's determination that he doubled her prize from $250 to the second-place prize of $500.

“You ran the bravest race and crawled the bravest crawl I have ever seen in my life," Conley told Ngetich. "You have earned much honor, and I am going to adjust your prize money, so you get the same prize money you would have gotten if you were second.”

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Nigerian Students Society [NSS-EMU] has finalized preparation for the upcoming Winter Soccer Competition slated to hold this winter in Eastern Mediterranean University [EMU] TRNC.

More details below:

PRIZES TO BE WON:

1st Place: Gold Medals + 400TL
2nd Place: Silver Medals

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Registration Deadline: 27th January 2016
Number of Players per Team: 7 minimum and 10 maximum
Registration Fee: 100TL Per Team

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Venue,: ASTRO TURF, EMU.
Opening Ceremony: 29th January, 2016.

HURRY NOW!... Limited Spaces available

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CONTACT: 0533 845 3488

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Mourinho was presented with four framed certificates at Chelsea's training base in Cobham, Surrey recently after his records - three of which were set at Stamford Bridge - were recognised.

One of those came during his first spell at Chelsea when Mourinho's side secured the most points in a Premier League season (95) on their way to winning the 2004/05 title.

That same season also saw Mourinho's Chelsea team concede the fewest goals in a campaign (15), which ensured the Blues coach set another football record.

The Portuguese tactician then broke another record after the Blues went the most Premier League games unbeaten at home (77) across his two stints in charge of Chelsea.

And, to top things off for Mourinho, his time coaching Real Madrid saw him set a new record for becoming the youngest manager to reach 100 Champions League games at the age of 49 years and 12 days following Los Blancos' 1-1 draw with Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium in 2012.

After hanging up his new awards in his office at Chelsea's training facilities, Mourinho said: "The fact that I can hang these awards in my office is nice.

"It’s something fun and, as a kid, you could never imagine that one day you would be in Guinness World Records Book.

"I’m now more focused on winning the next game than on what I’ve done in the last 10 or 15 years."

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Chair of the Famagusta Sports Academy Association and the new executive board members paid a visit of courtesy to EMU Rector Prof. Dr. Necdet Osam on 14 July 2015.

Stating that the Famagusta Sports Academy Association has been established with the aim of introducing an association with different qualities, Chair Ahmet Ogan added that they wish to develop their association into a social organisation. Ogan also added that they would like to bring up sports players who act in line with the sports discipline and spirit. Ogan also thanked Prof. Dr. Osam for EMU’s support in their activities.

Stating that the Famagusta Sports Academy Association has a great potential for development, Prof. Dr. Osam expressed their wish to further support the Academy. At the end of the visit, Ahmet Ogan presented a plaque to EMU Rector Prof. Dr. Osam for EMU’s contributions and support.

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Organised by Eastern Mediterranean University Sports Affairs Directorate,  a breathtaking competition called EMUATHLON took place within the framework of the 21st Spring Festival.

The multiple-stage competition involved the completion of ten continuous endurance barriers and took place with the participation of teams consisting of 8 members. Participated by 13 teams consisting of 4 males and 4 females each, the competition also required each team to have a member over 40 years of age.

A total of 104 sportsplayers participated in the competition monitored by referees deployed by EMU Sports Affairs Directorate.

The breathtaking competition attracted a crowded group of viewers. Prior to the commencement of the competition, Vice Rector for Student Affairs Prof. Dr. Hıfsiye Pulhan delivered a speech and stated that she is extremely happy to see the high interest towards EMUATHLON. The first three teams winning the competition received various prizes.

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Organised  by Eastern Mediterranean University Sports Affairs Directorate, “International EMU Futsal Tournament” finished on 17 April 2015 with final matches and an award ceremony. Group matches took place between 27 March and 9 April 2015 with the participation of men’s teams from 26 countries and women’s teams from 7 countries. Following the quarter finals on Monday, 13 April 2015 and half-finals on 15 April 2015, final matches took place on Friday, 17 April 2015.

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At the end of the finals, Libya in men’s and TRNC in women’s  category became champions. The men’s team qualifying for the second place was Iran and women’s team qualifying for the same place was Nigeria. Turkey came third both in men’s and women’s category.

Following the matches, an award ceremony took place. EMU Rector Prof. Dr. Osam presented cups and medals to the champions of the tournament. Cups and medals were presented to the teams qualifying for the second and third place by Vice Rector for Student Affairs Prof. Dr. Hıfsiye Pulhan, Education Faculty Acting Dean Prof. Dr. Ülker Vancı Osam, Sports Affairs Director Cemal Konnolu and directorate staff.

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Semi-Final match between EMU Crows and Baskent Knights on April 18th. The undefeated EMU Crows will be playing the Baskent Knights at the EMU Main Stadium on Saturday 18th April 2015 by 1pm.

All staff and students of EMU are by this invited to come out en masse and cheer the EMU team to victory.

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A 100-year-old Japanese woman has become the world's first centenarian to complete a 1,500-metre freestyle swim, 20 years after she took up the sport.

Mieko Nagaoka took just under an hour and 16 minutes to finish the race as the sole competitor in the 100-104-year-old category at a short course pool in Ehime, western Japan, on Saturday.

"I want to swim until I turn 105 if I can live that long," the sprightly Nagaoka told Kyodo News.

Her achievement is expected to be recognised by Guinness World Records, the agency reported.

Admirable though it is, Nagaoka's time is a little off the global pace; 18-year-old American Katie Ledecky holds the women's world record for the 1,500-metre freestyle, having clocked just 15 minutes 28.36 seconds.

Nagaoka, who published a book last year entitled 'I'm 100 years old and the world's best active swimmer', is no stranger to the 1,500-metre race, having completed the distance at the age of 99 in an Olympic-sized pool.

Nagaoka only took up swimming when she hit 80, one of the growing number of elderly Japanese who are enjoying longer and healthier lives as the country ages.

There were nearly 59,000 centenarians in Japan in September last year, government figures show -- which means 46 out of every 100,000 people is 100 or over.

Among them are several who remain physically active long after many people have given up the ghost.

They include sprinter Hidekichi Miyazaki, who was 103 when he bagged the world record for the 100-metre dash in the 100-104 age category, clocking up a respectable 29.83 seconds.

His late-blooming athletic prowess has seen him dubbed "Golden Bolt" -- a reference to Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt.

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Organised by Eastern Mediterranean University Sports Affairs Directorate, “International Futsal Tournament” is taking place in Eastern Mediterranean university with the participation of men’s futsal teams from 26 countries and women’s fustal teams from 7 countries. Group matches will be held between 27 March and 9 April 2015 whilst quarter and half finals as well as finals will take place on 13, 15 and 17 April 2015.

Male teams will be competing in four groups and female teams in two during the matches taking place at EMU Lala Mustafa Paşa Sports Center. Following the group matches, men’s teams qualifying for the first two places will play the quarter finals and through the method of cross matching, teams qualifying for half finals will be determined. Following the half finals, winning teams will take part in the finals. The remaining teams will play against each other for the third place. In women’s teams, the teams qualifying for the first and second place will play half finals through the cross matching method.  The winning teams will play the finals while the remaining ones will compete against each other for the third place.

The official opening of “EMU International Futsal Cup of Nation” will be taking place at Lala Mustafa Paşa Sports Center at 5:00 p.m. on Friday,  27 March 2015. All university staff, students and local community are cordially invited to this cross-cultural event. Below is the program for the first day:

Match	Date	Time	Team	Team	Groups
1	27 March 2015	18:30	TRNC	IRAN	A	WOMEN
2	27 March 2015	19:00	NIGERIA	CAMEROON	B	WOMEN
3	27 March 2015	19:30	SUDAN	BURKINO FASO	A	MEN
4	27 March 2015	20:00	SYRIA	CAMEROON	A	MEN
5	27 March 2015	20:30	NIGERIA	IRAQ KURDISH	A	MEN
6	27 March 2015	21:00	PAKISTAN	IRAQ	D	MEN

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ETHIOPIAN RUNNER Ahmet Kassahum stormed to victory at the 9th Limassol Marathon. Kassahum, representing Cyprus, finished the race in just 2:46.05.

Kassahum has won the marathon four times, and taken part seven times.

Michael Keenan from Cyprus finished second in 2:51:04 and Greek national Karavasilis Vlassis came third with 2:57:17.

The Marathon has attracted more than 10,000 participants, of whom about 1,500 runners came from other countries, such as European countries, Japan, US, Brazil, Australia, China and Turkey.
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A collabo between CIU and FOXES 'Atletizmde Buluşalım' 
"LET'S MEET AT THE ATHLETICS"

Last Registration is 29.01.2015
Place of Registration is CIU Arena
Contact Tel: +90 392 671 1111 | +90 392 671 2971

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The spectacular performances of Nigeria's Aruna Quadri in 2014 has seen him emerge as the International Table Tennis Federation, ITTF, Star Player of the year at the award ceremony held on Wednesday in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, UAE.

At the colourful award ceremony held at the Armani Hotel, Quadri scooped two awards ahead of players from Asia and Europe to get a standing ovation from guests at the occasion.

The world's number 30 was adjudged the best male player, beating world number one, China's Xu Xin and his compatriot, Fan Zhendong, who is the 2014 Youth Olympic Games gold medallist as well as Portugal's Marcos Freitas, who is the 2014 European Team Championships winner and the first Portuguese player to be ranked top 10 in the world.

Also, Quadri's crucial winning point against Olympics and World Champion, Jan Zhike of China at the 2014 ITTF World Cup was adjudged the best in the Star Point category at the second edition of the award.

An elated Quadri described his award as the best in his career, while acknowledging the support he got from table tennis fans across the worl‎d.

"This is the best day of my career and I want to thank the organizers for considering me for this. I also want to thank all my fans all over the world for their support because this is unbelievable for me and I promise to continue to work hard," Quadri, who was included in PREMIUM TIMES' top 14 sports personality of 2014, stated in a press statement circulated by the Nigeria Table Tennis Federation.

For the female star player of the year, China's Ding Ning, 2014 ITTF Women's World Cup winner and world number one defeated Feng Tianwei of Singapore, Kasumi Ishikawa of Japan and China's Liu Shiwen, 2014 Asian Games champion to the award.

Other awards won at the ceremony include Para male star, para female star, star coach and fair play star of the year.

The ITTF Star Awards is the official awards ceremony organised by ITTF since 2013. It is the most prestigious award aimed at recognising, honouring and celebrating the stars of table tennis, the athletes who have made table tennis their passion, career and life.

All the nominees for the awards attended the night of glitz and glamour, as athletes dressed up in their finest for the Awards Night.

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Are you feeling competitive?
Are you good at Chess?
Motivation before the final exams.

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED. NO PARTICIPATION FEE.
Break for your brain before the final exams start.

The Economics and Finance Club cordially invite all EMU Students to participate in a Chess tournament slated for this month. We would feel happy to see you play with someone else.

In order to participate, we request from you to send us the following:

- Full name
- Student number
- Field of study

to the given email address or you can fill the application form on our stands [next to BEA, RD]. We aim to announce the winners of three places in order to give their certificates and awards.

Hurry up and places are limited. Register now at our stand [next to BEA Building]

Contact Details:
Email: econfinaclub@gmail.com
Venue of Tournament: will be announced to selected candidates
Date: 6th and 7th January, 2015.
Telephone: 05488912147

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Like so many around the World, Lynn Holman was sickened by the Taliban’s murder of 132 innocent children and 9 teachers in Peshawar recently. As a mother, distraught at the thought of them happily leaving home for school and never returning. The devastation is not only for their parents but the whole local community.

Knowing many of the TRNC Cricket Club team were from Peshawar, she had the brain wave of a special Memorial Cricket Festival involving as many from the Pakistani community as possible. Lynn felt in their hour of need it was important they knew their grief was being not just being felt by themselves, but by the British and Cypriots in North Cyprus as well as people generally, regardless of their backgrounds.

The idea is to have 4 teams playing in an action packed Festival of 5 overs/innings cricket, with every player donating their 20TL match fees to the Pakistani welfare charity called Edhi which works in the Peshawar area. Pia Bella have agreed to provide their pitch for free and Creditwest has generously not only covered the printing costs but donate additionally to the charity as well. It is hoped the 200/300 expected supporters will also be happy to make donations.

The Festival will open at 10am with a minute’s silence and prayers by Salat Al-Janazah and Keith Lloyd., followed by the lighting of candles.  Lynn then will symbolically receive the first ball from Captain Danish Afridi who has worked tirelessly to make the Festival possible (he’s scared Lynn will hit him for 6 !!!!).

At the end of the match, there will be a remembrance walk from the Pia Bella stadium to Girne town centre.

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