Peace and Sport is hoping to make this tournament an annual event using a different sport each year.
This year, the 31-year-old will be the first-choice goalkeeper in a U.S. team tipped by many to spring surprises in the sport's showpiece tournament in South Africa.
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But recently, table hockey's veteran ranks have been recruiting younger players, and many of the new breed are now facing off in the sport's growing tournament circuit.
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Several young female players on the WTA Tour sport her collection in tournament play, including Sofia Arvidsson, Kai-Chen Chang, Indy De Vroome, Andrea Hlavackova, Madison Keys and Anastasia Pivovarova.
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But with just two months to the start of the WYC in the Netherlands, a furious Siasia told BBC Sport his plans for that tournament are being derailed by inaction on the part of Nigeria's sports officials.
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Some top male players complained the U.S. Open had been the sport's only Grand Slam tournament with their semifinals and final on consecutive days.
Cricket Australia has given the 33-year-old the green light to participate in the tournament but told BBC Sport his international commitments remained his priority.
Aside from wanting more money, some male players complained the U.S. Open had been the sport's only Grand Slam tournament with their semifinals and final on consecutive days.
The International Table Tennis Federation and the Peace and Sport Foundation are organizing an international tournament in Doha, Qatar in November, and they're hoping the unusual teams could help to develop understanding between feuding countries.
Henin, playing her first tournament since retiring from the sport in May 2008, looked on track for an easy victory after breezing through the opening set 6-2 against seventh seed Melinda Czink.
"It's fair to say that at least in the US maybe around the world the 2010 Masters have become the biggest golf tournament in history of the sport - without Tiger there's very little interest in the sports in the US, " he told BBC Radio 5 Live.
Tournament director Chris Kermode told BBC Sport that officials had been left with no other option than to default Nalbandian.
Sorenstam, who is retiring to focus on her family and business interests, led the tournament after the second round and left her sport to a standing ovation.
In the Five Nations tournament, England were soundly defeated in Paris by France, who kicked off a memorable year in Gallic sport by completing their second successive Grand Slam with wins over Wales, Scotland and Ireland, taking the tournament title.
The JRFU says awarding the tournament to an Asian country will help to spread the sport to a new audience.
"Last year the World Championship reached 18.7 million people across the tournament, showing there is a big appetite for the sport, " he added.
Despite the gloom that descended on the sport in Scotland after a solitary victory in this year's Six Nations tournament, McKie was bullish about the attractiveness of the post and the health of rugby in the country.
The Turkish round of the tournament will act as a trial for the compound discipline of the sport - featuring a 50m distance and a smaller target - in anticipation of a bid to be included in the 2016 Olympics.
As a team sport it trails far behind football and baseball in popularity, but the Japanese RFU hope that a bid to host the 2015 World Cup will boost the sport, after the disappointment of losing out to New Zealand for the 2011 tournament.
"Bringing the tournament to Japan and Asia will unlock the potential of rugby as a truly global sport, " added Mashimo.
Hank Jeong runs World Cyber Games, an annual tournament he hopes will one day be to gaming what the Olympics is to mainstream sport.
The all-action, three-fight, three-round straight knockout tournament was probably his last chance at winning over critics, sceptics and doubters of his future in the sport following four defeats in his last eight fights.
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