2009
25
Feb
A promoter has flip-flopped on plans to bring U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps to events in Calgary and Vancouver in light of a photograph that surfaced of the Olympic gold medalist using a bong associated with smoking marijuana.
Power Within Inc., a Toronto-based company that organizes motivational speaking events and initially stood by the superstar’s involvement [...]
2009
16
Feb
Is the Olympics sexist?
Tessa Jowell seems to think so. The Olympics minister has raised the spectre of “gender discrepancies” at the 2012 games in London, specifically the fact that men will compete in 164 events, compared with 124 for women. Perhaps predictably, the Daily Mail has already made a sneery reference to “the equality [...]
2008
27
Dec
Relish the memories – 2008 was a special year for sport, and the outlook for the next few does not appear half so rosy.
Next year is thin in terms of big international events. The World Athletics Championships take place in Berlin, and it is left to rugby union – a minority sport globally – [...]
2008
12
Aug
All eyes will be on the Water Cube swimming pool today as Michael Phelps tries to win his 10th Olympic gold medal of his career. He will be the first athlete to do so, if he can achieve this remarkable feat.
His race is at 11:19AM Beijing time in the mens’s 4×200 meter freestyle relay.
Other [...]
2008
11
Aug
Abhinav Bindra’s gold medal today in the 10 meter air rifle was India’s first individual gold medal – ever.
For a country of its population, around 1.13, India doesn’t have a particularly good track record at the Olympic games. They have competed in almost every Olympic Games since 1900 but have only managed [...]