2008
31
Dec
THE past year will be remembered as the year of the “Lightning” Bolt that struck at the Beijing Olympic Games. Usain Bolt certainly stunned the world with his world record-breaking performances in the 100 and 200 metre sprints. Next year‘s world championship meeting in August in Berlin will be the highlight of the world [...]
2008
28
Dec
IT’s a strange world in which Michael Phelps can win a record eight Olympic gold medals and still be challenged for pre-eminence in the year of the Beijing Games.
But a bolt from the blue Caribbean, in the shape of Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, managed to drag the spotlight from the Water Cube to the [...]
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
30
Nov
Olympic champion Christine Ohuruogu was named athlete of the year by the British Olympic Association on Saturday, a year after she overturned the organization’s ban for a doping violation.
The 24-year-old Londoner beat favourite Sanya Richards at August’s Beijing Games to become Britain’s first ever female Olympic gold medallist over 400 metres.
Ohuruogu was banned for 12 [...]
2008
29
Nov
The first venue for the 2012 London Olympic Games is complete and ready for competition more than three years out from the event.
The Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA) is the venue for the sailing events at the Games, and it has had extensive renovations including a new slipway to cater for the competition.
The [...]
2008
20
Nov
London’s 2012 Olympics organizers may cancel plans to build a temporary sports venue in Greenwich in an effort to reduce costs.
The organizers, after meeting yesterday to review a report on venues by consultants KPMG, also reiterated plans to build temporary facilities for basketball in the Olympic Park and for equestrian events in Greenwich Park, [...]
2008
19
Nov
Few people know about Lindsey Van, just as few had heard of Stacy Dragila before she became famous at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
The U.S. Olympic Committee named Van athlete of the month for October. The ski jumper had just won her 13th national championship on Oct. 11. She holds the record for longest jump [...]
2008
18
Nov
Houston has been selected to host the 2012 AAU Junior Olympic Games, the country’s largest amateur sports event.
The Junior Olympics is the annual showcase event held each summer for the Amateur Athletic Union, and includes more than 15,000 participants in 20 sports, with its major focus on track and field competition.
With an estimated 30,000 [...]
2008
17
Nov
The two, who were speaking on behalf of the International Golf Federation, were embarking on what will be a year-long process in which golf will vie with six other sports – rugby 7s, squash, karate, roller sports, softball and baseball – for inclusion in the 2016 Games.
Dawson and Votaw came away from their presentation feeling [...]
2008
12
Nov
More than 800 firms have won £3.5bn of work in preparation for the London 2012 Olympics, it has been revealed.
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) said the majority are small and medium-sized businesses and 98% are UK-based.
The firms are building the venues and infrastructure for the Games, to take place in Stratford, east London.
Olympics minister [...]