‘Drunken’ photos get Belgian sent home
BRUSSELS/LONDON ● The Belgian Olympic Committee has sent track cyclist Gijs Van Hoecke home from the 2012...
Monthly Archives: August 2012
Grenada’s hero James misses mum’s cooking
LONDON, England ● Grenada’s Kirani James, the Olympic 400 metres champion and his Caribbean nation’s first ever medallist,...
‘Fierce Five’ preparing to take act on the road
LONDON, England ● Their gold medals in hand, gymnastics ‘Fierce Five’ posed for pictures and talked up...
London sells record 2.1 million Paralympic tickets
LONDON, England ● A record 2.1 million tickets have been sold for the London Paralympics, outstripping the...
Nairobi planning to bid for 2024 Olympics
LONDON, England ● Kenya’s capital Nairobi is planning to bid for the 2024 Olympics and become the...
Dream Team taking The Tube and train
LONDON, England ● They are among the world’s most recognisable and well-paid athletes. Yet the U.S. basketball...
Cheerful troops a real British showcase
LONDON, England ● Better known for their role in global conflicts and emergencies, the British military is now...
Olympic doctors have their hands full
LONDON, England ● Olympic doctors have had 20,000 consultations with athletes, spectators, staff and journalists during London 2012, but...
ET greatest inspiration for young Sir Chris Hoy
LONDON, England ● A fictional film alien with a glowing fingertip and his earthly friends’ desperate ride...
‘60 percent of athletes at the Games on drugs’
LONDON, England ● Victor Conte, convicted owner of the now-defunct BALCO laboratory that was at the centre...