 Wahooligans descended on Cape Town
Our team of six hooligans, sorry Wahooligans descended on Cape Town for the annual Robben Island Freedom Day Swim, from you guessed it, Robben Island to Bloubergstrand, a mere 7.5km channel of ocean water. Read full blog |
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 American at heart of London's Olympic Park future
They are just two words - white and elephant. Together, they are enough to make any Olympic planner wake up in a cold sweat. Read full blog |
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Russia seeks answers for Olympic flop
Russia, long accustomed to boosting national pride with sporting success, has been left scrambling for explanations for its dismal Olympics showing just four years before it hosts the Winter Games. Read full blog |
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Inquest starts for table topping Thailand
Thailand confirmed their status as top dogs at the Southeast Asian Games with their table-topping display -- but an inquest has already started into why they did not reach their pre-tournament target. Read full blog |
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Year of pot pipes and polyurethane
Polyurethane and a much-publicised pot pipe saw swimming in turbulent waters in 2009. Read full blog |
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Aussie bid for top five at 2012 Games - 'Not Sensible' - Report
Australia's bid to be among the top five medal winners at the London 2012 Games is "not sensible" an independent review reported as it rejected calls for a multi-million dollar boost for elite sports. Read full blog |
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Chinese juggernaught rolls towards 2010 Asian Games
At the last Asian Games in 2006 China demolished all comers and a year out from hosting the multi-sport spectacular on home turf it is working hard to cement that dominance. Read full blog |
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Age doesn't weary aged athletes
The night before swimmer Margo Bates won another gold medal at the World Masters Games she was out on Sydney Harbour drinking champagne, eating oysters and likely telling the rest of the cruise party about her great-grandchildren Read full blog |
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Sport can help cure the worlds problems
Sport is one tool to cure evils in the world, and youth is its key ingredient, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jose Manuel Ramos Horta told the Olympic Congress on Sunday. Read full blog |
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Rio gets chance to show off sporting passion
Rio de Janeiro is Brazil's capital of fun but it has also elevated sports to the level of a national passion, a lifestyle that never goes out of fashion. Read full blog |
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Song of victory for Brazil's marvelous city
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva stood at the front of the delegation about to delivery Rio de Janeiro's merits as a
potential Olympic host and suddenly found himself breaking into song with his compatriots. Read full blog |
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Samba, Rio wins right to host 2016 Olympics
Like sweet, sultry samba music, Rio hit all the right notes. Chicago had Barack Obama. Tokyo had $4 billion in the bank.
Madrid had powerful friends. But none of that mattered. Rio de Janeiro had the enchanting story Read full blog |
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Samba, Rio wins right to host 2016 Olympics
Like sweet, sultry samba music, Rio hit all the right notes. Chicago had Barack Obama. Tokyo had $4 billion in the bank.
Madrid had powerful friends. But none of that mattered. Rio de Janeiro had the enchanting story Read full blog |
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King crowns Spanish bid for 2016 Olympics
If a winning Olympic bid depended solely on its technical quality and on popular support, Madrid should be levitating en route to the October 2 vote in Copenhagen. Read full blog |
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Olympic movement set for 2016 nailbitting climax
One of the tightest and most hard-fought battles to win the right to host an Olympic Games will come to its eagerly-anticipated climax in Copenhagen next week when 2016 Summer Games are allocated. Read full blog |
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2016 Cities roll out their 'A' list backers
Chicago and Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo and Madrid need only look back to the IOC Congress in Singapore in 2005 to appreciate the impact high-powered lobbying had on the decision to award London the 2012 Olympics. Read full blog |
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One year later, Olympics boost China's confidence
Thousands of them visit the massive, empty building every day, making a connection with their nation's triumph. Read full blog |
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Phelps turned in another remarkable performance
Even coming off his longest layoff and the embarrassment of being photographed inhaling from a marijuana pipe, Michael Phelps turned in another remarkable performance over the eight days of the swimming world championships at the Foro Italico. Read full blog |
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Costume drama leaves hangover for record breakers
Swimming's 2009 World Championships were an eight-day, polyurethane-powered world record binge, guaranteed to leave the sport with a heck of a hangover. Read full blog |
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Champion Daley no longer new kid on the block
While British diver Tom Daley is already something of a celebrity, neither he nor his coach expected him to be world 10-metre platform champion at the age of 15. Read full blog |
