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August 30, 2010

GOLDEN GIRL

Having recently criticised the Saudi authorities for refusing to send women to the Olympic Games, as part of their refusal to countenance equal rights, I am obliged to report that a young Saudi woman competed in the Youth Ol ...Read more


August 24, 2010

MAN OF MYSTERY

A couple of years ago, my pal Jim O'Brien was chewing the fat with a New York cabbie, and asked where he was born. 'Ukraine' came the reply, to which the only response was, of course, 'Sergei Bubka'! "Everyone knows Bubka," growled the cabbie. b    
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August 14, 2010

WELCOME TO THE FUTURE

The Opening Ceremony for the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore takes place tonight, and competition begins tomorrow, Sunday August 15, with the athletics programme bursting out of the blocks on Tuesday. ...Read more


August 3, 2010

REALITY CHECK

The European Championships, which ended in Barcelona on Sunday evening created a lot of sound and light. And there can be few better cities to spend a week in and out of the stadium. But when the world champs roll round in Korea next year, then the Olympic Games in London 2012, much of the noise and glitter will have been reduced to a faint echo and glimmer. ...Read more


July 29, 2010

FORMIDABLE, WITH A FRENCH ACCENT

Felicitations, Christophe Lemaitre, European 100 metres champion. The 20 year old from Aix-Les-Bains, an area of eastern France more likely to produce skiers than sprinters has justified all the promise of the last two years. ...Read more


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