Winter Sports and winter sports
This week marks the switch from the summer to the winter sport season in the UK. Rugby League, which successfully re-invented itself as a summer sport a few years ago, has had its showpiece end of...
View ArticleWinter sport athletes on trial
With the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games just a few weeks away, athletes in several winter sports are facing selection trials. After training and competing hard for many years, athletes have...
View ArticleAustralian Open – look out for the comeback queens
One of the intriguing stories of this year’s Australian Open tennis, which is getting underway in Melbourne, is the comeback of Belgian stars Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin. The 26 year-old Clijsters...
View ArticlePost Olympic championship dilemma
The 2010 Olympic Winter Games are over but the winter sport season goes on. Athletes, officials and fans could be forgiven for feeling a degree of event fatigue at this point in the season. The first...
View ArticleSport’s virtuous circle of funding
The governing bodies of six sports in the UK have heard this week that they will receive more funding to support athletes in preparation for London 2012. The additional resources, which result from...
View ArticleIce Hockey World Championships and the limits of globalisation
Unless you are from one of the mountainous countries in Europe or Canada, you may not be aware that the Ice Hockey World Championships conclude today in Slovakia. The final pits Scandinavian rivals...
View ArticleSnowboarder’s “triple rodeo” and the YouTube-ification of sport
British snowboarder Billy Morgan landed what is believed to be the first “triple rodeo” in December while training in Colorado. At the time of writing, different edits of his stunt have attracted close...
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