A Disappointing Brazil at the London 2012 Olympics
Region: United Kingdom (Great Britain)
Brazil isn't doing great at the Olympics this year, let's be honest! After 12 days of competitions, "Team Brazil" is quite disappointing with its 10 medals: 2 GOLD, 1 SILVER, 7 BRONZE. Not much of an improvement... more
Views: 1255Seven Cameroon Olympic Athletes Missing
Region: CameroonBy Richard Wanjohi After treating us to some flamboyant national costumes during the opening ceremony, seven Cameroon athletes decided to shock the world by disappearing [2] from the London 2012 Olympic village. Says Ka... more
Views: 1385Long-Distance Runner Dibaba Excels in Ethiopia/Kenya Athletics Rivalry
Region: Ethiopia
By Richard Wanjohi The Olympic Games has many rivalries and one of the most famous is that between the Ethiopian and Kenyan competitors. Ethiopian long-distance runner Tirunesh Dibaba has ensured that the Lon... more
Views: 1369Saudi Arabia: First Female Olympic Athletes Maligned
Region: Saudi Arabia
Written by Amira Al Hussaini This is part of our special coverage London 2012 Olympics [1]. Saudi Arabia will be sending two female athletes to the 2012 London Olympics, which officially begin tomorrow (July 27). W... more
Views: 1375Kenya: Javelin Throwing Olympian Hones Skills Using YouTube
Region: Kenya
By Richard Wanjohi This is part of our Special Coverage London 2012 Olympics [1]. Julius Yego, the African and Kenyan national javelin champion, broke the national record over the weekend in a field athletics meet... more
Views: 1298South Sudanese Athlete to Compete in 2012 Olympics
Region: Sudan
Written by Richard Wanjohi This post is part of our Special Coverage London Olympics 2012 [1] South Sudan athlete, Guor Marial, will be participating in the London 2012 Olympics, but not under his country's flag. Marial... more
Views: 1610The Marketing War: England Fan Academy vs Argentina’s Falklands Claims
Region: United Kingdom (Great Britain)
Danish brewing company Carlsberg has come with a great and funny commercial ad (as usual, shall we say!) to show its support to the England national team at the Euro 2012 Tournament. It shows an imaginary &... more
Views: 1180J&K to celebrate Olympics Day Run on June 23: Chib
Region: India
Srinagar, June 02 (Scoop News) -- The Government has decided to organize Olympics Day Run on June 23 to celebrate Olympics Day. This was revealed at a high level meeting of officers convened to finalize the arrangements f... more
Views: 1243Renzushah honoured as Chairman of special Olympics,J&K
Region: India
Jammu, March 15 (Scoop News) - Today at a Board meeting of a Special Olympics Bharat J&K, Y. V Sharma was given warm farewell after servicing Chairman of the Board for 2009-10. Earlier Ram Sahai P... more
Views: 1598The Global Corporate Olympics Are Over: Thank Goodness!
Region: United StatesI hope most Americans felt like I did after Sunday night. Relieved. At last the Global Corporate Olympics were over, and no more news blurbs about the latest drama coming out of British Columbia, or lame joke about some ... more
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