For the first time in history, a team made entirely of refugees and stateless persons will be competing in the world’s largest sporting competition: the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Olympics could not come at a better time: 2016 has, thus far, been a year of divisive challenges, simmering fear and […]
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Swimmer Cammile Adams qualifies for Rio Olympic Games in 200-meter butterfly
By Robert H Kelly Coming back from a preliminary disqualification that was later overturned, Cammile Adams punched her ticket to Rio de Janeiro and the Games of the 31st Olympiad by winning the 200-meter butterfly at the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials in Omaha, Nebraska on Thursday, June 30, 2016. The 24-year old Houston area native […]
10 Days District Polo cup tournament concluded
District Polo Cup tournament Autumn 2015 concluded. Chitral Scouts won trophy. By: Gul Hamaad Farooqi CHITRAL: 10 days District Polo cup tournament autumn 2015 concluded at polo ground Chitral. Some 35 polo teams participated in the tournament. The tournament was organized by District Polo Association (DPA) with financial support of Tourism Corporation Khyber Pahtoonkhwa […]
Richard Attias, the architect of Doha Goals Forum’s success
The Doha GOALS Forum is an initiative-based event, and so its success can be judged by the achievements of its initiatives. One of its most ambitious was the Sports Fields initiative, which aimed to provide free access to sport facilities in communities around the world. There is a particular focus on underprivileged young people, who […]
5 Weird but Fun Sports You Haven’t Seen in the Olympics … Yet
These sports are gaining in popularity, but they’re not quite ready for prime time—or the Olympics. Time will tell if any of the athletes participating in these sports will ever see bronze, silver or gold. Slacklining Slacklining is the art of balancing on a flat nylon rope suspended above the ground between two anchor points. […]
Doha GOALS Forum, Special Olympics to collide in Los Angeles
From July 25 to August 2, more than 7,000 athletes from 170 countries will descend on Los Angeles for the 2015 Special Olympics. Like the Olympics, the event alternates every two years between winter and summer versions, and it has been 16 long years — and eight events — since the Special Olympics were held […]