There is, officials stress repeatedly, only one London 2012 Olympic flame. But when it begins its 70 day, 8,000-mile relay across the UK this weekend, such are the complex logistics that a single flame will, in fact, be in several places at once, reported The Guardian. The flame was lit last week after an actress [...]
KIEV: Oleg Blokhin takes Ukraine into its home European championships as manager, hoping to inspire the team with his successes from the glory days of Soviet football in the 1970s and 1980s. “This tournament is very important for all of us and very special for me personally as I never played at the European championships [...]
SYDNEY: A limbless Frenchman planning to make four challenging swims around the world finally got his epic journey under way Thursday after sorting out paperwork problems in Papua New Guinea. Philippe Croizon, who lost both his arms and legs in an electrical accident in 1994, entered the water in the Pacific country’s remote west at [...]
Richard Eaton LONDON: Nicol David reckons this week’s revived British Open championships will provide an outstanding example of why the sport of squash has qualities uniquely designed for a successful Olympic bid. David, who achieved a record sixth World Open title in November, hopes to aim for an Olympic medal in 2020, and believes that [...]
When it comes to the Olympics, there are the strong nations, the less good, the weak and the abject. Communist Laos is in the last category Talek Harris VIENTIANE: The sun is setting over the scruffy outdoor stadium as Kilakone Siphonexay, the fastest man in Laos, lies on the home-made, wooden weights bench, raises both [...]
Joris Fioriti KABUL: The taekwondo star who became Afghanistan’s first ever Olympic medallist at the Beijing Games in 2008 wants to repeat the feat in London — in the hope of bringing peace to his troubled homeland. Rohullah Nikpa’s story is something of a fairytale in a war-ravaged country with few happy endings. As a [...]
Rebecca Bryan DALLAS: US Olympic officials expect China and Russia to be America’s biggest rivals in the London Games medals race, but a bevy of medal hopefuls introduced this week aim to put the US atop the table. Alan Ashley, the US Olympic Committee’s chief of sport performance, declined to predict a medals tally, but [...]
MIAMI: David West scored 16 points and George Hill had 15 as the Indiana Pacers defeated the Miami Heat 78-75 Tuesday to even their Eastern Conference second round series at one game each. Hill also nailed a key free throw with 14.1 seconds left in the fourth quarter to give the Pacers a 78-75 lead. [...]
McLaren’s under-fuelling fiasco may have ruined Lewis Hamilton’s Spanish Grand Prix but it appears to have strengthened his position within the team, reports the Guardian. The McLaren team principal, Martin Whitmarsh, has been impressed by the way Hamilton responded to the devastating punishment of being flung from pole position to the back of the grid [...]
LONDON: London has pledged to host the greenest Olympic Games ever staged, but it could take years before the promises start to flower. The pledge was made seven years ago by then-prime minister Tony Blair when London won the right to host the 2012 Olympics. Bigger, more beautiful, cleaner: all Olympic Games make the same [...]
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But… Seriously Ajay Hotchandani The theory of the Black Hole states that in the Hole, time and space don’t exist. So if you’ve entered this hole, you can take as long as you want to get ready, and you can store as many suitcases, with clothes you will never wear, above the cupboard (don’t deny [...]
BJP must survive the battle within
The second innings of UPA has been nothing short of tumultuous, marred by massive scams in every sector from rural job schemes to military purchases. When allies themselves are eyeing the jugular of the Centre, relief comes from an unexpected quarters — a divided BJP that is struggling to keep its house in order. The [...]
HR speaks Deepak Karamungikar Workplace politics is a harsh reality in India. When you take up a new role at a well-established organisation, the first few days seem fine. The smiles on everyone’s faces deceive you into believing that all is well. But a few days later, the cracks appear and a few months into [...]
Can England retain their crown?
England’s credibility is on the line as they take on West Indies in the first Test at Lord’s on Thursday. The heavy defeats in the Middle East and the Sub-Continent over the last few months have raised a lot of questions over whether England can sustain their No 1 ranking in the long run. They [...]
Live by your wits, you poor chump!
The guiding motto of a government is protecting the weak from the strong; the weak both in social and economic spheres. I am sure 9 out of 10 MPs and ministers do not know this driving dictum. Let us just take a cursory glance at the way our government has ‘protected’ the weak in the [...]
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