Winter sport funds ‘unacceptable’
Winter sports receive an "unacceptable" level of funding, the British Olympic Association has said, pledging a "new dawn" for British winter athletes.
British winter sports are short changed, says BOA chief (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
The financial support received by winter sports in Britain is “unacceptable” in comparison to their summer counterparts, British Olympic Association chief Colin Moynihan said on Wednesday.
UK school games and the 2012 olympic legacy (Epolitix via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
As a sports minister for six years, one thing that was always apparent to me was the enthusiasm and tremendous athletic potential of the UK’s young people. On 6th July 2005, London was announced as the host of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. The inspiration that the Olympics could provide seemed like a great chance [...]
Paralympics deal fires starting gun for Channel 4’s post-Big Brother era
Channel 4 will bring the Paralympics enthusiasm and innovation – its coverage should be good for the games and the network
Snatching the 2012 London Paralympics from under the noses of the BBC is a real feather in Channel 4’s cap. And should give a tremendous boost to an event which has been gaining significantly in [...]
Channel 4 to show 2012 Paralympics
Broadcaster pledges that Paralympics will ‘take over Channel 4 for their duration’ after snapping up rights
Channel 4 has won the rights to broadcast the 2012 Paralympics games.
Although the BBC has the rights for the 2012 Olympics, the Paralympic broadcast rights were put out to tender.
Channel 4 announced today that it had been awarded the rights [...]
Letters: Child abuse is not the sole province of the IRA
Nick Cohen’s article (“The IRA’s culture of silence extended to child abuse“, Comment) would have been more powerful had he included the fact that sexual violence against children does not have political allegiances. Surely you cannot be so naive as to imagine the Protestants and their armies have no paedophiles? Nor the police? And that [...]
Cycling ‘leads anti-doping fight’
David Millar says cycling has gone from being one of the sports worst affected by doping to leading the fight against performance-enhancing drugs.
Bond named as BBC Sports Editor
The BBC appoints Daily Telegraph sports editor David Bond as its new Sports Editor to succeed Mihir Bose.
Sporting village foundations laid
The foundations are laid for a £38m sports village in Essex earmarked as a training camp for the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Bond named as BBC Sports Editor
The BBC appoints Daily Telegraph sports editor David Bond as its new Sports Editor to succeed Mihir Bose.
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