Posts Tagged ‘Sports’

JO-2004: The Olympic flame will pass through the northern part of Cyprus

March 16th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
The Olympic flame will be lit in the northern part of Cyprus, during his tour on the island on July 8, the last before returning to Greece.
“In the spirit of the Olympic torch relay whose slogan is ‘Our flame unites the world’, it was decided that the tour of the flame cover the occupied part [...]

Meeting between the Presidents of the French Olympic Committee and Iraqi

March 16th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
President of the National French Olympic (CNOSF), Henri Serandour, met his Iraqi counterpart Ahmed Al Samarrai, President of National Olympic Committee of Iraq, on Monday to the French Maison du Sport in Paris, according to the CNOSF.
They discussed the possibility of all possible cooperation between the two national Olympic committees in the short term with [...]

A crash course in climbing: a student falls into a precipice

March 15th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
On 3 July, three students from Peking University and Tsinghua University have had an accident while they were climbing in the Liuzhi district, Guizhou province. One student fell into a precipice and died. The others have all been rescued July 4 in the afternoon about six hours.
July 3 at noon, a team of climbers made [...]

OJ: Mike Powell will not go to Athens

March 15th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
The American Mike Powell, holder of world record long jump, has abandoned the competition for the Olympic Games in Athens (13-29 August), following a knee injury, reported Saturday the local press .
Powell, 40, who had said last month its participation in U.S. selections for the Athens Olympics started Friday in Sacramento, California, injured his knee [...]

Euro 2004 - Greece beats Portugal 1 to 0 and becomes champion

March 15th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
Greece became European champion soccer by beating Portugal 1 to 0 (halftime: 0-0) in Sunday’s final stage da Luz in Lisbon.
Purpose: Greece: Charisteas (57)
Here are the last 11 games of the new European champion Greece, which beat Portugal on Sunday in Lisbon (stage da Luz):
to 18/02/04 Athens (prépa. Euro): Greece beats Bulgaria 2-0
31/03/04 at Heraklion [...]

Free access to public parks at the 2nd Festival “Beijing 2008″ Olympic Culture

March 14th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
The June 23 evening, a gala evening of songs and national dances entitled “An oriental dance and love”lifted the curtain of the 2nd Festival of”Beijing 2008 Olympic culture. With this festival, the Pekingese have the opportunity to show their love for the Olympics and to share their joy at the many organized activities.
Liu Qi, member [...]

The Prime Minister encouraged the French national soccer team to build a new perspective

March 12th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin said Tuesday on French radio “Europe 1″, the failure of the team of France at the Euro 2004 football tournament, suggesting that the time had come for ” out of the myth “of the World-1998 to” build a new perspective “to be” ànouveau able to win. “
Mr. Raffarin said on [...]

73 Tunisian athletes will participate in Athens Olympics

March 11th, 2010 | Tags: , , ,
73 Tunisian athletes will partala Athens Olympics, against 48 for 4 years ago at the Sydney Games, said Monday the government daily “La Presse de Tunisie.
These 73 athletes will participate in 57 sports épreuvres 15 of the next Olympic Games a total of 28 sports, while in Sydney, the Tunisians had taken part in 34 [...]

Stop the construction of seven golf courses in Beijing

March 11th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
The Chinese capital has stopped the construction of seven golf courses, because they do not meet the requirements of the municipal government on the construction of such projects, said a government official Muncipal City.
A recent survey of real estate investment projects in the city showed that the seven golf courses under construction had violated the [...]

The competition will be tough for Chinese athletes at the Athens Olympics

March 11th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
The National Administration of Sport was held June 24 a press conference on the Athens Olympics. He Huixian, vice-president of Chinese Olympic Committee, said that a groundbreaking ceremony would be held July 13 to celebrate the formation of the Chinese delegation to the Athens Olympics.
According to Xiao Tian, deputy director of the National Sport and [...]