O SIYAM: Aboriginal Art Inspired by the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games/O Siyam: Lart autochtone inspir par les jeux olympiques et paralympiques dhiver de 2010
Vancouver Opera Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
TRAFFIC ADVISORY FOR NOVEMBER 28, 2009 (Opening night of Norma) Because of the hockey game at GM Place, downtown will be very busy. Please allow plenty of time to get parked and into the Queen Elizabeth Theatre for the 7:30 pm start. ALERT! CAMBIE STREET LOT CLOSURE The surface parking lot bounded by Cambie, Georgia, Beatty and Dunsmuir Streets is currently CLOSED for Olympics preparation. It will...
Fiji Times (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
FMF CHOW Games star athlete Sisari Davui is a medal prospect for Fiji at the 2012 London Paralympics Games, says Fiji Paralympics sports development officer Saimoni Nainoca.
The Agonist (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
South African track runner Oscar Pistorius, though not a double amputee -- he was born without lower legs -- has enjoyed great success competing in that class wearing state-of-the-art carbon-fiber prosthetics. After setting world records in the 100, 200, and 400 meters, he sought to move up in weight class, if you will. Initially, he was prohibited from competing against able-bodied runners on the...
The Age (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Australia will field two current world champions - and for the first time, two women - at the Winter Paralympics in Vancouver next year.
Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Australia will field two current world champions - and for the first time, two women - at the Winter Paralympics in Vancouver next year.
Same Difference (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Athletes with intellectual disabilities can once again take part in the Paralympics after an International Paralympic Committee (IPC) vote. They had been banned since it was found that most of Spain’s intellectual disability basketball team at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics were not disabled. As a result, “sports intelligence” tests will form part of the new, more rigorous [...]
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Officials of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) have voted to allow athletes with learning disabilities to compete again at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. The IPC general assembly gathering in Kuala Lumpur agreed Saturday to lift the ban which has been in place since the 2000 Sydney Games when the Spanish paralympic basketball team revealed that some of its players were not disabled....
BBC News (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Athletes with intellectual disabilities will once again be able to compete in the Paralympics activities at London 2012.
Fiji Times (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Two of Fiji's trained Doping Control Officers (DCOs) have been officially invited to take part at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics Anti-Doping Program from January to March 2010.
Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
EDINBURGH swimmer Sean Fraser insists his place at the London 2012 Paralympics is anything but a sure thing – despite returning from last month's European Championships in
London City (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
BMW has been chosen as the automotive partner for the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympics. The company will supply a huge fleet of 4,000 vehicles ...
SI.com (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Eighteen months ago, South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius -- famously known as the "Blade Runner" because he was born without fibulas and runs on two crescent, carbon fiber lower legs -- made global headlines when the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) overturned a ban by the International Association of Athletics Federations and allowed Pistorius to compete against able-bodied runners...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
BMW has been chosen as the automotive partner for the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympics. The company will supply a huge fleet of 4,000 vehicles for the use of competitors and officials during the Games.
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
LONDON — The prosthetic legs of double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius give the South African a 10-second advantage over a 400-meter race, according to a new study. Human performance researchers Peter Weyand of Southern Methodist University and Matthew Bundle of the University of Wyoming found that Pistorius, who has been cleared to compete against able-bodied athletes, runs the distance 10...
USA Today (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
The prosthetic legs of double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius give the South African a 10-second advantage over a 400-meter race, according ...
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wellbeingnewseditor | 08/04/2009
Wellbeing Newsline: Europe > Edited by Jane Hill: The Dutch Government has published a new position paper called ‘shining at every level’ in which it lays out the country’s intention to become a global leader in sport, as well as in the economic, social and cultural fields. In order to achieve this, the Government has declared that it needs to team-up with the sports sector; it already supports the...
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