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August 14, 2012
Mark Hughes: Manchester City experience is helping me at QPR
Evening Standard
Huge as the London Olympics have been, the pull of the Premier League remains an astonishing story as Mark Hughes, manager of Queens Park Rangers, discovered last month.
His club may have just managed to avoid relegation on the last day of the season but, as the team arrived in Indonesia at 11pm, huge crowds met them at the airport. And, on this tour, the match against a local team was streamed to 3.1million viewers in that country.
Huge as the London Olympics have been, the pull of the Premier League remains an astonishing story as Mark Hughes, manager of Queens Park Rangers, discovered last month.
His club may have just managed to avoid relegation on the last day of the season but, as the team arrived in Indonesia at 11pm, huge crowds met them at the airport. And, on this tour, the match against a local team was streamed to 3.1million viewers in that country.
Memories from the London 2012 Olympics
PlayUp
2012 has created a host of memories and the success of the games has exceeded my most optimistic hopes.
But there is one memory of these games that I still cannot get over. The scene is the Archery at Lord’s. I am sitting on the top tier of the pavilion, a place very familiar to me. But now I am watching a Korean and a Mexican battle it out.
2012 has created a host of memories and the success of the games has exceeded my most optimistic hopes.
But there is one memory of these games that I still cannot get over. The scene is the Archery at Lord’s. I am sitting on the top tier of the pavilion, a place very familiar to me. But now I am watching a Korean and a Mexican battle it out.
August 12, 2012
Legacy of London 2012
BBC World Service - The Forum
It's been a two week-long festival of sporting excellence that has captivated the world: there's been spectacle, drama and the inevitable controversies. But what might be the legacy of the London Olympic Games, for the UK capital and its people, for Britain as a whole and for international sports events of the future?
Bridget Kendall was joined by distinguished sports commentator Mihir Bose, Australian Professor Malcolm Gillies, social deprivation researcher Faiza Shaheen and financial journalist Anthony Hilton.
Click here to listen to the full programme
It's been a two week-long festival of sporting excellence that has captivated the world: there's been spectacle, drama and the inevitable controversies. But what might be the legacy of the London Olympic Games, for the UK capital and its people, for Britain as a whole and for international sports events of the future?
Bridget Kendall was joined by distinguished sports commentator Mihir Bose, Australian Professor Malcolm Gillies, social deprivation researcher Faiza Shaheen and financial journalist Anthony Hilton.
Click here to listen to the full programme
August 10, 2012
‘I cannot see the Olympics coming to the Arab world any time soon’
The Independent
IOC member Prince Feisal bin Al Hussein of Jordan talks about the success of London 2012 and whether the Arab world is ready to hold the Olympics
We may be living the Olympic dream as Team GB racks up medals, but spare a thought for Jordan which has never ever won an Olympic medal.
This explains why for Prince Feisal bin Al Hussein of Jordan the most memorable moment of London 2012 is yet to come.
IOC member Prince Feisal bin Al Hussein of Jordan talks about the success of London 2012 and whether the Arab world is ready to hold the Olympics
We may be living the Olympic dream as Team GB racks up medals, but spare a thought for Jordan which has never ever won an Olympic medal.
This explains why for Prince Feisal bin Al Hussein of Jordan the most memorable moment of London 2012 is yet to come.
Today programme
BBC Radio 4 - Today programme
India has received four medals so far in the Olympics Games whereas much smaller South Korea has six times as many. Sports journalist Mihir Bose and Rachel Lee, presenter on Arirang Radio in South Korea, discuss why some countries with large populations do not perform better at Olympic Games.
Click here to listen to the programme (Note: the section with Mihir starts at 2:54:00)
India has received four medals so far in the Olympics Games whereas much smaller South Korea has six times as many. Sports journalist Mihir Bose and Rachel Lee, presenter on Arirang Radio in South Korea, discuss why some countries with large populations do not perform better at Olympic Games.
Click here to listen to the programme (Note: the section with Mihir starts at 2:54:00)
IOC reject president Seb Coe but David Cameron must let him shape our next generation
Evening Standard
We can take it as read that the nation will express its gratitude to our Olympians, starting with the victory parade in London next month.
But how can we thank the man who created this marvellous stage for Team GB: Mr London Olympics, Seb Coe?
We can take it as read that the nation will express its gratitude to our Olympians, starting with the victory parade in London next month.
But how can we thank the man who created this marvellous stage for Team GB: Mr London Olympics, Seb Coe?
August 8, 2012
To build on this success British sport must go back to school
Evening Standard
There is no great mystery about the reasons for British success at this Olympics. Our cyclists do not have magic wheels that are larger than other nations and neither are we using home turf to get an unfair advantage.
The foreign scepticism is partly due to the fact there is always a tendency in this country to try and present success as something that just happens. So, at the height of British power, it was fashionable to say Britain had acquired its empire in a fit of absentmindedness. But then that is hardly surprising in a nation that prides itself on muddling through.
There is no great mystery about the reasons for British success at this Olympics. Our cyclists do not have magic wheels that are larger than other nations and neither are we using home turf to get an unfair advantage.
The foreign scepticism is partly due to the fact there is always a tendency in this country to try and present success as something that just happens. So, at the height of British power, it was fashionable to say Britain had acquired its empire in a fit of absentmindedness. But then that is hardly surprising in a nation that prides itself on muddling through.
Bob Beamon says we’ve shown the American spirit
Evening Standard
Much is being made of the fact that the British, intoxicated by the success of the Olympic team, have lost their British sense of fairness and become far too partisan.
But here is one man who thinks Team GB are like no other.
Much is being made of the fact that the British, intoxicated by the success of the Olympic team, have lost their British sense of fairness and become far too partisan.
But here is one man who thinks Team GB are like no other.
August 7, 2012
British crowds put ‘Elite’ into Olympic performance
The London Olympics will leave many memories but, for me, Eton Dorney on Friday morning sums it up. I had got up at 6am to get there because I wanted to see whether Katherine Grainger would finally win a gold in the women’s double sculls, so often having been the bridesmaid at previous Olympics and making do with silver.
The 20,000 odd crowd had come for this moment yet the day began with an F final in men’s single sculls between Mejri from Tunisia, Etia Ndoumbe from Cameroon and Djibo Issaka from Niger. Actually it was not a final in the sense that most of us would understand the word, it was a classification match to decide which of these rowers would finish in the last three positions of this competition. Now, in many other sports, football for instance, such a contest would not happen and, if it were to take place, it would provoke universal derision.
The 20,000 odd crowd had come for this moment yet the day began with an F final in men’s single sculls between Mejri from Tunisia, Etia Ndoumbe from Cameroon and Djibo Issaka from Niger. Actually it was not a final in the sense that most of us would understand the word, it was a classification match to decide which of these rowers would finish in the last three positions of this competition. Now, in many other sports, football for instance, such a contest would not happen and, if it were to take place, it would provoke universal derision.
Participate even if you have no hope of winning
The London Olympics will leave many memories but, for me, Eton Dorney on Friday morning sums it up. I had got up at 6am to get there because I wanted to see whether Katherine Grainger would finally win a gold in the women’s double sculls, so often having been the bridesmaid at previous Olympics and making do with silver.
The 20,000 odd crowd had come for this moment yet the day began with an F final in men’s single sculls between Mejri from Tunisia, Etia Ndoumbe from Cameroon and Djibo Issaka from Niger. Actually it was not a final in the sense that most of us would understand the word, it was a classification match to decide which of these rowers would finish in the last three positions of this competition. Now, in many other sports, football for instance, such a contest would not happen and, if it were to take place, it would provoke universal derision.
The 20,000 odd crowd had come for this moment yet the day began with an F final in men’s single sculls between Mejri from Tunisia, Etia Ndoumbe from Cameroon and Djibo Issaka from Niger. Actually it was not a final in the sense that most of us would understand the word, it was a classification match to decide which of these rowers would finish in the last three positions of this competition. Now, in many other sports, football for instance, such a contest would not happen and, if it were to take place, it would provoke universal derision.
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