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July 24, 2012
Sir Craig Reedie is ready for the London party to begin
Britain’s voice at the IOC is thrilled that city has ‘guarded and cherished’ the Olympic spirit and is sure the cynics will be proved wrong
Evening Standard
Sir Craig Reedie is often asked whether it is impossible for London to match Beijing’s amazing Olympics. “We don’t need to,” answers the only Briton on the executive of the International Olympic Committee.
“The Beijing Games were the greatest celebration of national pride by the biggest country in the world. We will do it differently.
Evening Standard
Sir Craig Reedie is often asked whether it is impossible for London to match Beijing’s amazing Olympics. “We don’t need to,” answers the only Briton on the executive of the International Olympic Committee.
“The Beijing Games were the greatest celebration of national pride by the biggest country in the world. We will do it differently.
July 23, 2012
Innings that never was
Olympics will devalue cricket; its masters have no use for the games
Outlook India
Cricket and the Olympics present a sporting relation that baffles and fascinates at the same time. The Olympic movement would love to include cricket in its fold. Yet, the people in charge of international cricket happen to find the idea unappealing.
Cricket was once part of the Olympics, though its inclusion in the early days of modern Olympics was thought to be a joke. Back in the Paris Games in 1900, a cricket match was played between Great Britain and France. The British team was a touring club side; the French one was made of English expats. Never has Olympic gold been so easily earned.
Outlook India
Cricket and the Olympics present a sporting relation that baffles and fascinates at the same time. The Olympic movement would love to include cricket in its fold. Yet, the people in charge of international cricket happen to find the idea unappealing.
Cricket was once part of the Olympics, though its inclusion in the early days of modern Olympics was thought to be a joke. Back in the Paris Games in 1900, a cricket match was played between Great Britain and France. The British team was a touring club side; the French one was made of English expats. Never has Olympic gold been so easily earned.
The Long View
BBC Radio 4 - The Long View programme
Jonathan Freedland compares the 2012 Olympics with the London games of 1908
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Jonathan Freedland compares the 2012 Olympics with the London games of 1908
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July 22, 2012
Abuse charge against Ferdinand ‘would upset black footballers’
Independent on Sunday
Anton Ferdinand is unlikely to be charged for using abusive language by the Football Association.
The FA, having put their own inquiry into the John Terry case on hold at the request of the police, have resumed it following last week's criminal trial which saw Terry cleared of racially abusing Ferdinand.
Anton Ferdinand is unlikely to be charged for using abusive language by the Football Association.
The FA, having put their own inquiry into the John Terry case on hold at the request of the police, have resumed it following last week's criminal trial which saw Terry cleared of racially abusing Ferdinand.
July 21, 2012
The Games 2012
TalkSPORT
Andrew McKenna & Jon Ridgeon discuss a round-up of all the week's Olympics stories with Mihir Bose and others as the countdown to London 2012 is almost over.
Click here to listen to the full broadcast (Note: The section with Mihir starts at 19:40)
Andrew McKenna & Jon Ridgeon discuss a round-up of all the week's Olympics stories with Mihir Bose and others as the countdown to London 2012 is almost over.
Click here to listen to the full broadcast (Note: The section with Mihir starts at 19:40)
July 20, 2012
At home: Harriet Lamb
FT
Harriet Lamb has no pretensions about competing with Nigella Lawson. She readily confesses, “I’m an absolutely hopeless cook, too impatient.” But it is the kitchen we head for as she welcomes me to her terraced house in Herne Hill, south London. This is “the centre of the household where we spend all our time”, and where the executive director of the UK Fairtrade Foundation marries home and work life.
By the kitchen door is Lamb’s Arts and Crafts era desk, at which she works one day a week, still writing with her father’s fountain pen. On the kitchen table are two bars of Green & Black’s organic dark chocolate. One is “Maya Gold”, made with cocoa from Belize; the other is “Hazelnut and Currant”, and its cocoa comes from the Dominican Republic. Both bear the Fairtrade mark; at first glance this symbol looks almost abstract but Lamb explains that it shows a farmer holding up his hand. Read more...
Harriet Lamb has no pretensions about competing with Nigella Lawson. She readily confesses, “I’m an absolutely hopeless cook, too impatient.” But it is the kitchen we head for as she welcomes me to her terraced house in Herne Hill, south London. This is “the centre of the household where we spend all our time”, and where the executive director of the UK Fairtrade Foundation marries home and work life.
By the kitchen door is Lamb’s Arts and Crafts era desk, at which she works one day a week, still writing with her father’s fountain pen. On the kitchen table are two bars of Green & Black’s organic dark chocolate. One is “Maya Gold”, made with cocoa from Belize; the other is “Hazelnut and Currant”, and its cocoa comes from the Dominican Republic. Both bear the Fairtrade mark; at first glance this symbol looks almost abstract but Lamb explains that it shows a farmer holding up his hand. Read more...
July 17, 2012
Win a trip to Paris for every British gold medal
Evening Standard
Paris may have been beaten by London in the contest to stage the 2012 Olympics but the French are so keen to support the Games that they are offering a trip for two to Paris every time Britain wins gold.
Launching the unusual offer in Soho, Jean-Pierre Blat, managing director of the Paris Ile-de-France tourist board, said: “We in France have a reputation for being arrogant and often give a bad impression of France. When London won the Olympics we did not show we were happy for you but now we want to join you in celebrating the Games. London is only two hours from Paris and we want to be good neighbours. ”
The board has earmarked €600,000 for the campaign. British citizens can register on the Paris Ile-de-France Facebook page and a draw will be made by a French court bailiff every time a Briton wins gold.
Paris may have been beaten by London in the contest to stage the 2012 Olympics but the French are so keen to support the Games that they are offering a trip for two to Paris every time Britain wins gold.
Launching the unusual offer in Soho, Jean-Pierre Blat, managing director of the Paris Ile-de-France tourist board, said: “We in France have a reputation for being arrogant and often give a bad impression of France. When London won the Olympics we did not show we were happy for you but now we want to join you in celebrating the Games. London is only two hours from Paris and we want to be good neighbours. ”
The board has earmarked €600,000 for the campaign. British citizens can register on the Paris Ile-de-France Facebook page and a draw will be made by a French court bailiff every time a Briton wins gold.
The gloves are off as England prepare for their hardest fight
Wicketkeeper Matt Prior on the mouth-watering series with South Africa which begins on Thursday
Evening Standard
There is no doubting Matt Prior’s excitement as England prepare to face South Africa in the First Test at The Kia Oval on Thursday.
South Africa, third in the world, could replace England at top of the rankings and the wicketkeeper is expecting a series worthy of the prize, even if it is over three rather than his preferred five Tests.
Evening Standard
There is no doubting Matt Prior’s excitement as England prepare to face South Africa in the First Test at The Kia Oval on Thursday.
South Africa, third in the world, could replace England at top of the rankings and the wicketkeeper is expecting a series worthy of the prize, even if it is over three rather than his preferred five Tests.
July 15, 2012
PFA call for players to be sent off for X-rated rants at each other
Chairman Clarke Carlisle urges FA to act to clean up the image of the game after Terry court case
Independent on Sunday
The fallout from the John Terry court case looks likely to bring major changes to English football, with the players' union yesterday calling for their own members to receive red cards if they use foul and abusive language to each other. As the Football Association considered whether to charge the Chelsea captain and QPR's Anton Ferdinand with bringing the game into disrepute for their expletive-ridden language, Clarke Carlisle urged them to consider major changes to the sanctions for swearing.
Carlisle, the chairman of the Professional Footballers Association, told The Independent: "At present a red card for foul and abusive language is only shown when a player abuses match officials. What the FA should is do is order referees to show the red card even when players abuse each other."
Independent on Sunday
The fallout from the John Terry court case looks likely to bring major changes to English football, with the players' union yesterday calling for their own members to receive red cards if they use foul and abusive language to each other. As the Football Association considered whether to charge the Chelsea captain and QPR's Anton Ferdinand with bringing the game into disrepute for their expletive-ridden language, Clarke Carlisle urged them to consider major changes to the sanctions for swearing.
Carlisle, the chairman of the Professional Footballers Association, told The Independent: "At present a red card for foul and abusive language is only shown when a player abuses match officials. What the FA should is do is order referees to show the red card even when players abuse each other."
July 13, 2012
Terry case shows football culture needs to change
PlayUp
The John Terry case probably should never have come to court, but this does not mean football, and particularly the FA, can relax. There is much that is wrong with the game, particularly the way the game is administered. The FA and, for that matter, the clubs, need to answer some hard questions and take a very long hard look at the game, and in particular, what they teach players about how to behave on and off the field.
It is matter for sober reflection that such a thought would have been unthinkable at the beginning of last season. But events since then have indicated that, for all the success of the Premier League, there is an undergrowth there that is far from pleasant, let alone one that could be a beacon to the rest of the world.
The John Terry case probably should never have come to court, but this does not mean football, and particularly the FA, can relax. There is much that is wrong with the game, particularly the way the game is administered. The FA and, for that matter, the clubs, need to answer some hard questions and take a very long hard look at the game, and in particular, what they teach players about how to behave on and off the field.
It is matter for sober reflection that such a thought would have been unthinkable at the beginning of last season. But events since then have indicated that, for all the success of the Premier League, there is an undergrowth there that is far from pleasant, let alone one that could be a beacon to the rest of the world.
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