From classical Greece, mist clears to reveal white marble images in Myron’s celebrated statue of an athlete poised to launch a discus in the prologue to Leni Riefenstahl’s , “Olympia” remarkable documentary film.
The sculptured Greek ideal of physical beauty with pictures of a shot putter, a javelin thrower and rhythmic gymnasts.
Finally, flame floods the screen [...]
BARCELONA: A heroic Chelsea survived the dismissal of captain John Terry and a Lionel Messi missed penalty to eliminate holders Barcelona 3-2 on aggregate and secure a place in the Champions League final after an action-packed clash on Tuesday.
The dramatic semi-final second leg at the Nou Camp ended 2-2 and meant Chelsea, chasing a first [...]
Jyoti Randhawa , Indian golfer will be hard at work at the driving and shooting ranges in the run-up to the 2016 Olympics, his ever-improving proficiency with a rifle leaving him dreaming of an unlikely double gold medal haul.
Shooting has been a long standing passion which is fast dominating his attention and Golf has been [...]
On Sunday , The Leafs dispatched forwards Nazem Kadri and Ryan Hamilton to the AHL Marlies and their two-game stint as emergency recalls in the NHL apparently over.
Some of the injured Leaf forwards are sure to be back to healthy, meaning neither Kadri nor Hamilton are eligible to play with the Leafs at the end [...]
In Duke’s Cameron Indoor Stadium ,the Blue Devils have hung so many nylon banners for their accomplishments in men’s and women’s basketball national championships, Atlantic Coast Conference championships, retired numbers and so on they had to use a laser-guided.
None of them would obstruct views of the scoreboard or interfere with lighting because three-dimensional mapping system [...]
Arsenal gave its north London neighbor Tottenham Hotspur a two-goal start on Sunday and, with a spirit that needed to be seen to be believed, came back to win.
On Sunday ,few have been as thrilling as the way Arsenal came from two goals behind to defeat its London neighbor Tottenham Hotspur.Arsenal’s spirits seemed [...]
TAKOMA PARK, Md. — Dunking is not allowed ,a sign says in the Takoma Park Recreation Center’s small and dusty gym. But if the players on Eddie Jordan’s current team tried , they could not break that rule or a backboard.
As a recent practice neared its end, Jordan sensed that his players’ concentration was [...]
KELOWNA–Even out here on the west coast you can feel the frustration of Nazem Kadri and those who want him to be a Leaf.
His demotion to the Marlies on Wednesday along with defenceman Keith Aulie, ostensibly to make room for Colby Armstrong and John-Michael Liles to come off the injured list, came as a bit [...]
The 2012 golf season starts in earnest this week with all due respect to South Africa and its latest golfing sensation Branden Grace there is an overwhelming feeling.
Grace deserves plenty of respect after he secured a brilliant double when he won the Champions tournament on the Links at Fancourt on Sunday. The recent Qualifying School [...]
SYDNEY (AP) — Caroline Wozniacki lost her quarterfinal at the Sydney International on Wednesday, opening the way for Petra Kvitova to take over the No. 1 ranking before next week’s Australian Open.
Wozniacki, who needed a medical timeout in the final set to have her left wrist taped, lost 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 to seventh-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska [...]
