Kansas City StarS.Africa rules out bidding for 2020 OlympicsAFPCAPE TOWN, South Africa — South Africa on Thursday said it will not bid for the 2020 Olympic Games, after hosting the football World Cup last year, but would rather focus on rolling out basic government services. "The decision taken...
SolvisiónJapan to Host Volleyball World CupSolvisiónThe International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) announced that the World Volleyball Cup will be held Nov. 4-Dec. 4 in Japan. The cup is the first qualifying event for the 2012 Olympics in London, and received the green light to go ahead after a...
Telegraph.co.ukOscar Pistorius insists World Championship qualifying time is now just weeks awayTelegraph.co.ukThe South African, who will compete in the BT Paralympic World Cup in Manchester on Friday, told The Daily Telegraph yesterday: “My endgame is competing at the London 2012 Olympics and...
The HinduAnnu wins World Cup silver and Olympic quotaThe HinduAnnu Raj Singh rose to the challenge and shot a silver medal in the women's air pistol and bagged the Olympic quota place in the process, in the shooting World Cup in Fort Benning, US, on Monday. Getting out of the shadow of the...
BBC SportLondon 2012 Olympics: World Cup bid team leader Andy Anson joins British ...Telegraph.co.ukEngland 2018 World Cup chief executive Andy Anson has been appointed to the British Olympic Association as a non-executive director to boost its commercial acumen. By Jacquelin Magnay 10:01PM BST 16...
