Usain Bolt ended his six-month relationship with a Slovakian fashion designer in order to focus on the upcoming Summer Olympics. News reports suggest Bolt’s breakup with Lubica Slovak, 28, was because of his desire to repeat his double-gold/world-record Olympic performance in London. The Jamaican swept the sprint events in 2008 and set the world marks [...]
Natasha Jonas’ journey towards Olympic qualification takes her into a clash with a boxer who ruined the second seed’s hopes. The 27-year-old has cruised into the last 16 of the Women’s World Amateur Championships in China and must finish as one of the three top Europeans to book a place at London 2012. Having seen [...]
Two-time Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington believes Kate Haywood is finally reaping the rewards of her switch Down Under – insisting the Grimsby ace is in the shape of her life just in time for London 2012. Haywood made the bold move to switch her training base to Australia in late 2010, linking up with Beijing [...]
Boxing champion, Manny Pacquiao, has come out swinging against US President, Barack Obama’s personal endorsement of same-sex marriage. In an interview with the National Conservative Examiner, the religious Pacquiao said Obama’s view was nothing more than a direct attack on the morals of society and the will of God. “God only expects man and woman [...]
Assunta’s second life will start in London. Her first one stopped in Beijing. Her sporting life that is, as Assunta Legnante has always lived through sport. For years, she was one of the best shot-putters in Italy and the world, captain of the Italian team at the World Athletics Championships in 2007. The Beijing Olympics [...]
Those gestures of daffy jubilation in sports are well known. Some athletes rock and weigh their arms for their pregnant wife, while others praise God or Jesus with a profound t-shirt. Some inventive athletes even develop a unique choreography which becomes something of a trademark for them. Mohamed Farg Salem Tlish will cheer in another [...]
Michael Phelps knows what’s on his schedule this summer. Just don’t ask him to share it. “Can I ask a question? Why is it such a big deal what I’m swimming?” Phelps said Sunday. “You guys ask me every time.” Yes, four years after winning a record eight gold medals in Beijing, Phelps remains the [...]
