Gold Lightening Strikes Twice

Incredibly the Winter Olympics witnessed its first ever tie the other night. The Alpine Skiing event saw Tina Maze of Slovenia and Dominique Gisin of Switzerland both complete the course in 1 minute 41.57 seconds on wednesday. The two friends

It’s Gone to Penalties in Qatar.

Qatar’s 2022 World Cup organisers have announced this week that they will penalise contractors who violate the welfare of construction workers working on building the stadia for the showcase event. This move has come about after world wide condemnation over

It’s All Downhill

Sometimes you know its just not your day, well if you have ever felt like that imagine how US Bobsledder Johnny Quinn feels. Quinn successfully was selected for the Winter Olympics as part of the US Bobsled team, but he

Striking Gold Given a New Meaning in Sochi

The Winter Olympics are now underway in Sochi, but there will be ten commemorative medals which will be extra special. Ten medals have reportedly been embedded with fragments from a meteor that hit the city of Chelyabinsk in Russia’s southern

Blatter Fights Discrimination

It comes as no great surprise to hear that FIFA President Sepp Blatter wants the rules changed within the IOC to suit his own ends. Following the bribery scandal surrounding the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics  the IOC produced a