LONDON (Reuters) – Kew Gardens on an English spring morning will host the first in a series of celebrations on Wednesday to commemorate the 100 days’ countdown to the London Olympics.

An oak tree will be planted to mark Britain’s role in the birth of the modern Olympic movement and giant Olympic rings made up of 25,000 flowers will be on display.

LONDON (Reuters) – For spiritual inspiration Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympics, looked back to Olympia and the splendour of the ancient Greek Games.

Across the channel, a less obvious source provided a more immediate influence for the diminutive French aristocrat with the impressive handlebar moustache.

LONDON (Reuters) – During an informative and entertaining address to an anti-doping conference last month, German researcher Mario Thevis referred to “80, 90, 100″ new performance-enhancing drugs for which no tests yet exist.

“They act like EPO (erythropietin) but they are structurally different and that means the current EPO tests will not pick them up,” he told delegates to the conference in London convened by worldsportslawreport.

LONDON, April 18 (Reuters) – Kew Gardens on an English
spring morning will host the first in a series of celebrations
on Wednesday to commemorate the 100 days’ countdown to the
London Olympics.

An oak tree will be planted to mark Britain’s role in the
birth of the modern Olympic movement and giant Olympic rings
made up of 25,000 flowers will be on display.

LONDON, April 18 (Reuters) – For spiritual inspiration Baron
Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympics, looked back
to Olympia and the splendour of the ancient Greek Games.

Across the channel, a less obvious source provided a more
immediate influence for the diminutive French aristocrat with
the impressive handlebar moustache.

LONDON, April 18 (Reuters) – During an informative and
entertaining address to an anti-doping conference last month,
German researcher Mario Thevis referred to “80, 90, 100″ new
performance-enhancing drugs for which no tests yet exist.

“They act like EPO (erythropietin) but they are structurally
different and that means the current EPO tests will not pick
them up,” he told delegates to the conference in London convened
by worldsportslawreport.

LONDON (Reuters) – Grace and grit in the face of adversity were the defining features of a memorable running career which took Sebastian Coe to Olympic 1,500 metres titles in Moscow in 1980 and Los Angeles four years later.

Now, after twice summoning the perfect blend of speed, stamina and strategy in the classic Olympic track race, Coe has another finishing line in sight.

LONDON, April 17 (Reuters) – Grace and grit in the face of
adversity were the defining features of a memorable running
career which took Sebastian Coe to Olympic 1,500 metres titles
in Moscow in 1980 and Los Angeles four years later.

Now, after twice summoning the perfect blend of speed,
stamina and strategy in the classic Olympic track race, Coe has
another finishing line in sight.

LONDON (Reuters) – A wintry blast at the start of the English season and the return of the national team after a chastening winter coincide with the publication of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanac under its youngest editor for 72 years.

Lawrence Booth, 37, has succeeded Scyld Berry as only the 16th editor of a publication which celebrates its 150th anniversary next year.

LONDON, April 11 (Reuters) – A wintry blast at the start of
the English season and the return of the national team after a
chastening winter coincide with the publication of the Wisden
Cricketers’ Almanac under its youngest editor for 72 years.

Lawrence Booth, 37, has succeeded Scyld Berry as only the
16th editor of a publication which celebrates its 150th
anniversary next year.