Wimbledon bursts with rare color
LONDON (Reuters) – Wimbledon’s conservative traditions have been banished for the London Olympics with pink branding and bright red dresses set to adorn the esteemed grasscourt tennis venue.
Any clothing color other than white is normally frowned upon at the annual grand slam tournament but different rules apply in the Olympic tennis event, which has taken over the hallowed turf.
Olympics-Tennis-Wimbledon bursts with rare colour
LONDON, July 26 (Reuters) – Wimbledon’s conservative
traditions have been banished for the London Olympics with pink
branding and bright red dresses set to adorn the esteemed
grasscourt tennis venue.
Any clothing colour other than white is normally frowned
upon at the annual grand slam tournament but different rules
apply in the Olympic tennis event, which has taken over the
hallowed turf.
Milan’s future could lie with Inzaghi clones
Defenders in Italy breathed a sigh of relief this week as Filippo Inzaghi hung up his boots. The bad news for them is that his new challenge is to produce the next generation of Italian goal-hanging greats as AC Milan’s youth team coach.
Inzaghi was the simplest of goal-poachers, with a bloodhound’s instinct for sniffing out a chance and the cobra-like reflexes to exploit it. He was neither a dribbler nor a passer, and his career-long battle with the offside rule reached ridiculous proportions at times, but his finishing ability was second to none.
Brazil teams look big favorites
LONDON (Reuters) – Brazilian flair and togetherness, coupled with an extraordinary amount of experience, make their men’s and women’s volleyball teams the big favorites for glory at the London Olympics.
In the men’s arena, world champions Brazil will be gunning for a third Games title and look a better bet than current Olympic champions the United States, who will still hope for a podium spot.
Olympics-Volleyball-Brazil teams look big favourites
LONDON, July 19 (Reuters) – Brazilian flair and
togetherness, coupled with an extraordinary amount of
experience, make their men’s and women’s volleyball teams the
big favourites for glory at the London Olympics.
In the men’s arena, world champions Brazil will be gunning
for a third Games title and look a better bet than current
Olympic champions the United States, who will still hope for a
podium spot.
Wiggins procession at Tour de France by no means certain
BESANCON, France (Reuters) – Bradley Wiggins is too worldly-wise to think he has the Tour de France title in the bag, especially after being chewed up and spat out by the cycling gods in last year’s race.
The favourite has lived up to his pre-Tour billing and leads by one minute 53 seconds on Tuesday’s first rest day but the flurry of crashes seen in the first week show that even a commanding advantage can be lost in a tangle of mangled metal.
Wiggins procession by no means certain
BESANCON, France (Reuters) – Bradley Wiggins is too worldly-wise to think he has the Tour de France title in the bag, especially after being chewed up and spat out by the cycling gods in last year’s race.
The favourite has lived up to his pre-Tour billing and leads by one minute 53 seconds on Tuesday’s first rest day but the flurry of crashes seen in the first week show that even a commanding advantage can be lost in a tangle of mangled metal.
Martin’s bad luck reaches new heights
BESANCON, France (Reuters) – Tony Martin has encountered more bad luck this year than he is likely to in the rest of his career but the German still finished 12th on the ninth stage time trial at the Tour de France on Monday.
The world time trial champion suffered a puncture on the 41.5 km route from Arc et Senans to Besancon, just like he did in the opening time trial in the Tour prologue when he was again expected to shine.
Other sports can learn from chilled out Tour de France
This has been my first Tour de France and it has been like going back in time.
Sport has become big business and egos have exploded too, while security restrictions have made visiting many stadiums something of a chore.
But not on the Tour. To say the French approach is laissez faire is an understatement. As a journalist you can practically go wherever you want with hardly any checks, even standing just behind the stage finish line. Yes you might get your toes clipped as the rider speeds past but the access to the cyclists is remarkable.
Nibali emerges as clear third man
BELFORT, France (Reuters) – All the talk before the Tour de France was about the battle between favourite Bradley Wiggins and defending champion Cadel Evans, with neutrals hoping for a “third man” to appear from the pack and make the race more interesting.
That man is likely to be Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali, who rose to third in the overall standings on Saturday after keeping pace with new leader Wiggins and Evans on the race’s first ascent up to the Les Planche des Belles Filles on stage seven.
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