March 10 2010

Sport

Why was death of Georgian Olympian 'dismissed' by officials?

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Catherine Javakhishvili

Fatal questions:  Nodar KumaritashviliFatal questions: Nodar KumaritashviliIt is always difficult to speak in one voice for a whole nation, whether it's gigantic China or my little Georgia, once part of the former Soviet Union. Yet, there are some exceptions.

Champion Semenya has been treated as 'a leper'

Marc Wadsworth

Glam rocker Lou Reed’s lyrics from his 1970s hit song Walk on the wild side have come to mind as I watched the tormenting of a young woman athlete whose story is more sensational than that of new sports hero Usain Bolt.

Sexy Argentinians and beautiful horses

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Lara Platman

In the eleventh century, the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam used polo as a metaphor for God's dominion over the apparent chaos of life. Today, amidst a country in recession, the World Series returns rather poignantly to the home of British Polo, Hurlingham Park in London after a 70 year absence.

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