What ails Indian sports A nation of over one billion people and only one individual Gold medal in the Olympics till date! Alas‚ once the best in the field of men’s hockey but not even able to qualify for the Olympics. Similarly‚ once an Asian champion in football but now struggling to stand on its feet. All these elucidate the deplorable state of sports in our country. Even small nations like Zimbabwe‚ Latvia are much ahead of us in the medal tally. So what is it that is depriving the nation of
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that their association with sports has helped raise their political profile. We can quote many examples in relation to this; Dasmunsi was president of All India Football Federation (AIFF) for 20 years before he suffered a heart attack‚ in October 2008‚ which restricted him to the hospital bed. While Praful Patel‚ the aviation minister‚ took over the reins from him‚ Dasmunsi is now designated honorary president.Even while he was at the helm of affairs‚ India’s inability to break into the top-100
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Every two years an Olympic host city led to a heated discussion in mainstream media and academic works. This paper aims to know and explore the overwhelming challenges and opportunities faced by the London Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG)‚ especially the security chaos that its security contractor company G4S PLC’s fail to provide all the staff promised. After analysis of the problem‚ this study will provide detailed information and some feasible strategies‚ completing with the critical
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their goals. Cathy Freeman was born on the 16th of February 1973 and is currently 44 years old. As a child Freeman had always dreamed of winning an Olympic gold medal and at the age of eight she ran in her first race competing for the 80 meter sprint which she had won easily. Cathy Freeman was the first Australian Aborigine ever to compete in the Olympics‚ and the first to wave the Aboriginal flag at a sporting event. She is an Australian sprinter who specialises in the 400 meters event. Her personal
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.Dyer‚ Geoff. "Beijing Olympics Failed to Boost Tourism‚ Figures show." FT.com (2009)ABI/INFORM Complete; ProQuest Research Library. Web. 18 Jan. 2013. "China : Marriott Executive Apartments Strengthens its Position in China with the Opening of the Imperial Mansion‚ Beijing." MENA Report (2012)ProQuest Research Library. Web. 18 Jan. 2013. Dombey‚ Olivier. "The Effects of SARS on the Chinese Tourism Industry." Journal of Vacation Marketing 10.1 (2003): 4-10.ABI/INFORM Complete. Web. 18 Jan. 2013
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Grammar Practice In this article‚ some of the verbs are incorrect. Decide if the underlined verbs are correct. The first two have been done for you. P.62 http://www.aristo.com.hk 2 DEVELOPING SKILLS Set B Review Test 1 Grammar & Usage The Olympics (1) had changed the lives of (1) has changed _____________ (2) _____________ (3) to find _____________ many people in China. For security guard Z. Zhang‚ the final burst of fireworks over the Bird’s Nest Stadium for the closing ceremony
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Championship * New television commercial (TVC) launched in 2004- he won a gold medal at Athens Olympics- “Stereotypes are meant to be broken” What went wrong in this arrangement? * Nike spent heavily on high-profile advertising campaigns centred on Beijing Olympics themes * It also invested a lot of money to design new sportswear and footwear for Liu and other athletes specifically for the Beijing Olympics * Liu was considered to be more valuable than Yao Ming (Chinese Basketball Team) as he
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aspects. _____________________________________________________________________ So first off‚ think about how sports have expanded. The root cause of that is technology; being able to travel. The Olympics for example; if we weren’t as technologically advanced as we are today‚ these modern Olympics wouldn’t be possible without being able to fly. Athletes are literally traveling all over the globe on a daily basis to meet for tournaments or games and other matches. Now‚ according to an article
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where I talk about all 4 apparatus of gymnastics. The second topic is the three main types of gymnastics. Rhythmic‚ Artistic‚ and Acrobatic. The final topic is the history of gymnastics. Gymnastics has been a sport for 4‚000 years‚ but has been an Olympic sport for 32 years. The first apparatus I will be talking about is vault. In vaulting events‚ gymnast sprint down a 25 meter (82ft) runway‚ jump on to a springboard and land momentarily on the vaulting table‚ then are propelled forward‚ landing
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the Next Olympic Sport? ESports has been on the rise in the world and many question whether eSports should be incorporated into the Olympics and I say: why not? Many may think that eSports‚ playing video games competitively‚ might not qualify to be an Olympic sport or that it might promote bad behaviors associated with video games‚ but I don’t see that to be the case and others agree. ESports being placed into the Olympics will boost the video game related industry‚ cause the Olympics to appeal
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