to $800‚000 was spent on flying TO2015 and Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) officials to far-flung destinations where they were wined and dined. The weird would-be porcupine mascot‚ Pachi‚ had cost $383‚045 as of last November and I can imagine expenses growing by another $75‚000 or more. Lots of ’perks’ on the
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Race: Bidayuh Origin: Jugan Village‚ Bau‚ Sarawak Height: 159 cm / 5’3 " Weight: 52 kg / 115 lbs Sport: Diving Nicknames: Lulu g-dolphine Hobbies: Sleeping‚ listening to music‚ surfing the internet. Occupation: Student Education: Sports Science at the Bukit Jalil Sports School in Kuala Lumpur‚ Malaysia Languages spoken: English‚ Malay‚ Mandarin Coach: The Zhuliang (CHN) from 2009 Other sports: He is the brother of fellow diver Pardika Indoma. Recent Success: 2012 Olympic Bronze Medal in
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will burden a common man’s pocket. So‚ is hosting the event a waste of national money? Does India really need mega sports events like Commonwealth Games? Why do we allow our corrupt politicians‚ who also happen to control most of sports federations‚ to waste taxpayers’ money worth thousands of crores on such events in which people hardly have interest? Will Commonwealth Games help Indian sports and sportspersons in the long run? Can a brief event of no major significance at global level help improve
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Literature review of economic impact of large sports event Introduction Over recent years‚ there have significantly controversial discussions about the economic impact that large sporting events bring to the host city and country. This literature review mainly draws attention on four aspects: tourism boosting & expenditure of tourist‚ employment‚ price and living cost‚ reconstruction and investment. It is argued in each item about the extent of the economic impact works and the process they
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News - India’s Olympic performance INDIA 13 August 2012 Last updated at 06:48 ET India’s Olympic performance India’s haul of six medals‚ including two silver and four bronze‚ is the country’s best performance to date at the Olympic games. Sports writer V Krishnaswamy looks into the future for team India and how to build on this success. The world it seems has taken the escalator‚ but Indians are still using the staircase. From 1996 to 2004‚ it was one at a time‚ then it became three and
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in Delhi‚ India between 3 October and 14 October 2010. The games will be the largest multi-sport event conducted to date in Delhi and India generally‚ which has previously hosted the Asian Games in 1951 and 1982. The opening ceremony is scheduled to take place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi. It will also be the first time the Commonwealth Games will be held in India and the second time the event has been held in Asia (after 1998 in Kuala Lumpur‚ Malaysia). There is total mess and the
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Outdoor activities are a form of sports games and other competitive activities which are carried out in the open.There are mainly two types of sports and games‚ namely outdoor and indoor.Unlike indoor games‚most outdoor games required a great amount of physical effort and skills.They cover a broad range of activities like tennis‚swimming ‚soccer‚cycling and mountaineering.Many of them are organized for competitions.On the international level‚we have the Olympic games and commonwealth games. The
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It is the body that is responsible for selecting athletes to represent India at the Olympic games‚ Asian Games and other international athletic meets and for managing the Indian teams at the events. It also acts as the Indian Commonwealth Games Association‚ responsible for selecting athletes to represent India at the Commonwealth Games [2]. 4) Theme and goal In an interview by Indian Express‚ Sonia Manchanda‚ Principal Designer‚ Idiom‚ who
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of the house‚ This house believes that women and men should not co-compete in all sporting events and we will argue this motion for several reasons. We all want to watch fair and entertaining sporting events‚ so is it fair to tell every sports viewer that the rules and regulations are going to have to change? That the quality of most sporting events will decrease for no purpose at all? Equality in sports is an issue‚ but men and women co-competing is not the answer to it. Physiologically‚ the
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Jared Doerr 11/17/14 Arguments and Reasoning Gladiator Events: Sport or Not? Are gladiator events of ancient Rome sport? Gladiator events were most certainly a violent form of entertainment and because of the violence I would think we would naturally feel that it is not a sport; however‚ before we can clarify whether or not gladiator events are sport‚ we first have to define what a “sport” is considered to be. I have broken down “sport” to contain three elements: some aspect of competiveness (a desire
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