rheys To become part of the Olympic programme a sport has to have an International Federation which guarantees that the sport follows the Olympic charter. There are twenty-five core sports that are always included but the games can showcase a maximum of twenty eight.
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With the Olympics dominating everything for the last two weeks we have almost forgotten about football. Some people may think that is a good thing but over the next nine months the Premier League will once again dominate the sporting headlines.
The question that everyone is asking, now that the Olympics have ended, is whether there will be a legacy from these hugely successful games. Sebastian Coe and his team won the right to host the 30th Olympiad by promising a legacy.
When you watch cricket on hot summer days it can be quite amusing because the bowlers during a long day in the field look like Adam Ant from Adam and the Ants.
For anybody that does not remember this superstar from the 1980ֳ his լookՠincluded a large white stripe across the middle of his face. Cricketers seem to apply their sun block in exactly the same way.
At the time of writing Mo Farah has qualified for the final of the 5,000m. After his gold medal success at the 10,000m many people expect him to triumph again.
She was the face of the games and she delivered. Whilst the media speculate how much money she might make after London 2012 she will be thinking of the next event.
Multi-event athletes are special. To push your body over two days performing one gruelling athletic event after another takes a special sort of character.
Olympimania has taken hold of the country. The nation is going nuts with each new British success on the rowing lake, in the velodrome and on the track. After the wall to wall coverage is over with a bit of luck we will get off our couches, turn the TV off and participate.
Probably the most incongruous sport at London 2012 is the beach volleyball competition. Whilst it seems natural for scantily clad men and women to play the sport in California and Rio it does not seem to work in Britain.
Super swimmer Rebecca Adlington has just pushed her body to the limits to grab a bronze medal in the 400m freestyle at London 2012. Hopefully in a couple of days she will add a gold medal to her collection in the 800m.
Exercise is good. We all know that to get fit and to stay fit we have to get our sack of bones moving. If we donִ move our bodies on a regular basis we risk obesity, diabetes and heart problems.