Latest in Tag: Olympic Highlight
Latest in Tag: Olympic
Al-Sisi approves Egypt’s bid to host 2036 Olympic Games
President of International Olympic Committee says Egypt is one of leading African and Arab countries in various team and individual sports
Al-Sisi orders naming new bridges, axes after Egyptian Olympic medalists
Al-Sisi pledged full support to Egyptian athletes at Olympic Games
Egypt’s Olympic handball team make history in Tokyo 2020
Egypt face France in Olympic semi-finals
Egypt targets 3-5 Olympic medals in Tokyo 2020: Sports Minister
Sobhy told Daily News Egypt that Egypt has chosen 28 athletes who can compete for Olympic medals, so that the ministry can focus its support and efforts to achieve this goal.
Egypt achieves historical results in Buenos Aires Summer Youth Olympic Games
Egyptian achievement came even though edition’s mission was not largest in history of its participation
Al-Sisi honours Egypt’s Olympic and Paralympics champions
Egypt won 3 bronze medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics, and 3 gold, 5 silver, and 4 bronze at the 2016 Rio Paralympics
Rio 2016: Olympic spirit is a matter of perspective
A week in to the Rio Games and attendances have been disappointing, to say the least. Stadiums are full when Brazilian athletes or superstars like Michael Phelps compete, but that’s hardly the case otherwise. Why?
Rio 2016: Dressage team win Germany’s sixth gold of Games
A smooth, controlled display from the German dressage team saw them win the country’s sixth gold in Rio. Isabell Werth, Kristina Sprehe, Dorothee Schneider and Sönke Rothenberger held off a British challenge to win.
Rio 2016: Coach says Belgian sailor ill due to polluted Rio waters
Belgian sailor Evi van Acker has a bacterial infection that her coach believes she picked up while training in Rio’s polluted Guanabara Bay. The poor water quality in the Olympic host city was a big pre-Games concern.
‘This doesn’t look good’ – German water expert befuddled by Olympic green pool
Here’s one for the water saftey experts, chemists and microbiologists out there: What can cause an entire pool to turn green overnight? DW asked a German expert how a Rio pool could have gone green.
Fencer Muhammad bows out early but breaks new ground
Ibtihaj Muhammad made her debut as the first American Olympic athlete competing in a hijab on Monday but her adventure ended with a loss in the second round of women’s sabre fencing.
An “Olympic truce” in Brazil?
Can Brazil, through this year’s Olympic Games, leave behind its worst political, economic, and social crisis in decades
Jaguar used in Olympic torch ceremony shot dead in Brazil
A jaguar used as part of the Olympic torch ceremony in Brazil has been shot and killed after escaping. The Olympic Committee said it was “very unhappy” about the tragic shooting
Egyptian national men’s volleyball team defeats Tunisian rival in Olympic qualifying match
The team’s first victory came last Friday, in the team’s first qualifying match, were it defeated the qualifying tournament’s hosts the Republic of Congo’s national team 3-1. With this win, Egypt’s national team qualified semi-finals.
IOC president calls for change after scandal-filled year
IOC chief Thomas Bach wants change after a scandal-filled year across the sports world. He hopes his “Olympic Movement” can provide “new answers to new questions.”
FIFA’s Sepp Blatter ends stint on International Olympic Committee
FIFA President Sepp Blatter’s leadership role in another major world sporting body has ended. Blatter has decided against running for re-election as a member of the International Olympic Committee. The head of global football organization FIFA, which has been caught up in a wide-ranging corruption scandal, had informed the International Olympic Committee (IOC) he would …
Much more than just games
By Wilfried Lemke, Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on Sport for Development and Peace During this break in the action between the closing of the Olympic Games and the opening of the Paralympic Games in London this Friday, we have a unique opportunity to consider how both events can improve people’s lives …