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FEATURE sport : Scouting for boys

Scouting for boys

February 22nd is the 150th birthday of Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the world-famous children’s Scouting Movement

by Anna Karla @ // 21/02/07

sport, war, paris, france, europe, society

FOCUS sport : Skiing within four walls

Skiing within four walls

In the style of Ski Dubai, the indoor skiing resort in the middle of the desert, ski domes are sprouting like mushrooms throughout Europe

by stéphane pocidalo // 15/02/07

sport, lifestyle, city planning, economy, tourism, europe, society

FOCUS sport : Eastern ski resorts take centre piste

Eastern ski resorts take centre piste

Longer hours of daylight, groomed slopes, cheap fares and a chance to explore über-foreign cuisine and culture. More and more are taking to Slovenian, Bulgarian, Czech and Bosnian slopes

by rami abdelrahman // 15/02/07

sport, consumers, travel, czech republic, bosnia and herzegovina, bulgaria, slovenia

INTERVIEW sport : Sport: Brussels' Achilles Heel

Sport: Brussels' Achilles Heel

As an international UNESCO convention on doping takes place in Paris, Pietro Mennea, Italian former Olympic champion, discusses the 'crime'

by silvia cravotta // 05/02/07

sport, drugs, european union, politics, european parliament

FEATURE sport : Are the winds of change blowing for Hungarian football?

Are the winds of change blowing for Hungarian football?

Next April, UEFA’s Executive Committee will choose the host nation for Euro 2012. Hungary and Croatia are candidates in the race

by Georgia Diaz Carrasco @ // 31/01/07

sport, croatia, madrid, liverpool, hungary, sport, nottigham

Olympiad Sacrifices

In London preparations for the 2012 Olympic Games are in full swing. And although the mistakes of the previous Games should be avoided, plenty of problems still lurk in the foreground

by matthias jekosch // 01/12/06

sport, london, united kingdom, society

FEATURE sport : The last of their kind

The last of their kind

Of all the European mountain ranges, it is only in the High Tatras that the mountain huts are supplied by foot. And every year the porters organise a rather unusual annual competition – the Sherpa Rally.

by jan zappner // 19/01/06

sport, slovakia, central and eastern europe

OPINION sport : Lithuanians crazy about basketball

Lithuanians crazy about basketball

Basketball is the most popular and emotionally intense sport in Lithuania, which is quite a conservative catholic country. Basketball becomes the second religion when an important match is taking place and the sport has a long and great history in this Baltic state

by justas brazauskas // 03/05/05

sport, lithuania, barcelona, stockholm, olympic games, greece, australia

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Hungary, on the map of ice hockey - First in supporting

By TÓTH Gábor The Ice Hockey World Championship is just before the final, yet we already have a winner: the fans of the Hungarian team. Although the national squad finished its part on the last place on Monday already, each of us around Hungarian ice hockey can be proud and ...

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The truth of sport

By TÓTH Gábor What professional sport is really about, you just open up a paper and read: dopping, hard injuries because of cruel drive for win, clash of supporters and some corruption of refs or high level bureaucrats. What sport is truly about, you have to go to Switzerland to ...

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Oxford vs Cambridge Boat Race - in pictures

Today, there was much messing about in boats on the river Thames in leafy green South West London. Earlier this afternoon, rowers from Britain's historic universities, Oxford and Cambridge, slugged it out in the 155th boat race. However, there was much other activity on, and by, the river throughout ...

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Pick of the Week in London

This is cafebabel london’s choice selection on what's happening in capital in the coming week (23-29 March).

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Olympic games on fire…

On the 30th March 2008, the Olympic torch lit only one week ago, has now finished travelling around its native country Greece before leaving for Peking where the Olympic games will be held amidst a lot of controversy. These games have already been criticized all over the world recently. At ...

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