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FOCUS sport : From Bergamo to Laos: parkour with Gato, Italian traceur

From Bergamo to Laos: parkour with Gato, Italian traceur

Federico, or 'Gato' ('Cat') as he likes to be known, is an Italian biologist. But his real passion is for parkour - or rather the art of moving, a discipline which allows man to discover his own body and its limits

by Miriam Franchina @ // 17/03/10 - 2 votes

sport, city planning, urban dance, parkour, federico "gato" mazzoleni, traceur, france

INTERVIEW sport : Cornershop: 'musicians might as well hand their credit cards over to the man on the street'

Cornershop: 'musicians might as well hand their credit cards over to the man on the street'

Northern English indie band Cornershop give us a talking to about Swiss minarets, metal music and releasing their comeback album - it's been seven years! - cheaply via their website

by Tim Mac an Airchinnigh @ // 11/12/09 - 2 votes

sport, bands, referendum, religion, downloads, best of cafebabel.com, music

TESTIMONY sport : A Spanish Señorita at the Super Bowl: 'The best part? The adverts!'

A Spanish Señorita at the Super Bowl: 'The best part? The adverts!'

The greatest event in American football has little cause to envy its European counterparts: showbiz steals the limelight from sport, seconds are worth a fortune, and tapas are replaced by nachos with cheese. The opinion of a Spanish girl in the States

by Estefi @ // 02/02/09

sport, football, beer, super bowl, spain, budweiser, america

Poker, bandy, parkour equals 'sport'

Poker, bandy, parkour equals 'sport'

Be they traditional, controversial or artistic, new disciplines join older cliches to fashion Europe's sporty look. We jump over and around buildings in Rome with free-running founder Sebastian Foucan, check out the scene in the Basque country and Sweden, whilst the Danes get pokerface

PANORAMA sport : Beijing 2008: 273 Olympic medals for the EU

Beijing 2008: 273 Olympic medals for the EU

An Austrian commission representative has remarked that an 'EU medals table' would 'conserve EU identity' - latest update of the medals the old continent has won, against China, Russia and the US

by Jesús Ramírez Morales @ // 25/08/08

sport, european union, medaglie, beijing, olimpiadi, sport

PANORAMA sport : China, superstition and sport – from monastery to NBA

China, superstition and sport – from monastery to NBA

In this giant Asian country, even sport needs a less bureaucratic and more open model in order to be more competitive

by Francesca Barca @ , Pedro Picón @ , Alessandro Zoppo @ // 05/08/08 - 1 vote

sport, superstition, apertura, traditions, china, cina, olimpiadi

ANALYSIS sport : Hosting the Olympics won't improve your life

Hosting the Olympics won't improve your life

Enthusiastic as preparations may appear on the world stage, the positive economic and human rights impact of the August Olympic Games will be minimal in China

by Catherine Neilan @ // 05/08/08 - 1 vote

sport, freedom, human rights, amnesty international, abuses, change, death penalty

FOCUS sport : Homophobia in the Olympic games: ‘deaf discrimination’

Homophobia in the Olympic games: ‘deaf discrimination’

The co-founder of ‘Eurogames 2008’ in Barcelona and a member of Hong Kong gay forum 'Horizons' provide a European-Chinese perspective on the gay community in sport, ahead of the Olympics on 8 August

by Pedro Picón @ // 05/08/08 - 3 Comment

sport, gay rights, olympische spiele, eurogames, cina, olimpiadi, sport

INTERVIEW sport : Maurizio Crosetti: ‘Using English words in Italian is a basic lack of respect’

Maurizio Crosetti: ‘Using English words in Italian is a basic lack of respect’

The Turin-born sports journalist at national daily 'La Repubblica', 46, on how Europe has changed Italian journalism and a ‘provincial’ tendency to use so many English terms

by Filippo Lubrano @ // 01/08/08

sport, journalist, bosman-urteil, crosetti maurizio, la repubblica, brunch, bosman directive

FEATURE sport : €uro 2008, a global currency

€uro 2008, a global currency

Euro 2004 was a huge commercial success, grossing 760 million euros in income. What are the prospects for Euro 2008, whose over one million tickets have already been sold?

by Akli Hadid @ // 03/06/08

sport, advertising, uefa, money, marketing, euro 2008, economy

ANALYSIS sport : Italy favourites to win Euro 2008

Italy favourites to win Euro 2008

FIFA class the current world champions as favourites in the 2008 instalment of the European football championships. Some predictions on the first round challengers

by Cyril Marsaud @ // 03/06/08

sport, favoriten, michael ballack, austria, switzerland, em 2008, football

sport : Mullet

Mullet

by margarethe padysz // 20/11/07

sport, tower of babel, germany, hungary, northern eu, bolzano, western eu

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DVSC puts Hungary back on the map of football

By Lóránt Havas Sealing 2-0 victory against Bulgarian side Levski Sofia, the team of Debrecen put an end to a long lasting struggle of Hungarian football: it is going to be the second team from the land of Magyars to make an appearance in the Champions League (CL) group stage ...

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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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Puskás Hungary

Written by Ádám Terjék There is a new documentary film in the Hungarian cinemas about the football icon, Puskás. It is an epoch-making work using several archive photos, videos and original letters of his life. The new techniques and ideas applied in this film will definitely mean some revolution in ...

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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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