sport
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
sport, city planning, urban dance, parkour, federico "gato" mazzoleni, traceur, france
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
sport, bands, referendum, religion, downloads, best of cafebabel.com, music
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
sport, football, beer, super bowl, spain, budweiser, america
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
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
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
sport, superstition, apertura, traditions, china, cina, olimpiadi
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
sport, freedom, human rights, amnesty international, abuses, change, death penalty
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
sport, gay rights, olympische spiele, eurogames, cina, olimpiadi, sport
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
sport, journalist, bosman-urteil, crosetti maurizio, la repubblica, brunch, bosman directive
€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?
sport, advertising, uefa, money, marketing, euro 2008, economy
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
sport, favoriten, michael ballack, austria, switzerland, em 2008, football
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