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Its very good development and I must take part!
all the best,
John
Posted: 10/2/2008 9:54:27 AM | |
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The power of sport stands in its own values. Sport will always have the force to create values and its main value is the knowledge itself. Sport could not be considered outside the areas of culture and civilization. The resonance realized between these two zones within sport sphere, have the power to transform the world.
To say that sport has its own values means that these values are specific, in the way that they could not be found in other domain; to define the values of sports means to name their proximate kind and their specific difference, (Batlan, 2000). The other two conditions are to find a specific space where this values are revealed and, finally, to demonstrate their capacity to create new values. The Greek sculpture has born on the stadium, (Faure, 1909) and sport could be seen as a key to the knowledge of the society (Elias, 1994). In our times the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games has the unique power to give to the entire world the feeling of sublime as a demonstration of the every day sense of life. Neil Blain, in Sport, Media, Culture, 2003, shows that sports means more than a metaphoric view of life. Making the difference between symbol and index he suggested that sport is not a vicarious experience and means the real life. Mircea Malita, in “Ten Thousands Cultures, a Single Civilization”, 2001, says that the resonance between culture and civilization is the proper way to progress. He pointed sports as a model of transparence in the politic sphere. Fair-play is the most known value of sport and its moral dimensions were embraced by many other domains. Sport has changed dramatically due to television support, (Rowe, 2007), and the transparence brought by the “Guttenberg Galaxy” became more than a window to the world. The international celebration of the Olympic Games is a strong link to our historical past and also a glimpse to our future, but more than anything else they are a celebration of the central values of our culture, (Coman, 2003). People have the chance to stay together and to rediscover themselves, (Lardellier, 2003). Every sport event became a magic shield used by every person to protect and express the Self, in a play of culture. Within any play of culture the man is playing himself, passing in a superior sphere of existence, (Gabriel Liiceanu, 2005). Sports transcend the times. The ancient people of Amazon believed that the rubber ball had its own spirit, (Boncompagni, 1994) and in the modern era the amazing flight of athletes became cultural exposure, (Lull, 1999). The Olympic Games became an area of reflexivity in sport press as a part of the popular culture, (Dahlgren, Sparks, 1992), but today the Olympic Games are more than ever an invitation to knowledge and the Olympic Values are the first to be known, as the Olympic Ideal could be in the near future part of an educational core of the entire world, united by sports.
Posted: 9/10/2008 1:34:25 PM | |
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Play the Game for Open Journalism (www.playthegameforopenjournalism.org) has opened a new blogging portal at www.playthegameforopenjournalism.org/forums called China Talking.
Posted: 7/10/2008 12:39:48 PM | |
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At the OLYMPIC GAMES 2004 in Athens 9 out of 10 related doping cases in athletics involved athletes from Europe.
The following is a statement from a member of the EAA Council about how this disastrous situation was handled in the first council meeting after the games:
"It has surprised me, that we have not talked in detail about the doping affairs in Athens. It was only mentioned that all cases were related to Europe, and that we should make an effort concerning our reputation.
However, there were no proposals as to how we should do it. The main argument is always that the IAAF is responsible for everything".
This, and much more, about the shortcomings in the anti-doping efforts of European Athletics during the last 10 years, can be found under:
A CRITICAL INSIDE LOOK AT THE ANTI-DOPING EFFORTS OF THE EUROPEAN ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (EAA)
at: www.123hjemmeside.dk/eaa-anti-doping
Posted: 6/18/2008 9:31:13 AM | |
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A report by the Associated Press carried in the International Herald Tribune states that a group of 200 Uighur protestors staged a protest in the Turkish city of Istanbul when the Olympic torch passed through the city on 2 April 2008. The protest was against human rights abuses allegedly carried out against members of their community in the Chinese provice of Xinjiang.
“We don't want a country like China, with a bad human rights record, to hold the Olympics, which symbolize humanity, peace and brotherhood,” said protester Hayrullah Efendigil, reports AP.
While protests over the autonomy of Tibet have received worldwide attention, the situation of the province of Xinjiang has received far fewer column inches.
Amongst the many various ethnic groups that inhabit Xinjiang, the Uyghur or Uighur are the most numerous. However, their size relative to other groups is now being challenged by the presence of Han Chinese, who have been encouraged to migrate to the region since 1949.
Like protesters in Tibet, the Uighur are using the Olympics as a chance to protest against perceived political, social, religious and economic injustices in the region.
Xinjiang is also believed to have been the site of recent violent unrest.
Source: International Herald Tribune, “Uighur expatriates protest China during Olympic torch ceremony in Turkey”, 3 April 2008, http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/04/03/europe/EU-GEN-OLY-Olympic-Torch-Istanbul.php
Posted: 4/3/2008 5:47:52 PM | |
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The French news agency AFP reports that former WADA chief Dick Pound’s bid to run for the Presidency of the International Court of Arbitration for Sport may be disrupted as a result of legal action by the UCI.
Pound is being sued by the UCI for alleged “continual injurious and biased comments” against former UCI president Hein Verbruggen.
AFP writes that Pound’s candidacy may be “hampered by an unwritten rule that anyone bidding for CAS's presidency cannot be involved in legal action.”
Confirming that there were no statutory impediments to Pound’s candidature, CAS secretary general Matthieu Reeb believes that it will be “up to each voter to analyse the situation and to determine if the complaint is justified or not,” reports AFP.
Source: Agence France Presse, “Dick Pound among four candidates for CAS presidency,” 2 April 2008, http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/080402/canada/sport_cas_pound
Posted: 4/3/2008 12:08:43 AM | |
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It was with some interest that I read the first few words if this story.
South Africa it seems has a major problem achiving anything of a national team identity while politicians play with names and targets and systems.
Replacing one bowler with a proven record with another who has limited test credentials explains that politicians are playing games and messing with a system and a settled squad for the sake of apperances. That is poor selection.
Posted: 3/16/2008 4:12:14 PM | |
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why is it that so many nigerians surffer.
Posted: 2/11/2008 12:54:43 PM | |
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Posted: 2/11/2008 12:50:48 PM | |
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I come from Kenya.My country could be termed as FIFA's "bad boy " for the number of bans it has received.The root cause of the bans are incessant wrangles for control of the KFF.The problem is still worse as the fighting groups are only after the income that is generated from soccer.How do we rid ourselves of corruption in African soccer and sport in general?
Posted: 9/11/2007 1:20:24 PM | |
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| games | By:
Daniel Tabares
from Boston |
I want to play the Life game
Posted: 8/29/2007 2:09:33 PM | |
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Wow! The English premier league is progressing in agod note.Newcastle could manage only a draw a gainst their Astonvilla counterparts.
I clapped simply because it was agame well played.But still asking ,Are goals football?May be your hostel mate may have asked this same question.And I ;m threfore sayingb that,yesterdays was football ,but how nmany did they score.
Currently I'm lacking comments coz those who are against my team--which is Man U anyway are beginning to shy away to the brink of fear.Hence ythe game which we are going to take up today shall be a win.
We are going to win there men.
Eat football for dinner,sincerely I will,chrs.
Posted: 8/19/2007 1:04:01 PM | |
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