Stories about Sport from March, 2008
Trinidad & Tobago: Fooling Ourselves
West Indies Cricket Blog quotes “Trinidad and Tobago cricket boss” Deryck Murray to underscore the point that “we are fooling ourselves”.
Kazakhstan: Olympic Torch Lands in Almaty
KZBlog reports that the Olympic Torch will pass through Almaty on 2 April on its way out from Beijing to Istanbul. Almaty, former capital of Kazakhstan and its largest city, will be the first city on the way of relay.
Trinidad & Tobago: Politics & Sport
Notes from Port of Spain makes his case for leaving politics out of the upcoming China Olympics: “Once you establish the principle that global sports meetings can be boycotted on political grounds, there's no end to it – no country on earth is 100 per cent virtuous.”
Czech Republic: Football Hooligans
The Czech Daily Word writes about football hooligans in Prague.
Poland: Stance on Tibet
Kinuk writes about Poland's stance on Tibet and China.
Costa Rica: Campaign for Fans of Saprissa
Roy Rojas of News Star [es] writes about a campaign started by fans of the Costa Rican football team Saprissa, who are concerned by the violence and rudeness
Brazil: Listen to Brazil v Sweden in the 1958 World Cup
If you didn't get excited by the Brazil v Sweden friendly match yesterday, Donizetti [pt] has found a link to a moving live radio narration (in Portuguese) of the same confrontation, but in the World Cup in 1958. “Playing were Gilmar, Nilton Santos, Orlando, Bellini, Djalma Santos, Didi, Zito, Zagalo,...
Bolivia: Easter Week in Santiago de Huata
Ruben Lipe of Rubensistem [es] writes about how the Bolivian Altiplano town of Santiago de Huata celebrates Easter, including a football tournament. He writes that it is surprising to see that some teams hire professional players from La Paz to play and compete for the $1,500 prize.
Serbia, Kosovo: Milorad Cavic's Protest
Balkan Baby writes about Serbian swimming champion Milorad Cavic: “Many of us who firmly support Kosovo’s independence will have paradoxically supported Cavic’s protest though, seeing in it an expression of the democratic right of the individual to speak his mind. When so many athletes concern themselves solely with wearing branded...
Poland, Ukraine: Euro 2012
20 East writes about Euro 2012, to be hosted by Poland and Ukraine: “As I live in Warsaw, I’ll worry more about the Polish side of things although one general point is that however far behind Poland might be, in Ukraine it is slightly worse.”
Lebanon: On Affiliation
Tantalus shares his sarcasm about the “Lebanese tradition of affiliating with anything but [their] country…”
Bolivia: Maradona on the Pitch
Diego Maradona was in Bolivia for a football match to raise funds for the flood victims, as well as to protest the veto of games played at a certain altitude. Boris Miranda of Ventarrón [es], a self-professed fan of the Argentine star, was on the field as a member of...
China: More Olympics?
Josie Liu blogs the discussion at the CPPCC about biding for more Olympics in other China cities [zh].
South Korea and China: Human Rights Protest
Nayan Sthankiya posted a slide show on a protest in Seoul against China's human rights condition. Via Ohmynews.
Honduras: More Football Violence
Honduras News provides the latest news of those arrested after the disturbances at the Olimpia – Motagua football match, where two fans were killed.
Trinidad & Tobago: Guarding the Guards
Notes from Port of Spain asks: “Who will guard the guards?”
Japan: Support for Tibet
As fires rage on in the streets of Lhasa, bloggers in another part of the world have been anxiously following developments in Tibet with open eyes and open ears. Over the weekend, as mainstream media in Japan presented what many criticized as toned-down coverage of ongoing events in Lhasa, the word "Tibet" climbed to number one on Japanese blog search engines with thousands of entries largely in support of the uprising.
Georgia: Sports Ambassadors
Archuk's blog recounts conversations with English football fans and concludes that for any country to have a good image abroad they must first have sports and pop stars to export. In this regard, Georgia seems to be doing better than Armenia although the same logic applies.
Russia: Football in Grozny
Siberian Light writes about the return of “top-flight Russian football” to Chechnya's capital Grozny.
Taiwan: Go Taiwan Baseball Team, Toward Beijing Olympic Games!
Mach 7, 2008 is a special day for Taiwan. It's not for the coming presidential election, but for 2008 IBAF Final Olympic Qualification Tournament(zh) The tournament is being played in Mid-Taiwan! While soccer is the national sports of most countries in the world, baseball is the pride of Taiwan. Once...
Brazil: User-customized Football Media
A new arena is gathering steam and significance in the Brazilian Internet space: the football blogs. Day by day, fervent fans are finding out that blogs and other media possibilities -- podcasts, webcasts, foruns and chats -- are invaluable tools to display, promote and exchange opinions about the many games, and also to express their passion for their favorite football club teams.
