Stories about Sport from March, 2008
China: Twittering Taiwan's presidential election
Venture capitalist and IT guru Isaac Mao had a successful hand in election-blogging this week: on the day prior to a presidential debate in Taiwan, he posed six open questions via Twitter to his Taiwanese readers, then started collecting responses from those who twitted back.
China: Terrorist Attack?
Michael from the Opposite End of China comments on the news about the recent threat of Uyghur terrorism at the Beijing Olympics.
Nigeria: First African to win heavy weight championship
My Pen and My Paper writes about Samuel Peter, the first African to win World Boxing Heavy Weight Championship: “We must not forget that Samuel Peter is (was previously promoted) a Commissioner of Police rank in the Nigerian Police Force. If only he can come home and deal some blows...
Hindi: Cricket victory and foodie delights in Old Delhi
Every Indian cricket fan is over the moon as India handed down two successive defeats to four times and current world champions Australia in first two (of three) final matches of the Commonwealth Bank Series which saw the third team Sri Lanka make a flamboyant exit by defeating Australia in...
Estonia: Otepää
Itching for Eestimaa writes about Otepää, “the Estonian winter capital.”
Kyrgyzstan: From Kant to Manchester
Asel reports that England's Manchester Futsal Club is interested in transferring a young player from Kyrgyzstan.
Africa: Soccer Management blog
Global Netsports plans to use its blog to promote African players: “We will use this space to have a conversation with you on our journey to represent and promote career needs of African soccer players and coaches. We hope to use this space to talk about what we love the...
