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30 October 2011

Russia: Retired Tennis Star Marat Safin to Run for Parliament

Written by Donna Welles · Eastern & Central Europe

Russian tennis phenomenon, Marat Safin, has announced that he will run for the Russian State Duma in the December 4 elections. However, his public image, as illustrated by citizen media outlets, has until now not been focused on public service. Donna Welles reports.

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23 October 2011

Russia: Success of National Wrestling System Explained

Written by Donna Welles · Eastern & Central Europe

Russian wrestlers are often considered to be the best in the world. Citizen media suggest that a possible explanation for this is the relationship between politics and wrestling in Russia.

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16 October 2011

Russia: Soccer Team Qualifies for Euro 2012 - “On To Ukraine and Poland!!!”

Written by Donna Welles · Eastern & Central Europe

The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship is referred to by some as 'Polkraine 2012' since it will be held in both Poland and Ukraine. Russia officially qualified with a 6-0 win over Andorra; citizen media has captured the popular perception of the qualifying round.

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Worldwide: Dialogue and Peace Through Sport

Written by Abdoulaye Bah · Translated by Claire Ulrich · Caribbean, Latin America

Joël Bouzou, a bronze medalist during the 1984 Olympic Games and World Champion of modern penthathlon in 1987, is the founder and president of Peace and Sport, an NGO created in 2007 whose motto is "Building sustainable peace through sport".

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14 October 2011

Uganda: Heartbroken Ugandans Discuss Failure to Make a Comeback to Continental Tournament

Written by Rosebell Kagumire · Sub-Saharan Africa

Next year’s African Cup of Nations will be missing many giants in African soccer like Algeria, Egypt, Nigeria, Cameroon and South Africa but last weekend’s deciding match between Uganda and Kenya was much harder for Ugandans to take in.

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11 October 2011

Ukraine: New Documentary Highlights the Klitschko Brothers' Lives and Careers

Written by Donna Welles · Eastern & Central Europe, North America

Popularly dubbed "The Klitschko Brothers", Ukrainians Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko have dominated the heavyweight boxing division since Lennox Lewis retired in 2004. However, their production of an autobiographical documentary film, demonstrates that these men are more than athletes.

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9 October 2011

Panama Opens Baseball World Cup

Written by Ariel Moreno · Translated by Jen Fumero · Latin America

The 39th Baseball World Cup of the IBAF (International Baseball Federation) has started in Panama with the participation of 16 countries. Panama is the host and the country's streets are filled with flags and reminders that "The world is in our home". The excitement has also been shared through social networks.

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25 September 2011

Algeria: Football Matches New Venue to Air Dissent

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

Algerians have discovered a novel way to make their voices heard. Spectators in football matches are using the opportunity to voice political views, in a country which has so far shielded itself from the revolutions of the so-called Arab Spring.

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15 September 2011

Macedonia: Celebrating Basketball Win Over Lithuania

Written by Filip Stojanovski · Eastern & Central Europe, Western Europe

The celebration of the Macedonian entry in the semifinals of the European basketball championship has spilled over from the country's streets, balconies and town squares into the blogosphere. Filip Stojanovski reports.

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7 September 2011

Russia: Plane Crashes with Lokomotive Ice Hockey Team

Written by Alexey Sidorenko · Eastern & Central Europe

On the afternoon of September 7, 2011 an airplane carrying nearly all the players of the Lokomotive professional ice hockey team crashed only 500 meters after take-off near Yaroslavl in Russia.

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Updates about Sport

13 November 2011

12 November 2011

Indonesia

Twitter hashtag #Seag2011 can be used to monitor the 26th Southeast Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia

• Mong Palatino

11 November 2011

Cuba

“The [glorification of] the standing of our athletes in the medal count and categoris[ing] this ‘as an achievement of the revolution’” gets Ricardo Medina thinking about “Rauler Castellanos Moreno, a black youth from Pinar del Rio who, despite his victory [in the 2007 Special Olympics] now lives in inhuman conditions.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

9 November 2011

Iran

Khakestar writes [fa] that several English newspapers published the story how a referee in Iran beaten up in Iran League the match between Chooka Talesh vs Shahrdari Dezfool. Here is the film.

• Fred Petrossian

Iran

Several bloggers shared their childhood memories where they watched Joe Frazier and Mohammad Ali's match. Mohsen Kordi says [fa] sometimes people were so excited about the matches that they did not go to work and watch TV.

• Fred Petrossian

4 November 2011

Cuba

Iván García will be keeping a close eye on the performance of Cuban athletes at the upcoming Pan American games, saying that Cuba will have to perform at its very best - especially when it comes to beating Brazil.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

31 October 2011

Russia

11-minute headcam video [ru] of a story that could end up with a human casualty. Russian paraglider pilot making his first flight in Himalayas was attacked by three eagles, one of which got trapped into the paraglider strings. Thanks to the second parachute the pilot could land and then - to release the eagle.

• Alexey Sidorenko

26 October 2011

South Africa

The video captured on a helmet cam by South African Johan Gray is making him famous. While doing one of the qualifying rounds for the Amageza 2012 motorcycle endurance race he spotted a calf trying to stay afloat in a canal. He stopped to help the stranded animal and then drove him on his bike to the rest of his herd.

• Juliana Rincón Parra

17 October 2011

Barbados

Barbados Free Press is keeping its eyes on the unfolding controversy with former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner and other regional football officials.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

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