Olympics


Azerbaijan to train in Ipswich before London 2012

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

March 30 - Ipswich have become the latest town or city in Britain to reach an agreement with an overseas team to set-up a pre-Games training camp after Azerbaijan, including Olympic judo champion Elnur Mammadli (pictured), signed-up to base themselves there before London 2012.







Medvedev threatens Russian sports officials with criminal charges over Vancouver performance

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

March 29 - Criminal charges could be brought against some of Russia's top sports officials if an investigation ordered by President Dmitry Medvedev (pictured) into how money provided by the Government was used to prepare athletes for the Vancouver Olympics, the country's worst ever Winter Games, discovers any evidence of corruption.