ABU director of Sports writes to NOC chief
Mr. Hemasiri Fernando, The President National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka 15May 2012 Dear Hemasiri, Greeting to you! You can distribute the following to the media. I have been asked by two ABU members in Sri Lanka (CSN and MTV) to clarify the situation regarding broadcast rights to this year's London Olympic Games. The ABU [...]
MTV/MBC announces Olympic coverage
MTV/ MBC, billed as "The Champions Network" officially announced that the London 2012 Olympics will be broadcast in all channels belong to Maharaja group. "The Champions Network" will bring all the action from London, straight to your TV and radio, announced in Colombo. However, the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), which holds the exclusive rights for [...]
Lankan Marathoner Indrajith Cooray achieves Olympic standard time
Sri Lankan long distance runner Anuradha Indrajith Cooray became the first Lankan to qualify for the London2012 Olympics by achieving the qualifying standard time at the 32nd LondonMarathon 2012 held on Sunday. The standard qualifying time for the London 2012 Olympics is 2 hrs 18 mins. Cooray clocked 2hrs 17 mins and 50 seconds and [...]
Sri Lanka Olympic Committee meets British HC
British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka John Rankin met the officials from the National Olympic Committee (NOC) to discuss the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The High Commissioner wished the NOC well with preparation for the Games and assured them that London was pulling out all stops to ensure a memorable and magnificent event. [...]
Olympic ticket system faces fresh test
The controversial ticketing system for the 2012 London Olympic Games will be under scrutiny once again on Friday when some 2.3 million tickets go on sale from 6:00am local time (0500 GMT). Three million tickets were sold in the first round which ran from March 15 to April 26, but of the 1.9 million people [...]
Injunction issued on ex chief of special Olympics
The Colombo District Court yesterday issued an Interim Injunction preventing the former President of the Special Olympics Sri Lanka utilizing the “Special Olympics” name and logo \to raise funds to organize athletes. District Court Judge W.R.R.N.Wathupola also issued an Interim Injunction preventing him from claiming that he has authority to organize a delegation to attend [...]
Olympic archers won’t target Lord’s wicket
The London 2012 Olympic archery competition will see stands built on the Lord's pitch and arrows fired over the wicket but the Games organisers have pledged to protect cricket's hallowed turf. They have switched their plans so that the archers will now fire from the Pavilion End, requiring the construction of two temporary stands on [...]
Women’s soccer match to kick off London Olympics
A women's soccer match in Wales will kick off the 2012 Olympics programme a full two days before the flame is lit in London for 'the greatest show on earth'. The competition schedule with dates, times and prices for the 19-day sporting extravaganza was published online (www.tickets.london2012.com) on Tuesday after years of planning and exactly [...]
Thorpedo returns
Ian Thorpe, Australia's most successful Olympian, ended months of speculation by announcing his return to the pool with the intention of swimming at next year's London Games on Wednesday. The 28-year-old, nicknamed “Thorpedo”, quit competition in 2006 after a glittering career in which he captured nine Olympic medals — five gold, three silver and a [...]
IOC President meets with UN Secretary-General
The President of the IOC, Jacques Rogge, welcomed UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to the IOC headquarters in Lausanne, where the two leaders reviewed the joint activities that the organisations had put in place in 2010 and reaffirmed their commitment to a number of upcoming initiatives using sport as a tool for peace, education and [...]
Six weeks to apply for London 2012 tickets
Sports fans will have six weeks to apply for tickets for the Olympics, starting from March 15, organisers said on Saturday. The 8.8 million public tickets, priced from 2,012 pounds ($3,187) for the most expensive seats at the opening ceremony to less than 20 pounds for the cheapest events, will go on sale until April [...]
Two million register for London Games tickets
Two million people have registered an interest for tickets for the London 2012 Olympic Games, despite the prices being higher than initially promised, the head of the organising committee said Saturday. Paul Deighton expects a further 500,000 to sign up for information updates by the time the 6.6 million tickets for the public go on [...]
Thirteen qualify at Olympic Management Course
By T.B. Rahaman The National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Sri Lanka conducted an Advanced Sports Management Course with a view to enhance the professional standard in sports administration and management. The course that lasted nearly one year under the auspices of the IOC Solidarity Programme was followed by twenty officials and only thirteen were successful [...]
Dementieva retires
Elena Dementieva, who won gold at the 2008 Olympic Games, called time on her 12-year tennis career on Friday and said it felt like the “end of the world.” The 29-year-old Russian stunned the crowd at the WTA Championships by announcing her retirement from the middle of the court at the Khalifa Tennis Complex after [...]
Fireworks at Games to be banned?
It may be more nip and tuck than a complete facelift but the Olympics could have a new look in the future if a series of proposals are approved by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The popular and ever-more spectacular firework displays that have become one of the traditional highlights of the opening and closing [...]
Sri Lanka conducts Sports Medicine Course
A sports medicine course conducted by the Medical Committee of the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Sri Lanka that was granted by the International Olympic Council (IOC) was held at the Olympic House in Colombo from September 10 to 12. The course was directed by Dr. C. Thurairaja, Director Sports Medicine Course in Sri Lanka, [...]
Aussie experts condition Sri Lanka mindset
Sri Lanka’s sportspersons are to benefit immensely with the introduction of a Sportsmind Mental Mastery Training programme that was conducted at the National Olympic Committee (NCO) last week. This five day programme was conducted by Jeffrey Hodges and Ken Banks from the Australian Sportsmind Institute at the NOC auditorium and was attended by some of [...]
Glamorous Clijsters looks to London
Kim Clijsters intends to play on at least until the 2010 London Olympics, although she admits that plan could change depending on injuries and how daughter Jada grows up. The popular 27-year-old Belgian won her third US Open title on Saturday night with one of the finest performances of her career, destroying Russia’s Vera Zvonareva [...]
China heads Youth Olympics medals table
China with an impressive 28 Gold, 15 Silver and 5 Bronze is set to sweep the first ever Youth Olympic Games in Singapore which draws to a close on Thursday. Russia is in second spot with 16 Gold, 24 Silver and 10 Bronze. South Korea is third with 10 Gold, two Silver and three Bronze. [...]
Approximately 120 foreign runners for Colombo Marathon
About 120 foreigners, mainly from Kenya, Germany and Japan will be seen in action at the annual Colombo Marathon to be held on October 3 starting at Torrington Square. This annual event organised by the Lanka Sportreizen is to be held for the tenth time after missing out last year due to security reasons. With [...]
