A total of 205 Olympic delegations comprising approximately 14,000 athletes are competing in London 2012. Particularly, Africa brings the most numerous delegation with 53 countries, followed by Europe with 49, Asia with 44, America with 41 and Oceania... (read more)

Today, July the 29th, the Spanish Olympic football team has lost any mathematical option of qualifying for the next stage due to its defeat against Honduras (0 - 1) and against Japan (0 - 1). This has come as a tremendous surprise because the Spanish... (read more)

The word "Olympic" comes from ancient Greek and refers to Olympos or Olympia, which was a district in the Greek city of Elis. In this city, tournaments were celebrated where athletes competed to show their ability to Zeus, God of Olympus.... (read more)

It was Mao Tsetung who first declared table tennis China's national sport and one year after, in 1959, China won its first world championship. Since then, table tennis was promoted politically in order to improve its image in the western world. In anyway,... (read more)

Researchers agree that the word "tennis" come from medieval anglo-french spoken in mid 14th century. This word comes from word "tenetz", which means to hold, receive or take. This word was used by the server to call his opponent. (read more)

There are several conflicting answers to the question regarding the origin of table tennis. Some see certain similarities between table tennis and a game played in medieval times named Royal Tennis. Some suggest the origin of the game lies in British... (read more)

Rim Zoaui, former African swimming champion, is the president of the Olympic delegation for Tunisia. She is the first woman in the history of the Olympic games to be the president of an arab Olympic delegation so, congratulations! (read more)

Great Britain bears the honour of presenting the largest Olympic delegation in the 2012 London Olympics, with 542 sportsmen competing in all categories. Followed by Great Britain is the United States, with 530 athletes and then Russia... (read more)

This is a long-held debate that cannot be properly summarised in 200 words but I am going to try shed some light. Perhaps the question is not whether video games have turned too violent for kids; rather, we might rephrase the question pointing to how... (read more)

The North Korean flag is quite different from the South Korean flag although this did not avoid an embarrassing mistake during the first women's football match of the London Olympics between North Korea and Colombia. (read more)

The venue for the BMX cycling competition is next to the Velodorme, north of the Olympic park. The course is made of 14,000 cubic metres of soil and has an 8 metre-high ramp , jumps and bumps that make it one of the most challenging tracks at present... (read more)

BMX cycling is the most recent sport to become brand new olympic, making its first appearance in the Olympic Games of Beijing in 2008. The gold medal winners in Beijing were Latvia's Maris Strombergs and France's Anne-Caroline Chausson. A total of 48... (read more)

The story of Nike sportshoes is inextricably linked to the talent and initiative of two sportsmen, Bill Bowerman, a track and field coach at the University of Oregon, and Phil Knight, a middle-distance runner from Portland. Basically, both Knight and... (read more)

Like many actors, Christian Bale started his acting career acting in comercials, particularly the fabric softener Lenor and PacMan cereals. When he was only 12 years old he acted as Alexei in the TV film Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna. In 1987 he played... (read more)

British actor Christian Bale has just been nominated by the Academy for his performance in "The Fighter". This is the first time his talent is recognized as potentially deserving an Oscar although it still needs to be seen if he wins it or not. Chistian... (read more)