At the 2008 Olympics, Team USA was a machine. This year’s squad is smaller, less skilled and less experienced … and thus, much less dominant. That lack of domination was apparent on Sunday when the United States barely got past … More
Just a quick update on current tournament schedules: Taekwondo Asian Qualification Tournament for Beijing Olympic Games Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam November 1, 2007 Chess World Youth Championship 2007 Antalya, Turkey November 1, 2007
Washington (dpa) – Former sprint star Marion Jones has reportedly finally ended years of doping denials and could be stripped of Olympic and world championship gold medals as a result. The International Olympic Committee and the ruling athletics body IAAF … More
Meet Shawn Johnson of the USA Gymnastics Team, who also happens to be an Olympic hopeful.
I reckon this piece of news shows that it’s not true that Thais cannot be beaten at their own sport of Muay Thai. If you’ve been around Light the Torch long enough, you’d know about how the Philippines have been … More
These are the results for some events in the World Athletic Championships. The events are as follows: women’s 5000m, women’s 100m hurdles, women’s triple jump, men’s 400m, women’s 400m, and men’s high jump. Just follow the links below to get … More
Just a bit of update on the world of Badminton, since I’m fresh off a game of Badminton myself. My arm hurts. Gah. Results from the quarter-finals of the world badminton championships here Friday (x denotes seed): Men’s singles Sony … More
Just a quick overview of newsbits I found quite interesting, hence, why I’m sharing them to you. Read up on the recent headlines: Olympic stadium centre of UK Athletics’ fears Proton World Championships: New selection method Youth Olympic Games to … More
LJ beats best in the world National Junior Olympics meet coming to Mt. SAC Up against the world; Local teens to compete in world youth games EMAAR-MGF to build Commonwealth Games Village
American swimmer, Michael Phelps is a Baltimore native who has won seven gold medals and set five world records in his career, so far. Sheesh. He’s only 22 years old! Phelps is also the current holder of four Olympic records … More
Here are some of the things you can read: Mountain biker has eye on 2008 Olympics Capsules of contenders for 2014 Winter Olympics Fiji Athletes for World Championship I reckon these are the things people on the internet are talking … More
It’s not a common practice here in Light the Torch but I thought I’d share some of the things — from rowing to sailing, triathlon to skiing —that’s online right now. A SINGLE-MINDED PURSUIT OF GLORY Irish Rowing team to … More
Nine months after his previous World Cup race, Tim Don returns to the circuit this weekend a relieved world champion. There is nothing so precious as that which is taken away and until last week the Briton was banned for … More
ZAGREB, May 26 (Xinhua) — Chinese teenage sensation Guo Yue pulled herself together at 1-3 down, beating compatriot Li Xiaoxia4-3 in the women’s singles final of the world table tennis championships on Saturday. Zhang Yining and Guo Yan, both of … More
