"An unlikely family": ESPN SportsCenter revisits the story of Paralympian Dartanyon Crockett and his friend, Leroy Sutton, as Crockett won a judo bronze medal at the London Paralympics. Crockett, who is legally blind, befriended Sutton, who has no legs while they competed for their high school's wrestling team.
Russia pledged make the 2014 Sochi Games the safest in Olympic history, but, as the Associated Press reports: "it’s also the biggest target imaginable in a region unsettled by an Islamist insurgency." Last week, Chechen warlord Doku Umarov’s call for militants to disrupt the Olympics.
David Adam, Founder and Principal, Global Citieswrites a column asking"How will the world view Russia after the Games?"Russia’s demographic and economic trends continue to change at a rapid pace. The Sochi 2014 team gears up to host the Olympics, as well as represent "the seeds of diversification which many commentators have pointed to in the Russian economy."
On July 7, Andy Murray became the first British man to win at Wimbledon since 1936.
London's The Evening Standard, Andy Murray’s Wimbledon victory might be "the best thing" since the Olympic Games."
Following Murray’s win, British Prime Minister David Cameron said: "It felt like the Olympics, it felt like one of those moments when the whole country is watching."
3 Wire Sports examines each IOC Presidential candidate, following the IOC’s Extraordinary Session.Veteran Olympic journalist Alan Abrahamson breaks down the candidates’ presentations, and comments on whether each has what it takes follow current IOC President Jacques Rogge.
Public Radio International's "Here and Now" program interviews Daniel James Brown regarding his new book on how a University of Washington rowing team "stunned the world" to win gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Read an excerpt from"The Boys in the Boat"here.
Munich 2022 faces a "key hurdle" in the form of a referendum, reportsEurope Online Magazine. Citizens will cast their ballot on November 10, deciding whether they want Munich to host the Olympics Games.
Compiled by Nicole Bennett.
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