Ryan Seacrest appeared on the Today Show this morning, and announced plans to join the NBC family while continueing his roles with the E! Network (both networks are in the same family). He joked with Matt Lauer about taking his job on the Today Show, but also announced some exciting news regarding the Olympics. Seacrest’s [...] Read more »
Caley Reece vs Magdalena Rak in Bangkok
Some very exciting sports news out of Thailand this month - a tiny step closer to having MuayThai in the Olympics. This has been a long time coming, and I mean a long time. I started working with IFMA in Bangkok in 2001 and it was already a historic pr... Read more »
Stella McCartney Unveils New British Olympic Team Uniforms
Stella McCartney unveiled the outfits to be worn by Olympians competing for Great Britain, at a gala event at the Tower of London. Olympians who will be competing from a heptathlete and rowing champion to a Paralympic swimmer modeled the designs. McCartney is serving as Adidas’ creative director for the Summer Games, and with her [...] Read more »
Who makes the Olympic badges?
This post is taken from Playfair 2012. The writer based this information on their report "Toying with Workers’ Rights" (Play Fair, 2012) The Olympic movement states that it aims to “build a better world through sport”, but for workers makin... Read more »
How green are your Olympics?
This news-clip from Russia Today takes a look at links between the Bhopal disaster in India in 1984 and one of the Games' main sponsors Dow Chemical. Read more »
