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Two-day Festival to mark one-year countdown to Toronto 2015 next month

By Gary Anderson

A two-day festival dubbed "PANAMANIA" is due to take place in downtown Toronto next month to mark the one-year-to-go countdown to the start of the 2015 Pan American Games, it has been announced.

Kiwi Olympic champion swaps oar for fire hose as announces retirement from rowing

By Gary Anderson

New Zealand Olympic gold medal winning rower Joseph Sullivan has announced that he is retiring from the sport to pursue a career in the fire service.

Paralympic star Simmonds launches children's book

By Gary Anderson

Britain's four-time swimming champion Ellie Simmonds today launched her first book entitled Ellie's Magical Bakery and revealed her excitement at swapping the challenges in the pool for a shot at the literary world.

Englishman Gollings to coach United States rugby sevens side at Nanjing 2014

By Gary Anderson

USA Rugby has announced that Englishman Ben Gollings and American Richie Walker will coach the United States rugby sevens boys and girls teams at this year's Nanjing 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games.

European Powerchair Football Association President hails support of UEFA

By Gary Anderson

Powerchair football is continuing to grow and progress throughout Europe according to European Powerchair Football Association (EFPA) President Nicholas Dubes, who has hailed the support of UEFA in helping to develop the sport.

Sebastian Coe to chair inaugural meeting of ANOC Youth Working Group in London

By Gary Anderson

British Olympic Association chairman Sebastian Coe is set to lead the discussions at the first meeting of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) Youth Working Group in London later this year.

Channel 4 boss admits covering London 2012 Paralympics was risk but it paid off

By Gary Anderson

Channel 4 chief executive David Abraham has admitted the broadcaster took a big gamble on its comprehensive coverage of the London 2012 Paralympic Games but the risk paid off as the success of the Games has helped change the attitude of people towards disability.

Alabama's Auburn University to be base for Australian swimmers prior to Rio 2016

By Gary Anderson

Australian swimmers will hold their staging camps in the build-up to the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games at Auburn University, Alabama, in the United States.

New baseball and softball body formed to promote sports in Francophone countries

By Gary Anderson

The Francophone Association of Baseball Softball (AFBS) has been formed to promote the development of both sports in French-speaking countries, with the new body to have its headquarters in Paris.

Shock defeat sees Olympic boxing champion Adams exit at quarter-final stage in Bucharest

By Gary Anderson

Great Britain's Olympic champion Nicola Adams suffered a first defeat in more than two years as she lost out to Bulgarian Stoyka Petrova at the quarter-final stage of the European Boxing Confederation (EUBC) Women's Boxing Championships in Bucharest, Romania.

Sheikh Ahmed unveils Martyrs Monument in Kuwait City

By Gary Anderson

Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) President Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah has officially inaugurated the Martyrs' Monument outside the organisation's headquarters in Kuwait City.

Rugby signs up to IOC fight against illegal betting and match-fixing

By Gary Anderson

The International Rugby Board (IRB) has become the first summer international federation to sign up to the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Integrity Betting Intelligence System (IBIS), which aims to tackle illegal betting and match-fixing in sport.

Canadian Sochi 2014 medallists visit House of Commons on first day of Celebration of Excellence tour

By Gary Anderson

Stars from Canada's Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic teams have been honoured by Members of Parliament as they visited the House of Commons in the capital Ottawa on the first day of the Celebration of Excellence tour.

Hampden Park track ready to welcome world's top athletes at Glasgow 2014 after stunning transformation

By Gary Anderson at Hampden Park in Glasgow

With less than 50 days to go until the 2014 Commonwealth Games get underway, Scotland's National Stadium Hampden Park is ready to welcome some of the world's top athletes as the track was officially unveiled here today.

Lulu to headline Glasgow 2014 Opening Ceremony event

By Gary Anderson

Scottish singing star Lulu is set to appear at a special celebratory event in Glasgow Green during the Opening Ceremony of the Commonwealth Games, while other events to mark the event have also been announced for Kelvingrove Bandstand.

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When British skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean won the Olympic gold medal in ice dance at Sarajevo 1984 with 12 perfect 6.0s from every judge, for their interpretation of Maurice Ravel's Boléro, an important member of their team was singer-actor Michael Crawford. Crawford, who had played Frank Spencer in British sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em and the title role in the musical The Phantom of the Opera, had become a mentor to the pair in 1981 and went on to help them create their Olympic routine. Crawford said he “taught them how to act". He was present with their trainer Betty Callaway at the ringside at Sarajevo as they created one of the most iconic moments in Olympic history.

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