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Asian Para Games perfect "stepping stone" to London 2012, claims APC chief

By Tom Degun

Asian_Games_mascot_Dec_7December 6 – The Asian Para Games in Guangzhou, which start next Sunday (December 12), will be "the opportunity of a lifetime" for disability athletes in Asia to compete in a major multi-sport event and for top competitors to rehearse for London 2012 according to Asian Paralympic Committee (APC) President Dato' Zainal Abu Zarin.



TV audiences up for 2010 European Athletics Championships

By Mike Rowbottom

Jessica_Ennis_with_British_flag_Barcelona_July_2010December 6 - A total television audience of 368 million watched the Barcelona 2010 European Athletics Championships this summer, where the winners included Britain's Jessica Ennis, underlining the continued popularity of European Athletics' flagship event.






Annecy 2018 bid in crisis after Killy and Drut criticism

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

Edgar_Grospiron_in_front_of_Annecy_2018_logoDecember 5 - Edgar Grospiron (pictured), the chief executive of Annecy's bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, has been forced to publicly again claim that France's International Olympic Committee (IOC) members back their campaign after they warned it was heading for failure.