- BBC Sport
- 12 Nov 07, 05:53 PM
Hi everyone, I'm Richard Irvine-Brown and I help out with, among other things, the Sports Editors' Blog and the e-mails we receive from you every weekend in response to our coverage.
Each weekend I draw together your e-mails and feedback (from this blog, from 606, from people who collar me on a Saturday night at The Yuppy and Filofax winebar) for the editors and we discuss responses.
This weekend we re-ran the Calzaghe-Kessler fight, welcomed the first round of the FA Cup and saw a British world champion crowned, and the powers that be thought, rather than have two or three short entries, why not ask what a mixed sporting audience thought?
Continue reading "The pot, the pool, the cup, and no Bees or Toffees"
- Tony Garrett
- 12 Nov 07, 01:37 PM
In just under a year's time the 13th Paralympics gets under way in Beijing.
The Paralympics have certainly grown in numbers and stature since the first Games in Rome in 1960. Those first Paralympics which were held in same venue as the Olympics', saw 400 competitors from 23 countries taking part.
Next year approximately 4000 athletes from 150 different countries will compete in China.
What can we expect from the organisers of the Games and how well will they be attended and supported?
Will the transportation system cope and will the Chinese authorities have improved the access in and around the city?
What will be the Chinese people's reaction to seeing so many disabled athletes and spectators for the first time?
How will the mass media cover the Paralympic Games?
Continue reading "Who are your Paralympic hopefuls?"
