Tag: Summer Olympic Games

  • World Records Broken in the 2016 Olympics

    World Records Broken in the 2016 Olympics

    The second most important thing in the Olympics, after winning a gold medal? Breaking a world record. Surprisingly, it doesn’t always go hand in hand.

  • London 2012 – 5 German Athletes Get Naked for Playboy (NSFW)

    Every once in a while, a bunch of women will get naked to gather some attention to their sport and team, usually by raising money for themselves or a charity through a calender. Five German atheltes, hoping to come home with a medal from the 2012 Olympic games – Beate Gauss, Christina Schütze , Christin Steuer, Regina Sergeeva and Angela Maurer got naked for Playboy.

  • London 2012 – Which Clubs Sent the Most Players

    Unlike other major tournament, the Olympic games football tournament isn’t exactly an an exact way of knowing who are the superpowers in the sport are right now, but big clubs like Chelsea, Manchester United and Tottenham managed to send more players (4 each) than any other team, along with Palermo, Al-Ahly from Egypt and Atletico Madrid.

  • The History of the Olympic Mascots

    The 2012 Summer Olympics in London, with the opening ceremony less than three months away, will be the 30th time the Modern Olympic games are held since 1896 in Athens and the third time in England’s capital, after previously behind the host in 1948 and 1908.

  • Roger Federer and Martina Hingis to Team up in London 2012?

    Roger Federer and Martina Hingis might team up for Switzerland in the 2012 London Olympics, if Hingis can overcome a few requirements in time to compete in the new Mixed Doubles event.