September 10th, 2008
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Move over Michael Phelps, Sweden’s Jonas Jacobsson just won his 14th Gold Medal in the Paralympic Games, increasing his collection to 23 Medals overall. The 43-year-old won his latest Gold Medal in the mens SH1 10m air rifle event. He is competing in his eighth Paralympic Games and will compete in […]
By Sandy Mitchell -- 4 comments
August 14th, 2008
Swedish wrestler, Ara Abrahamian came to win Gold and didn’t want anything to do with the Bronze Medal he was awarded in the 84kg category of the Greco-Roman wrestling event. Although he grudgingly mounted the medal stand, he tossed his medal on the mat after the ceremony and walked away. Said Abrahamian, a two-time world […]
By Sandy Mitchell -- 1 comment
August 13th, 2008
Kristin Armstrong of the United States won the 14.6-mile cycling time trial event on Wednesday, with a time of 34:51.72. She is just the second American woman to win cycling Gold in Olympic history. Emma Pooley of Great Britain took the Silver Medal and Karin Thurig of Switzerland took the Bronze.
Armstrong, who just just turned […]
By Sandy Mitchell -- 0 comments
August 10th, 2008
Nicole Cooke of Great Britain overcame horrible conditions during a rainy day in Beijing to win the women’s cycling road race on Sunday. The 25-year-old Wales native finished the 78.5-mile trek in 3 hours, 32 minutes, and 24 seconds, just seconds before Silver Medalist, Emma Johansson of Sweden and Bronze Medalist, Tatiana Guderzo of Italy.
The […]
By Sandy Mitchell -- 0 comments
June 2nd, 2006
I just want to bring your attention to a recently added feature on Light the Torch, the poll. Kindly check the sidebar, which can be found on the right side of the screen. :)
Current Poll question is: World Cup 2006: Which country will you be supporting?
Will your heart go out to a newcomer, the Socceroos […]
By Sasha Manuel -- 1 comment
May 28th, 2006
In Ice Hockey, I heard that Sweden is the country to watch out for in the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
They are the first country to win both the Olympic gold and the World title in the same year. They beat Finland in the last Winter Olympics in Torino and beat the defending champion, […]
By Sasha Manuel -- 0 comments
April 20th, 2006
Well, I’m talking about the Draw for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.
It’s a list of the qualified countries divided into groups which will play during the finals group stage that can somehow be translated to a “how-to-get-rid-of-World-Cup-wannabes” process.
There is a mixture of opinions and emotions about the draw. I reckon particularly […]
By Sasha Manuel -- 0 comments
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