The Olympic Games were first celebrated in 776 BC in Olympia (hence the name) in Greece. According to legend, Hercules is the originator of The Olympic Games. Legend says they were created to honor Hercules father, Zeus. They were celebrated until 393 A.D. Pierre Fridy, Baron de Coubertin, revived the Olympics in their modern form [...]

Victoria is set to host the Canadian Figure Skating Championships and the Junior Nationals in January, 2011. The events will be held at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. This marks the third time Victoria has been chosen as the site for this event. Canada’s performance at the 2010 Winter Olympics has fans excited for the return of [...]

Note to Self : Learning from the 2008 Beijing Olympics on Achieving Goals The 2008 Olympics in Beijing has come to a close. We will once again be at a loss for something to watch on TV or discuss around the water cooler at work. The 2008 Olympics stood out among those that came before [...]

It’s easy to get caught up in the excitement of modern-day Olympics. With so much drama, so much romance, so much pizzazz, it is hard to imagine this world-wide spectacle being anything less than perfect. But you don’t have to dig too deeply to discover a humble and oft-times peculiar origin. Truly, it has taken [...]

The 2010 Winter Paralympics, officially known as the X Paralympic Winter Games, will be celebrated in Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia between March 12 to March 21, 2010. The Opening Ceremony will take place in BC Place Stadium, Vancouver, British Columbia. Click Here to Watch Paralympics Online So when you don’t have a TV set [...]

Best Olympic Gift I’ve Got – The Official Mascots of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games  I get a gift from one of my best friends just came back from China last weekend. They were there a month because he works for a company that’s local here and is helping build a factory in China, so [...]

The 2010 Winter Olympics, Vancouver 2010, is the officiall 21st Olympic Winter Games, is a a major international multi-sport event hosted in Vancouver, Canada, on the 12th of February and until the 28th of that same month. The Winter Olympics and the Paralympic Games will be hosted in Vancouver this year by the VANOC (Vancouver [...]

In 2005, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) awarded London the 2012 Summer Olympic Games; as part of the bid proposal, the London Olympics promised significant upgrades to the stadiums and facilities in London for holding the Olympiad, all of which will cost taxpayer monies to complete. The process of turning these promises into actual construction [...]

Durban Olympics 2020 – Durban gets support right at the top to make their bid for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games! There has been much excitement amongst the Durban locals this week after the Mayor of Durban, Obed Mlaba, formerly announced that Durban plans to bid for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.  The Olympic Games [...]

Watch Olympics 2010 Vancouver Winter Online Free Streaming The 2010 Winter Olympic games are being held in Vancouver, a city in the province of British Columbia located in the country of Canada. This marks the 21st Winter Olympic games, with the previous games being held in 2006 in Turin, Italy. The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially [...]

People should know that the Winter Olympic Games are a winter multi-sport event organized after every four years in particular decided destinations. It is important to know the features of winter sports organized on snow like Alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, figure skating, bobsledding and ice hockey. Also certain events are always repeated in winter olmpics [...]

The official name of 2010 Winter Olympics is XXI Olympic Winter Games or 21st Winter Olympics and is one of the major international multi-sport events which is being held from 12th to 28th February, 2010. Vancouver will be the host of upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics with some of the events held in Whistler, British Columbia [...]

Indeed, an enormous percentage of viewers who witness this momentous circumstance with the aid of an internet connection. People check Olympics on their PC because of the lack of acquirable authentic tickets and fully booked Olympic venues. From Feb 12- 2010, Vancouver module never be the same again.Because of the Olympics existence a crowd magnet, it [...]

Now that the Opening Ceremony for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games has past, it is instructive to think about the ways in which selling your business is similar to preparing for the opening and the Olympic Games. Strange as it may seem to you, there are some marked similarities. Let’s examine the events leading [...]

The 2010 Vancouver Olympics Online is expected to be a crowd-drawer as has been the case ever since the event was founded back in Ancient Greece. Nowadays, you have 10 good reasons to want to watch the 2010 Vancouver Olympics games on the internet. First, you get to avoid being scammed by some unscrupulous online [...]

So you probably watched the 2008 Olympics, but do you know all of these facts about it? 1. 4.7 billion people watched the Beijing Olympics. That’s a lot of people. No wonder I started by saying that you probably watched it. 2. For the first time, India managed to win a gold in an individual [...]

The full range of female athletes on the 2008 Olympic teams makes it clear that age and family responsibilities are not the barriers to participation in the Games they used to be. Stories from Beijing highlight the courage and resolve of the mothers of the world – as they demonstrate their athletic prowess and win [...]

The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games, was a multi winter sports event which was held on February 12-28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 82 nations took part in this activity. Featured sports events are contested on snow or ice, which includes alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, figure skating, bobsledding and ice [...]

If you want to buy tickets for the Vacouver 2010 Olympics, you should be checking in regularly as the tickets to various games are being sold in phases (and if you happen to have friends in Canada, now is a good time to be in touch since they’ll have an easier time getting the tickets). [...]

Durban in South Africa has just shown the world that it is capable of hosting a major world sports event, by its exceptional hosting of the football World Cup.  Fans were welcomed into this great city by the sea and basked in the fantastic winter sunshine and temperatures averaging 25 degrees celcius, making sipping cocktails [...]