Olympic Games, the Prestigious Sports Event

The Olympic Games is an international multi-sport event subdivided into summer and winter sporting events. The summer and winter games are each held every four years (an Olympiad). Until 1992, they were both held in the same year. Since then, they have been separated by a two year gap.



The original Olympic Games (Greek: Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες; [Olympiakoi Agones]were first recorded in 776 BC in Olympia, Greece, and were celebrated until AD 393.Interest in reviving the Olympic Games proper was first shown by the Greek poet and newspaper editor Panagiotis Soutsos in his poem "Dialogue of the Dead" in 1833.Evangelos Zappas sponsored the first modern international Olympic Games in 1859. He paid for the refurbishment of the Panathinaiko Stadium for Games held there in 1870 and 1875. This was noted in newspapers and publications around the world including the London Review, which stated that "the Olympian Games, discontinued for centuries, have recently been revived! Here is strange news indeed ... the classical games of antiquity were revived near Athens".

1896 Athens Olympic Games

The International Olympic Committee was founded in 1894 on the initiative of a French nobleman, Pierre Frédy, Baron de Coubertin. The first of the IOC's Olympic Games were the 1896 Summer Olympics, held in Athens, Greece. Participation in the Olympic Games has increased to include athletes from nearly all nations worldwide. With the improvement of satellite communications and global telecasts of the events, the Olympics are consistently gaining supporters.The most recent Summer Olympics were the 2004 Games in Athens and the most recent Winter Olympics were the 2006 Games in Turin. The upcoming games in Beijing are planned to comprise 302 events in 28 sports. As of 2006, the Winter Olympics were competed in 84 events in 7 sports.

1896 - Athens

1900 - Paris

1904 - St. Louis

1908 - London

1912 - Stockholm

1920 - Antwerp

1924 - Paris

1928 - Amsterdam

1932 - Los Angeles

1936 - Berlin

1948 - London

1952 - Helsinki

1956 - Melbourne

1960 - Rome

1964 - Tokyo

1968 - Mexico City

1972 - Munich

1976 - Montreal

1980 - Moscow

1984 - Los Angeles

1988 - Seoul

1992 - Barcelona

1996 - Atlanta

2000 - Sydney

2004 - Athens

This sports event will come again.. 08.08.08 Beijing as host..

Bird Nest Stadium, official stadium

This is mascot of Beijing Olympics.. So cute =)

p/s: Hopefully this Olympic, Malaysia contingent can win many gold medal.. I will support them!!

Manchester United may sue over Daniel Levy remarks

Manchester United are considering taking legal action against Daniel Levy after the Tottenham Hotspur chairman’s fierce attack on Sir Alex Ferguson. Levy described Ferguson as arrogant and hypocritical on Friday, when making a formal complaint to the Barclays Premier League about United’s pursuit of Dimitar Berbatov.

However, the champions do not expect it to hamper their attempts to sign the Bulgaria forward. A second bid is likely this week after an opening offer of £20.5 million was rejected.

Tottenham maintain that they have the evidence to prove that United have “tapped-up” Berbatov over the past year. Tottenham have collated information that they will submit to the Premier League in the next few weeks after making formal complaints about United and Liverpool, for their pursuit of Robbie Keane.

The last straw for Tottenham were quotes attributed to Ferguson that appeared in The Sun last week. The newspaper quoted the United manager as saying that he was confident of signing Berbatov.

Lord Coe has reiterated his desire to have Ferguson manage a Great Britain football team at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, while Carlos Queiroz, the Portugal coach, has spoken for the first time of his desire to succeed the Scot as United manager.

p/s: What ever happened, its good =)