Newcastle United defender Mike Williamson signed a new five-and-a-half year contract with the Premier League club on Friday. Williamson has played a key role in Newcastle's solid start to life back in the English top-flight after last season's promotion from the Championship. Magpies manager Chris Hughton rates the 27-year-old as one of the finest...
Goalball Team Aims To Finish Among Top Five In Asia
Kuala Lumpur - The national goalball squad competing in the six-day Asian Para Games in Guangzhou, China, from Dec 12-19, hope to finish among the top five teams in Asia. National coach D. Narayanasamy said all six players are determined to put up a good show in Guangzhou. Goalball is a highly competitive sport played three-against-three, indoors,...
Local legend inspires mascots and emblem
If we look carefully at the Asian Games emblem, is seems to be a simple flame, but the rising torch-like curves actually outline the Five Celestial Goats, a famous Guangzhou landmark.The emblem is indeed designed to symbolizing the dynamic athletic flare of the Games, but it also represents Guangzhou in many ways.The design of both the 16th Asian Games...
China downplays historic Asian Games medal haul
China wrapped up the Asian Games with a record 199 gold medals, more than double its nearest rival but not quite enough for team leaders to relax preparations for the 2012 London Olympics.The Chinese appear driven to repeat their performance from Beijing two years ago, when they topped the gold medal count for the very first time at the Olympics.China...
Asian Games athletes bag big bonuses
State Minister for Youth and Sports Affairs Andi Alfian Mallarangeng handed out Rp 45.4 billion (US$5 million) in bonuses to athletes who won medals at the recent Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, and their managers.The minister said he was satisfied with Indonesia’s winnings – 4 gold medals, 9 silver medals and 13 bronze medals – so that Indonesia...
Four Citroen DS3 WRCs planned for Sweden
Although Citroen has long-since revealed the identity of its main team, with Sebastien Ogier joining seven-time champion Sebastien Loeb in a pair of DS3 WRCs, the line-up of its second squad has yet to be finalised and has been the subject of considerable speculation in recent weeks.“We will have two teams next year but I can’t tell you who will be...
Ogier back on track after strong finish in France
Citroen has been using a number of high-profile guest drivers to finalise the new car’s development - including Kris Meeke and Stephane Sarrazin - with Ogier the latest driver to put the new 1.6 turbo Group R car through its paces.Having climbed to seventh at the end of day two on the all-asphalt Rallye du Var, the final round of the French Rally Championship,...