Plastic Brits, footballing agony and comedy, Stuart Lancaster’s CV, a new golfing No1 and the London Olympics. The week in media and sports quotes
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Metro, the newspaper given away to commuters to the capital on weekday mornings, is to produce weekend issues for a five-week period around the London Olympics
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7 Mar
2012
2012
Accreditation: Paralympic World Cup
The event is the largest annual multi-sport competition for elite athletes with a disability and will take place at the Manchester Regional Arena on May 22-26
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From more than 400 rowers who started the trials and assessments journey in October 2011, only 93 remain. These rowers will race on the Olympic course and seek to impress, their aim to win one of the coveted slots – around 60 will be on offer for the World Cups in May and June – in the 2012 season senior squad
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John Carlos, whose gloved left fist left far more of an imprint on society than the ones swung rather more violently by Mike Tyson, will make a rare and welcome visit to England in May – thanks to an SJA member
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Strikes to disrupt the Olympics? Don’t be daft, pleads proud union member NORMAN GILLER
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Preparations for the Olympics are cranking up with some of the highest profile venues in the park getting tried out for the first time. PHILIP BARKER, notepad in one hand, camera in the other, reports on media arrangements at the cycling World Cup
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The Telegraph Group has moved to bolster its Olympics coverage this year, appointing Paul Kelso as Chief Olympics correspondent.
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8 Feb
2012
2012
How to bring the Olympic Games to book
While the world’s Olympic and Paralympic competitors are in heavy training for the London Games, so, too, should be the sports journalists who will be covering the event. Here, a panel of SJA contributors, including ANTON RIPPON, SYBIL RUSCOE and STEVEN DOWNES offer some recommended reading
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“I’m just jealous I never had the chance to compete in an Olympic Games in London,” Mark Spitz, the winner of seven Olympic swimming golds at the 1972 Munich Olympics, told the world’s sports media
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