Olympics


Rugby sevens defies the conditions to light up a rainy Nanjing

By Nick Butler at the Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park Rugby Field

A scrum in the thrilling Japan v Hong Kong showdownAugust 19 - Hong Kong's rugby sevens team provided one of the defining moments of the Asian Youth Games so far by defying several torrential downpours to beat bitter rivals Japan in a thrilling semi-final before maintaining their form to defeat Thailand in the final.



Squash teaches core Youth Games values

By Nick Butler at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre

The home crowd getting behind their team at the Asian Youth GamesAugust 18 - It has frequently been said that the aim of the Asian Youth Games is to introduce young athletes to the requirements of elite sport and this point could not have been underlined better than during a women's squash semi-final where mental rather than physical weaknesses were brutally exposed.











Isinbayeva: "Women live with boys, boys live with women"

By Mike Rowbottom at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow

Yelena Isinbayeva, receiving her gold medal at the World Championships in Moscow, criticised Sweden's Emma Green-Tregaro for her protest against Russia's new controversial anti-gay lawsAugust 15 - Yelena Isinbayeva has called fellow athlete Emma Green-Tregaro "disrespectful" for painting her nails rainbow-coloured in support of the homosexual community in Russia following the law recently passed here prohibiting open expression of gay values.