MOSCOW, February 4, 2012 – With one of the strongest governmental backings in the sports world, this year’s Russian Olympic and Paralympic medal winners are certain to receive due recognition upon their return from London.
According to an announcement posted on the website of the Russian Government, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to make provision for the reward funds to be handed to the medalists of this year’s Games.
Blessing Okabare has been talking to Planetsport about her life, hopes and sporting career in the run up to London 2012. Enigma photographed Blessing at the Birmingham Diamond League meeting in July 2011.
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The International Association of the Sporting Press (AIPS) reports on alleged embezzlement at the Olympic Museum.
Continuing the decade of sport, London was recently awarded the chance to host the World Athletics Championships in 2017. Read the full article here from the International Sporting Press Association website:
