Sport

Are the Commonwealth Games second-rate?

14th December 2009 by AlexT 12 Comments

usain-bolt-olympics-200mIndia is under pressure to deliver a world-class Commonwealth Games in 2010. Some commentators feel it is a waste of money, like Sharda Ugra, the Sports Editor of the respected news weekly ‘India Today’:

“The Commonwealth Games are the most redundant and peculiar of sporting events.”

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Interview with Commonwealth champion Gail Emms

19th November 2009 by AlexT No Comments

In an interview with the RCS for the Commonwealth Conversation – England’s Commonwealth Games Badminton Gold medalist - Gail Emms tells us why it’s important that people know more about the Commonwealth.

Dwight Yorke on Trinidad & Tobago and the Commonwealth

6th November 2009 by AlexT No Comments

With Trinidad and Tobago hosting the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting at the end of November, the Commonwealth Conversation interviewed one of T&T’s biggest sports stars: footballer Dwight Yorke. We asked him for his thoughts on the Commonwealth and what Trinidad and Tobago can teach the world.

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Interview with Dame Kelly Holmes

3rd November 2009 by AlexT 6 Comments

As part of the Commonwealth Conversation, Dame Kelly Holmes, President of Commonwealth Games England, talked to the RCS about what the Commonwealth means to her.

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Sri Lanka’s celebrity cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan calls for leaders to prioritise poverty

24th October 2009 by AlexT 6 Comments

 

Muttiah ‘Murali’ Muralitharan is the leading wicket-taker in Test cricket history and Sri Lanka’s greatest player of all time. He is also a dedicated humanitarian and philanthropist, serving as a trustee of the Foundation of Goodness, which seeks to help Sri Lanka’s rural poor.

In this exclusive interview for the Commonwealth Conversation, he talks about the power of sport to unite people irrespective of race and religion and what the Commonwealth could do to help Sri Lanka build a better future.

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Does Sport unite the Commonwealth?

14th October 2009 by AlexT 3 Comments


Bill Morris discusses the important role of sport in uniting the diverse citizens of the Commonwealth.

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Imran Khan says cricket is a big unifier in the Commonwealth

19th July 2009 by ZoeWare 10 Comments

Watch Imran Khan, retired Pakistani cricketer turned politician, talk about the unifying nature of cricket in the Commonwealth. Continue reading…