Danny Jordaan, the man in charge of organising the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, is boycotting the European Championship finals in Poland and Ukraine in protest at the racism reports that plagued the build-up to the tournament which began last night. Jordaan, vice-president of the South African Football Association (SAFA), has attended every Euros since 2000 but is staying away after discussions, he says, with unnamed officials within the hierarchy of world football."If the host country acts in contrary to the spirit of the game, then one must take a principled decision," said Jordaan.Dutch players were subjected to monkey chants from the crowd at an open training session at Wisla Krakow's stadium earlier in the week while a recent...Read More

The Formula One winners' club keeps getting bigger in an unprecedented season that has had seven different winners in the first seven races. Lewis Hamilton thinks he is seeing the sport's future. "I think this mix-up is normal. I think this is going to be normal for this season," he said after winning the Canadian Grand Prix for the third time. "I think it's great for Formula One. It's great for fans today." Hamilton drove his McLaren Mercedes to a win in 1 hour, 32 minutes, 29.586 seconds Sunday, taking advantage of fresh tires he picked up during a second pit stop while the other contenders only made one. Hamilton finished 2.5 seconds ahead of Lotus' Romain Grosjean, with Sauber's Sergio Perez in third. "I had so much traction with...Read More

Another pair of NCAA swimmers have received their Universality invites to the 2012 London Summer Olympics. Esau Simpson from Nova Southeastern in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida will head to the Games representing his home country of Grenada in the southern Carribean. He’s a sprint freestyler, with a 100 freestyle best of 53.85 from last year’s World Championships in Shanghai. The junior is a Division II All-American for the sharks, and had a great performance at NCAA’s in the 400 free relay where he split 44.4 and 44.7 on their 400 free relays (in prelims and finals). Georgia Tech also learned that they will have an Olympian this week, as Andrew Chetcuti received his bid to represent Malta in London. Chetcuti is his...Read More

For being the world's fastest man and one of those technically proficient athletes in human history, Usain Bolt has one noticeable flaw: He's slow off the blocks. As he demonstrated this week at a meet in Oslo, he also could use some work in stopping. Bolt nearly ran over a flower girl as he tried to hit the brakes after his victorious 9.79 in the 100 meters at the international Diamond League meet. As the Jamaican slowed to a jog while making the turn on the track, a group of photographers, handlers and greeters swarmed. The three-time Olympic gold medalist ran directly into a flower bearer and nearly knocked her over. He was somehow able to keep his new friend upright by dragging her a few meters as he slowed.   Bolt gave...Read More