Summer Sports







Vanhoenacker named as USSA Jim Thorpe All-Around Award winner

By Emily Goddard

Marino_Vanhoenacker_22-09-11September 22 - Belgian triathlete Marino Vanhoenacker has been named as the winner of the United States Sports Academy's (USSA) 2011 Jim Thorpe All-Around Award after breaking the Ironman triathlon world record after 14 years, smashing it by more than four minutes to claim his sixth consecutive Ironman Austria title in July of this year.






Hayatou dumped as head of London 2012 football

By Andrew Warshaw

Issa_Hayatou_sweatingSeptember 21 - In an unprecedented and embarrassing U-turn, FIFA tonight backtracked over the appointment of controversial African football powerbroker Issa Hayatou to spearhead the London 2012 football tournament at a time when he is under investigation by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for alleged corruption.