Summer Sports




Samoa win Hong Kong Sevens in front of Rogge

March 28 - Samoa came from behind to beat New Zealand 24-21 and win the Hong Kong Sevens, taking the lead in the International Rugby Board (IRB) Sevens World Series with two tournaments left in the season, in a thrilling tournament watched by Jacques Rogge, the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).









British Swimming to stage another Duel in the Pool

By Tom Degun

March 26 - British Swimming have announced that this year's British Open Championships, scheduled for July, have been cancelled because following the success of the Manchester Duel in the Pool event last December, which featured American superstar Michael Phelps (pictured), they have decided to focus its financial resources on staging a similar event in 2010.