Posted by thesportsjunky on August 2, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Yet again the Olympics rarely go a day without some kind of scandal or major story as yet another controversy hit the Olympic Games in Day 6. Again the majority of the story unfolded the previous day and really the day leading up to Day 6. This time it was the boxing ring that took much of the focus in the Olympics as yet again the sport was embroiled in controversy.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on July 18, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The Racquet sports are all extremely similar except on very different scales as athletes use a racquet to hit an object over a net to the other side where they hope the opponents cannot get it. It is a simple and traditional sport grouping that has some great history behind it with two of the sports being dominated by one region.
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