http://www.vortexswimming.com sport blog Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:11:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en An artist's impression of the proposed facilities in east London for the Olympic games in 2012. Photograph: Andrew Hilton/Hayes Davidson/PAThe organisers of the 2012 London Olympics face the toughest economic circumstances outside of a state of war to put on the games, an influential member of the International Olympic Committee ... http://www.vortexswimming.com/london-faces-toughest-circumstances-apart-from-war-to-host-olympics/ Barnsley's Iain Hume. Photograph: Daniel Hambury/Empics Sport/PA PhotosThe Barnsley striker Iain Hume was last night readmitted to hospital two weeks after fracturing his skull in the derby game against Sheffield United. The 25-year-old Canada international was released from hospital seven days ago and has since been recovering at home, but ... http://www.vortexswimming.com/championship-barnsleys-iain-hume-returns-to-hospital-as-a-precaution-during-recovery-from-fractured-skull/ AZ Alkmaar and Ajax thrash around in the snow during their Dutch league match. Photograph: Olaf Kraak/EPARather than tackling pertinent problems such as video-replays for referees on offside goals, football's executives think it best to distract us by solving non-issues on the periphery of the sport instead. National B-squads for ... http://www.vortexswimming.com/dutch-football-leander-schaerlaeckens-on-fc-twentes-sparkling-form-and-hollands-low-key-internationals/ Alan Pardew departed The Valley after a stinker against Sheffield United. Photograph: Daniel Hambury/EMPICS Sport/PA PhotosWhat wasn't to like about the weekend? Australia's rugby league players were thrashed by the Kiwis in the World Cup final, temperatures across the country soared to a balmy –37C and Oasis finally broke America ... http://www.vortexswimming.com/tom-lutz-football-league-review-the-10-point-guide-to-the-weekend-action-in-the-championship-league-one-and-league-two/ Lin Wen Tang celebrates after winning the Hong Kong Open golf tournament. Photograph: Kin Cheung/APChinese Taipei's Lin Wen-tang bounced back from a final-hole blunder to edge a thrilling play-off and win the Hong Kong Open — his first victory on the European Tour. The Asian Tour regular missed a birdie ... http://www.vortexswimming.com/golf-chinese-taipeis-lin-wen-tang-won-the-hong-kong-open-in-a-dramatic-play-off-against-rory-mcilroy/ Ricky Hatton with his trainer Floyd Mayweather Snr. Photograph: Dave Thompson/PARicky Hatton was rightly pleased with an improved performance in beating Paulie Malignaggi and restoring much of his reputation.But it's way too early to get carried away. Victory at the MGM Grand Arena this morning over an opponent whose tricks ... http://www.vortexswimming.com/boxing-hatton-was-good-but-lets-not-get-carried-away/ The decline and fall of William Gallas, ex-Arsenal captain. Photographs: Lee Mills/Action Images (whose entire portfolio seems to show Gallas in distress).3pm: Peeps ring out across the country and We. Are. Go.2.50pm: It's a shambles. Again. We just had a power failure here on two computers and a telly, which ... http://www.vortexswimming.com/football-saturday-clockwatch-live/ The four faces of contemporary male modelling: Derek Zoolander (pose: Blue Steel), Tom Lutz (???), Scott Murray (???) and Carlos Tevez (WTF?). Photographs: Melinda Sue Gordon/Christian Sinibaldi/Sam Frost/Tom JenkinsSome links• Some footage the two Serbian wunderfoetii apparently set to join Manchester United• Highlights of a classic encounter between these sides ... http://www.vortexswimming.com/football-aston-villa-v-man-utd-live/ Liverpool's Andrea Dossena and Diego Cavalieri collide at White Hart Lane during another miserable performance. Photograph: Tom Hevezi/APThanks for all your submissions for the third round of Big Blogger 2008. We had nearly 100 entries this week, but - surprisingly - the standard was the lowest so far. We were ... http://www.vortexswimming.com/big-blogger-2008-vote-for-the-week-three-winner/ Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting Photograph: Manan Vatsyayana/AFPAustralia led by 189 runs at the end of the second day of the first Test against New Zealand at the Gabba, but again struggled with the bat on a day when 16 wickets fell. The hosts were reduced to 131 for six ... http://www.vortexswimming.com/cricket-new-zealand-remain-in-sight-of-australia-as-wickets-tumble-on-second-day-of-first-test/