Cameron blames teachers over school sport – ignoring his cuts and playing field sell-offs
David Cameron has criticised state school teachers for not doing their bit for school sport.
Good Society
Cathy Freeman: The face of Sydney 2000, the first Aboriginal Olympic champion
Freeman was a huge hit in Australia during the 2000 Sydney Olympics, especially after winning the 400m and being chosen to light the Olympic flame.
Without greater provision and resources, state schools will struggle to close the gold gap
Without greater resources, opportunities and investment, the gold gap between state and private schools will continue to grow, writes Shamik Das.
Yaping Deng: The world’s most successful table tennis player
Yaping Deng – a 4′ 11″ woman from China – has more titles in table tennis than any other athlete.
Comment: We should all get behind female Olympians – and here’s how
London 2012 offers a unique opportunity to promote women’s participation in sports and inspire a next generation of female Olympians.
Derartu Tulu: The first black African woman to win an Olympic gold medal
Many remember Tulu for the victory lap she took in 1992; a symbolic gesture that signalled the end of Apartheid on the track.
The nasty department: DWP threaten to take disabled children away from parents
The DWP is sending out threatening, menacing letters to disabled parents, ordering them to do as they say or risk having their children taken into care.
Nawal El Moutawakel: The first female Muslim Olympic champion
Nawal El Moutawakel: “I would wake up in the morning and say, I need to do this for the women of Arab states, African countries and Muslim women.”
Fanny Blankers-Koen: ‘The Flying Housewife’ who won four Olympic gold medals in one year
In the face of criticism that she was too old to compete, Holland’s Fanny Blankers-Koen won four gold medals at the 1948 London Olympics.
The Tories are struggling with vagueness of policy
All present gave a thumbs up to Big Society, but when asked whether the name was quite right most turned their thumbs down