International Olympic Committee

In 2016, Olympic games took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Brazil got the right to host the Olympics because it has a strong economy in 2009 (Dale, 2016). Because Brazil’s economy has increased in 2009, it started to plan the Olympic games (Dale, 2016). However, during Brazil is hosting the Olympic games, Brazil had the economic problems starting (Nelson, 2016). The problems of Brazil created other issues, which are economic issues, Security issues, and socio-political issues. Olympic Games…

in his attempts to discover a performance enhancing drug that was lacking in serious side effects. This did not stop them from reaching common knowledge across the sporting community, and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) established a medical commission to fight doping in 1967 – the Winter Olympics the following year became the first to institute compulsory drug testing. Anabolic steroids joined the list of banned substances in 1975 It is around the time of the blanket ban on anabolic…

SEA Games really brings benefits to hosting country in term of boosting the economy. However, during SEA Games, there must be vehicular traffic flow around Bukit Jalil area as athletics and spectators were moving to the stadium. The National Stadium in Bukit Jalil has been filled up with people wanting to witness the opening of the Kuala Lumpur SEA Games, which is just minutes away. (Bernama, 2017) Picture is provided by Bernama As we can see the crowds from the above photo, there must be…

Ancient Olympics: How does it compare to the Modern Olympics? I am a twenty-four year old Olympian from Columbia, South Carolina and I am currently practicing for the 2016 Olympics which starts in 2 months. I will practice at Brazil, so I can be adapted to the conditions in Brazil for the Olympics. I will participate in the decathlon to try to win a gold medal; I got third place last time in London. I have always wondered how the Ancient Olympics would have been. Maybe the early Olympians…

RUNNING CULTURE WHY ADOPT………….BECAUSE IT IS AN AXIOM FOR A GREATER HEALTH…………… Defining ‘culture’ often correlates with the term ‘society’ and while in general perspective there is no much difference in both terms, in sociological analysis this create a slight distinction. A culture represents the beliefs, practices and artefacts of a group, while society represents the social structures and organization of the people who share those beliefs and practices. A part of…

Train Wreck - James Arthur The Song that Changed Perspectives Billal Lyzzaik In today's society, reality shows, such as The X-Factor, manipulate many to act a certain way on live TV and not necessarily be themselves. James Arthur, a British artist, was one of the many whom were packaged. He participated in The X-Factor during the 2012 season but was eliminated during the final rounds for not meeting the shows expectations. Arthur later exposed the program on its manipulative ways. As a…

to attend and contact this event (Hong Kong Tourism Board, 2016). According to Hong Kong China Dragon Boat Association (2017), it attracts over 6000 competitors of different race and Hong Kong competitors from 18 districts in the 2017 Hong Kong International Dragon Boat Races. This event effectively to attract most communities and visitors (Hong Kong China Dragon Boat Association, 2017). Also, Hong Kong Dragon Boat Carnival combines the cultural…

The Olympic games are an international sport festival that is watched by millions of people across the globe. These special games have developed into something much bigger than entertainment purposes. Instead, they have radically changed world culture by uniting all the people in the world with sport. Competitions featuring the world’s greatest athletes and cultures are present at this special occasion. Although, the games are founded to be cultural, emotional and entertaining, the leading…

Gene doping is defined in the Oxford Dictionary as “the transfer of genes or genetically modified cells into an individual as a potential method for illicitly enhancing athletic performance.” It is is a relatively new method of modifying the human genome for the purpose of increasing athletic performance. Gene doping can be traced back to research presented in the late 1990’s concerning genetic modification of skeletal muscles (Barton-Davis et al., 1998; McPherron et al., 1997). The research…

India’s involvement in the sport industry has been consistently growing and unique. The country of India is also very active in participating in international sporting events, such as the Olympics. The purpose of this paper is to give a summary on India, and to inform how they view sports in their country by looking at their sport structure, their various Olympic committees, the culture in their sport participation, and their history of hosting sport mega events. History, Background and India…