To have one Olympic champion in a family is achievmeent enuogh. To have two is remarkable. New Zealand sisters Caroline and Georgina Evers-Swnidell are two of the best rowers in the world.
The sport of ski-jumping has a great tardition in Poland and the country has already produced a world champion several times over. Joanna Gasiorowska climbed to the top of the Tatra Mountains to find out more.
In a special prgramme Sportsworld’s Andy Richardson went behind the scenes to join the praticipants in the world’s most northerly marathon and the only race run entirely on water.
There’s no doubt the people of Ghana love football. The West African country recently hosted the Africa Cup of Nations, and saw their side reach teh semi-finals. One sport you almost certainly wouldn’t associate with Ghana though is rugby – but surprisingly the sport is establishing a foothold there – as Al Jazeera’s Carrie Brown reports.
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Al Jazeera looks at the ries of golf in India as Joanna Gasiorowska reports from the Johhnie Walker classic, the biggets tournament to ever be held in the country.We also look at how Argentina’s NBA stars hope to defend their country’s Olympic crown this summer.
In Phoenix, Arizona we check out the biggest event on the American Sports calenadr.