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50 days to go – World Athletics Relays Silesia21

More than 1000 athletes on 150 relay teams from 45 nations are getting ready for the World Athletics Relays Silesia21, with just 50 days to go. Among them is local favourite Justyna Swiety-Ersetic, who will be looking to add to her 4x400m success when she forms part of the home team for the event at the Silesian Stadium in Chorzow, Poland, on 1-2 May. Poland won the women’s 4x400m at the last edition of the World Athletics Relays in Yokohama and secured silver in the event at the World Athletics Championships Doha 2019, with Swiety-Ersetic on both teams. Retaining the ... Read more

Headbanger Sports Named Wilson 2020 Dealer of the Year

Headbanger Sports, an online provider of baseball and softball bats, gloves, gear, and apparel, is proud to announce that it has been awarded one of the highest honors that Wilson Sporting Goods can bestow: Wilson has named Headbanger Sports as Wilson 2020 Dealer of the Year. This exclusive award is present to select merchants from top-performing accounts across the country, among sellers of Wilson baseball gloves and other Wilson sporting goods. Wilson, the parent company of DeMarini, Louisville Slugger, EvoShield, and Atec, presents this honor based on a strict set of qualifying standards and criteria. Dealers who exhibit excellent customer ... Read more

You Should Know in Detail About Badminton Courts?

Badminton has long competed as a competitive sport. However, right yet there are still many people who treat badminton as a backyard sport. A sport that is only for enjoyment and not much effort is required. But the fact is Badminton is as competitive and as tough as any other sport. Badminton players are as fit as tennis players, football players or any other sportsmen or women. Game that indicates speed, stamina, power and delicate skills. It is also a game of tactics and mental fitness. Badminton is also known as physical chess. Shuttle travelling at a speed upwards of 400kph ... Read more

How Adjustment Takes Away Our Core Competence in Sports?

Why India with 1.4 billion people can’t produce an athlete who can be a serious competition to any international standard? Have you stopped wondering why India lags pathetically low in the medal tally in Olympics? Do you want to know how Adjustment takes away our core competence and produces mediocre sportsmen for our country?  Let’s take Basketball for a case study. Basketball is played in most schools across India, then why haven’t we heard of any progress or achievements in this sport internationally? The obvious answer can be, we lack sports infrastructure at the grass root level, or else we ... Read more

Hong Kong – New phase of Online Interactive Sports Training Programmes to open for enrolment (with photos)

  The Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) will launch a new phase of the Online Interactive Sports Training Programmes in April. Enrolment for the programmes will be open from March 17 (Wednesday).             The Online Interactive Sports Training Programmes are conducted by coaches through an online platform in real time, enabling participants to learn interactively and practise physical activities at home, and to establish a healthy lifestyle. Ten types of sports programmes will be offered. They are aerobic dance, fitness exercise, “Body-mind Stretch”, parent-child fitness, tai chi, fitness yoga and “Hip Hop Dance” as well as the newly organised ... Read more

Become A Baseball Expert By Reading These Tips

The sport of baseball is played by lots of people, making it truly a great sport. You can be short or tall, weak or strong, but you still can enjoy playing baseball. To learn about playing better, keep reading. A coach knows that happy players are good players. Enjoy rewards such as pizza parties or team building activities. It’s just a game, have fun! And also enhance the confidence of team by dressing up with good quality custom baseball jerseys and uniforms. If you’re a coach and find that you’re struggling to keep your team’s attention during practice, then you ... Read more