The News Review:
- The paradox of sports: It’s good for you yet it kills
- More Kids Are Suffering Sports Injuries
- Print edition Sports
- SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports — Puerto Rico earns berth in semifinal…
- Photo exhibition marks Sports Day
- Kerala Govt. to constitute sports commission
- Chauhan’s bonanza to boost sports in Madhya Pradesh
The paradox of sports: It’s good for you yet it kills
International Herald Tribune – Aug 30, 2007
The Sevilla teammates of Antonio Puerta the soccer professional whose heart stopped during play Saturday and who died Tuesday are preparing for the Super Cup against AC Milan in Monaco on Friday evening. The match is mainly for profit and prestige but Sevilla's players agreed to take part as a tribute to their departed colleague. Puerta was not alone this week this month or in history in embodying the paradox that sports is meant for the fittest yet people sometimes die doing it.
More Kids Are Suffering Sports Injuries
Forbes – Aug 30, 2007
07 12:00 AM ETTHURSDAY Aug. 30 (HealthDay News) — Many children today startspecializing in one sport early — playing year-round joiningcompetitive club or travel teams and participating in specialtraining programs — believing they’ll put themselves on thefast track to college scholarships or maybe even a pro sportscareer. But for too many of these kids that fast track leads straightto injuries sometimes serious ones. Recent research suggests that as many as four in 10 emergencyroom visits for children between 5 and 14 years old are forsports-related injuries. No single sport is specifically to blame for the increase inkids' sports injuries. Instead experts suspect that choosingto play one sport all the time or playing several sports all atonce are factors leading to what are called overuse injuries.
Print edition Sports
USA Today – Aug 30, 2007
OrtizUSA TODAY SEATTLE Lively crowds of more than 44000 each game came out to watch the first significant late-August series in these parts since 2003. They welcomed the chance for their Seattle Mariners to take over the AL West lead or at least make a statement about their legitimacy as contenders. Instead they watched the division-leading Los Angeles Angels conclusively demonstrate their superiority. The margin in the standings widened to five games with the Angels’ three-game sweep completed Wednesday with an 8-2 victory. The psychological gap might be harder to measure but it has certainly grown.
SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports — Puerto Rico earns berth in semifinal…
San Diego Union Tribune – Aug 30, 2007
com > Sports — Puerto Rico earns berth in semifinals of FIBA Americas. On the verge of being eliminated from the FIBA Americas tournament four days ago Puerto Rico made its way to the semifinals with a 72-66 victory over Canada on Thursday night.
Photo exhibition marks Sports Day
Hindu – Aug 30, 2007
Moideen Khan (second from left) Minister for Sports and Youth Welfare at the photo exhibition in Madurai on Wednesday. — MADURAI: A photo exhibition displaying inspiring histories of Indian sports personalities their achievements a workshop and a rally to reinforce public faith in sports marked the National Sports Day celebration in the city on Thursday. Commending the efforts made by the organisers of the function T.
Kerala Govt. to constitute sports commission
Hindu – Aug 30, 2007
to constitute sports commission Principal Correspondent THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Sports Minister M. Vijayakumar said that State Government will constitute a sports commission next month to draft a sports policy which will be in tune with the times. He was speaking after inaugurating the one-day seminar on broad basing sports in Kerala and evolving a strategy conducted by the Kerala State Sports Council in connection with the National Sports Day celebrations here on Wednesday. The Minister said that the Government will make sports a part of school curriculum once the curriculum committees submits its report. He also said that necessary amendments would be made to the Kerala Sports Act 2000 passed by the previous LDF Government.
Chauhan’s bonanza to boost sports in Madhya Pradesh
Hindu – Aug 30, 2007
The Chief Minister announced that Rs. 13 crore would be provided by the State Government for building stadiums and other facilities that were lying incomplete in the absence of Central grants.
