Doha Sports Deluge
Most of the 29 sports and two Paralympic disciplines on the Arab Games program will be in action this week in Doha.
Following a Friday opening ceremony, competition kicked off over the weekend in basketball, beach volleyball, billiards, bodybuilding, bowling, chess, football, artistic gymnastics, judo, shooting, table tennis, tennis and volleyball.
Archery and squash get underway on Monday; goalball, golf and weightlifting on Tuesday; boxing, equestrian, sailing and taekwondo on Wednesday; athletics on Thursday; wrestling on Friday and swimming on Saturday.
The remaining sports of fencing, trampoline gymnastics, road cycling, karate and para-athletics are reserved for the final few days in Doha.
More than 5,000 athletes from 21 nations are in the Qatari capital for its latest opportunity to audition further for the chance to host the 2020 Olympics.
USOC Board Meeting
An update on where the U.S. Olympic Committee stands in its revenue-sharing negotiations with the IOC is likely the biggest news that could come out of Wednesday’s board of directors meeting.
The venue is Redwood City, California at the headquarters of Electronic Arts, the video game company formerly run and still chaired by USOC chief Larry Probst.
Sailing Worlds
The 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships sail on this week in Perth, Australia.
The two-week competition includes all 10 events on the program for London 2012 and doubles as the sport’s main Olympic qualifier.
The busy schedule of events began Dec. 3 and doesn’t end until Dec. 18.
Live coverage of all 10 medal races as well as daily highlights are available here.
Written by Matthew Grayson.
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