Tag Archives: Sport
Jump London
A documentary of Sebastien Foucan the originator of parkour or free running jumping London. (via)
Scotland Football World Champions?
If Scotland beat on Georgia at Hampden Park this Saturday they will become Football World Champions at least according to the Unofficial Football Championships. The UFWC is based on a knock out system like that of boxing where the holder keeps the title until beaten. Current holders are Georgia but Scoland can become Champions for [...]
Ideology, Football, and Architecture
The biggest sporting competition in the world is hosted by Germany this year the 2006 World Cup. The backdrop of this are the stadiums of Germany perhaps the highlight being the new Herzhog & De Meuron’s Allianz Arena. While this is the architectural highlight of the World Cup, the actual final will take place in [...]
Out of place
I spent most of yesterday at work in a quiet frenzy at work because of the Cricket. I was so tense I could hardly concentrate on anything else but the Radio coverage on the internet all passed by obliviously by my Finnish work colleagues. Such are these times you truely feel like a fish out [...]
Olympic sized
We went to the Olympic stadium on the last Friday of the 2005 World athletics championships. The Venue of Helsinki and the stadium was a last minute venue after London pulled out, and although they lost money they also didn’t do much in the away of upgrading the stadium beforehand. I was reminded about this [...]
The Nykänen Orchid