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What's Behind the Number of Athletes Per Country In The London Olympics

Main Author: Hassan Fofana, Sports Consultant & Field Agent Contact:  Email: time2ballinc@gmail.com  Twitter: @Time2ballinc  Facebook: facebook.com/Time2Ball ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What's Behind the Number of Athletes Per Country in the 2012 London Olympics                                                            By Hassan FOFANA To start, I want to point out that this year’s summer Olympics opening ceremony in London was very disappointing for me. After 7 years of preparation, I was expecting a certain creativity and originality to match or at least come close to the previous opening ceremony in Beijing. But instead what we get is a fake jump out of the helicopter by the 86 years old Queen Elizabeth pretending to be James Bond’s part...

The Obesity Crisis Raising Some Thoughtful and Provocative Debates with respect to Sport Marketing

Main Author: Hassan Fofana Sports Consultant & Field Agent Contact: time2ballinc@gmail.com Twitter: @Time2ballinc Facebook: facebook.com/Time2Ball     ___________________________________________ The Obesity Crisis Raising Some Thoughtful and Provocative Debates with respect to Sport Marketing by Hassan FOFANA London 2012 Summer Olympic 27 July - 12 August The 2008 summer Olympics in Beijing set the bar high in many ways, including stricter anti-doping testing policies, record breaking TV viewership of several hundred million, more than 40 world records, 130 Olympic records, breathtaking venues and sports arenas and the unforgettable opening and closing ceremonies. As a sport fan, I am anxiously looking forward to what London has planned for us. It is quite rare for the summer Olympics to pass without the occurrence of any controversy or protest. In 1968, at the summer Olympics in Mexico City, African American US track and field 200m gold and...