Philip Barker
Columnist at Inside the Games (UK)
Journalist at Freelance
Broadcaster, sports historian & author from Trans World Sport launch to freelance columnist https://t.co/Ou80pBrsuL. 8 Olympics(incl Paris) & 4 Olympic W.G.
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Jun 30, 2024 |
isoh.org | Philip Barker
DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING? Paris Opening Ceremony defies the rainby Philip Barker at Le TrocadéroAt the climax of a truly unforgettable night, French Olympic heroes Teddy Riner from judo and athlete Marie-Jose Perec carried the final Torches. Triple Olympic champions both, they set the seal on what proved to be a truly unforgettable spectacle, despite heavy rain which fell almost throughout. It was the wettest Opening Ceremony since the 1952 Helsinki Games.
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Oct 29, 2023 |
insidethegames.biz | Philip Barker
French nobleman Baron Pierre de Coubertin was such a driving force in the revival of the modern Olympics that it is tempting to consider how he would have reacted to the inclusion of the new sports for Los Angeles 2028. "Cricket has practically no appeal for those who are not British and at least so far, it seems that you must be American to have a taste for baseball and lacrosse is almost exclusively a Canadian game," Coubertin wrote in 1909.
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Oct 26, 2023 |
insidethegames.biz | Philip Barker
The passing of Sir Bobby Charlton last weekend severed one of the last links what was arguably perhaps the greatest single gathering of talent in the history of Wembley Stadium. England played against the Rest of the World 60 years ago this week in a match specially arranged to mark the 100th birthday of the oldest football organisation in the world.
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Oct 24, 2023 |
cdn.dmcl.biz | Philip Barker
A song to mark 100 years since the Los Angeles Coliseum opened has been performed by students of University of Southern California (USC). We Came to Bring the Fire was composed by two USC Thornton School of Music graduates. It was selected by Coliseum officials after a special audition to celebrate a stadium used as the centrepiece for both the 1932 and 1984 Olympics, and is set to stage events again during Los Angeles 2028.
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Oct 24, 2023 |
insidethegames.biz | Philip Barker
A song to mark 100 years since the Los Angeles Coliseum opened has been performed by students of University of Southern California (USC). We Came to Bring the Fire was composed by two USC Thornton School of Music graduates. It was selected by Coliseum officials after a special audition. "We came to bring the fire, hold it higher, we came to bring the fire, for the fighters, victory," the refrain says. It had been written by former students Ella Collier and Sam Vendig.
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still some details @LA28 to be confirmed later in the year but some big decisions confirmed by @iocmedia @Olympics Executive Board in Lausanne https://t.co/drU3v1RXNO
basketball @FIBA3x3 set to benefit from places which had been used by breaking @Paris2024
IOC qualification system for cricket not yet finalised although anticipated in '3rd quarter' of the year after further discussions with @ICC no confirmation yet of venue though rumours of New York continue,
