National Lottery funding a crucial key to Team GB Olympic success Joe Public has played a key part in Great Britain’s most successful Olympic Games on foreign soil. By purchasing tickets for The National Lottery they have contributed towards Team GB’s efforts in Rio de Janeiro. So each time an athlete stands proudly on the […]
2016 Brazil Olympics ticket prices – Greatest show on earth; also the costliest?
A high price to pay to savour the Olympics High direct travel costs to and from Olympics Five sports that will cost the earth to see at Brazil 2016 Five sports that are inexpensive to obtain tickets for at Brazil 2016 It would no exaggeration to say you need deep pockets if contemplating attending a future Olympic Games. […]
Olympics Super Saturday comes again for Team GB in Brazil 2016
Super Saturday’s Brazilian sequel for Team GB Super Saturday comes again for Team GB on another magical weekend in the Brazil Olympic Games There are iconic sporting moments – Ian Botham’s Ashes heroics in 1981, Andy Murray winning Wimbledon for the first time since Fred Perry in the 1930s, Gareth Edwards’ magical try for the […]
No regrets at “most difficult” Olympic Games in Brazil 2016
Brazil 2016: Political and economic problems have dogged Brazil since they were awarded the Olympic Games As criticisms of the organisation of the Olympic Games persist – a leading official is the latest to voice concerns – what is it like on the ground in Rio de Janeiro? Before making my own observations, let’s first […]
Brazil Olympics 2016: Law and order a major issue in Rio de Janeiro
Scary crime statistics at the Brazil 2016 Olympics I heard a scary statistic that there is a robbery every three minutes in Rio de Janeiro. Though I have not had that corroborated, it is conceivable because law and order is a major issue in the Brazilian city And security remains a major concern at the […]