Brothers Gary and Paul O’Donovan from Skibbereen Co.Cork, did Ireland proud last week after claiming the silver medal in the men’s lightweight double sculls with an impressive time of 6:23.72. Immediately after winning the first Olympic medal for Ireland in Rio so far, as well as the first-ever Olympic medal for Ireland in rowing, the Cork brothers had an interview with …
The education programme known as Transforma, is spreading Olympic and Paralympic values and engaging school communities right across Brazil. They offers three models of training courses for teachers all over Brazil with the goal of promoting new sports, spreading Olympic and Paralympic values and engaging the school community in the Rio 2016 Games. • Distance …
Governments from 32 Commonwealth countries took the historic step this week and committed to align their national sports policies to the Sustainable Development Goals, in order to gear investments in sport towards positive outcomes in health, education, gender equality and justice. At the Commonwealth Sports Ministers Meeting in Rio de Janeiro on 4 August and …