The home of cricket and home to the world’s oldest sporting museum, Lord’s Cricket Ground also known as Lord’s has been a popular venue for cricket since the late 19th century. Named after its original founder, Thomas Lord located at St John’s Wood, north-west London, since 1814 will be hosting the London 2012 Olympic Archery [...]
Synchronized Swimming is one of the most graceful water sports to have been added to the Olympics games. The sport became a part of the Olympics during the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics games though it has been practiced as an ornamental water ballet in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Involving bit of swimming, dance [...]
Diving
Diving as a sport is said to have developed from floor gymnastics in the 18th century, when Swedish and German athletes began to perform tumbling routines into water. Today it is defined as a sport that involves jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, while performing a series of acrobatics like twisting, [...]
7-a-side Football
A fast-moving and fiercely competitive sport played by athletes with cerebral palsy and other neurological disorders, 7-a-side Football has over the years endeared many to gain its own fan following and a place in the Paralympics.
Though governed by the Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association (CP-ISRA), 7-a-side Football follows the FIFA rules, though [...]
5-a-side Football
A thrilling action-packed spectacle 5-a-side Football is a game that is played by visually impaired athletes with a noise-making device. Comprising of four outfield players who wear eyeshades to ensure fairness and a goalkeeper who may be fully or partially sighted, the game is played on field that is much smaller than a regular [...]
Riverbank Arena, Hackney, East London
Host of Hockey and Paralympics five and seven-a side Football Games
Located within the precincts of the Olympic Park at Hackney in east London is the Riverbank Arena. Recently built, the Riverbank Arena will be hosting the Hockey, Paralympics Five-a-side Football and the Paralympics Seven-a side Football games.
The Riverbank stadium has been [...]