Canoe Polo

From little team big things grow (Cooma-Monaro Express)

18 Jul 2008

IT'S a smaller team but the medals hopes are still big with the Australian Olympic team still aiming for a top-five finish on the Beijing medal tally.

DOE deficit may kill off JV sports (The Maui News)

18 Jul 2008

The loss of junior varsity athletics programs will be sorely felt if they are sacrificed to meet a looming $1 million budget cut for public high schools next year, Maui Interscholastic League officials and public high school athletic directors said Thursday. "If there are going to be cuts, there's got to be more creative ways to do it without eliminating programs," said Maui High School Athletic

Sport (The West Australian)

18 Jul 2008

The youngest, swimmer Emily Seebohm, has just turned 16. The eldest, equestrian rider Laurie Lever, is 60. Eight are indigenous Australians. One in 10 were born overseas, in places as diverse as Mauritius, Macedonia, Mexico and Malawi - reflecting the multicultural nation they now represent.