~YOG~ :Daphne



The city and island state of Singapore has recently won the right to host the first Summer Youth Olympic Games to be held in 2010.In an announcement by the International Olympic Committee Chairman on 21st February 2008, Singapore was voted by the Committee as the most attractive location to host the inaugural.

Singapore is the city in which order and reason prevail. The chaos which is common in other busy Asian cities has been structured and refined.Singapore is clean, safe and efficient and the inhabitants are as proud of this as they are of the city’s great financial heart beating around the clock.




~Olympics Games ~

The city and island state of Singapore has won the right to host the first Summer Youth Olympic Games to be held in 2010.
This site aims to bring together both sporting and non sporting participants, their affiliates, parents, families and friends in a friendly online community to share stories and ideas, make friends and find out more about the Singapore Youth Olympic Games 2010.
The site is regularly updated with the latest news, information, entertainment and resources about the Games, so be sure to check back often for updates.
Also visit the Youth Olympic Games Community where you can sign up as a member to use the forums, watch videos, look at photos and make new people who are interested in the Youth Olympic Games.



~Basketball~

For 36 years after basketball entered the Olympic Games as a full medal sport for men, the question was not who would win, but who would finish second. The United States owned the game, and not just because it was invented there.The Soviet Union took home the gold when they toppled the US team in a controversial 1972 game. After another semi-final victory for the Soviets in 1988, the sport opened to professionals. Once again, the question became who would finish second. In Barcelona in 1992, with a squad featuring some of the world's best-known athletes - Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird - the gold-medal winning US "Dream Team" gave an exhibition of basketball at its best. After an NBA All-Star packed team finished only sixth during the recent FIBA World Championship in 2002, the question will remain if the winning streak of US teams can prevail in future Olympic Games.Women's basketball hasn't been quite such a one-sided affair. Since it joined the Olympic programme in 1976, the gold medals have been divided between the US, the Soviet Union and, after the break-up of the Soviet Union, the Commonwealth of Independent States. After a bronze medal in Atlanta and a Silver medal in Sydney, Australia may have their quest for the podium as well as the traditional powerhouse Brazil.





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