Comment: In this comment piece, Canadian author and journalist Laura Robinson takes us further into the discussions of the legacy of the Vancouver Games with a look behind the biography of John Furlong, CEO of the Vancouver Organizing Committee and into what information on the 2010 Winter Games and his personal background made it to the book and what did not.

Canadian Aboriginals were promised a long list of legacies from the Vancouver Games many of which never materialised. Laura Robinson looks into the actual legacy one year after the Games have ended.

The Games is an experience that football players should not miss, says two-time US Olympian Friedel and urges the players to play regardless of any opposition from their governing bodies.

Read the first chapter of Steve Menary's new book examing the history of British Olympic football through historical facts and interviews with former players about the Great Britain football team that won two Olympic gold medals and is set to play at the London 2012 Olympics for the first time in more than forty years.

Knowledge bank article: In his new book, Steve Menary looks into the creation of the Great Britain football team with both historic facts and interviews with former players. The story of British Olympic football is now becoming very relevant with England's hosting of the 2012 Summer Games in London.

Can one say that Ghana is Africa’s team? This is the question Brendan O'Neill poses in the always interesting online magazine Spiked. And it is an important question.

There were many who believed – and hoped – that the U.S. would do well in this year's FIFA World Cup. The U.S. has good results to show for the last couple of years (finals in the Gold Cup and the Confederations Cup) and it is the third best team in the Americas (14th in FIFA rankings).

The organisation Sport et Citoyenneté has published a special edition of their scientific journal Sport and Citizenship. This Special Edition covers a subject with inevitable media hype from different angles. Sport and Citizenship wishes to take advantage of this unique occasion and the media’s attention to raise this question: “Is this really Africa’s hour?”.