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When unique is what you need, look no further. Got a business need for an event that's a bit different?  Looking for something other than 'off-the-shelf' hospitality?  Sportsworld can help you create a memorable bespoke solution to suit your specific requirements. Whether you want to indulge your guests with high performance cars and fine dining or wow them with a VIP experience to remember, we can deliver the event to suit the occasion (and, of course, your budget).  We will work with you to create the best possible event experience. A selection of events we can organise for you: Corporate Sailing Days:  With our TUI partner Sunsail , experience a whole new world on the water in 2010. Completely bespoke and tailored to you, we can arrange anything from team building and hospitality days to international regattas and racing in Cowes Week. Whether you're looking to motivate your team, or build customer and client relationships, yo...

HAMBURG is the second largest city in Germany, it formed with Lübeck, Bremen and Rostock and other European ports the medieval Hanseatic League. Hamburg is a city-state, being as far as possible independent of other states that existed and exist in Germany. However, during the centuries, Hamburg has always been an international city, not only because of its position in international trade, but also in political dimensions. The city is known as one of the most important harbours in Europe and the world, and it is the greenest city in Germany: 13 % of the city are park and greenland, 23 % protected countryside and 6% nature reserves. Nevertheless, two thirds of the city are occupied by parks, lakes or tree-lined canals, giving this huge harbour city a refreshal rural feel. Culturally, Hamburg is said to have more in common with its trading partners and neighbors in the Low Countries, Denmark and even England, than it does with southern Germany. In Hamburg, there are more tha...

20 Theatre: Women Beware Women, National Theatre, London Thomas Middleton's thrilling tragedy of lies, lust and treachery in the Florentine court. Marianne Elliott directs Harriet Walter as the wicked widow Livia. To 8 June in rep 21 Film: It's a Wonderful Afterlife Billed as My Big Fat Greek Wedding meets Shaun of the Dead, or an arranged-marriage romp with added ghosts, Gurinder Chadha's latest kicks off cinema's silly season with style. Sally Hawkins stars. 21 Theatre: Bingo, Chichester Festival Theatre A sure sign that summer is on its way, the season at Chichester opens with Patrick Stewart playing an ageing Shakespeare in Edward Bond's 1973 play. To 22 May 23 Film: Centurion Dominic West, Michael Fassbender and the Bond girl Olga Kurylenko star in this gory sword-and-sandals epic about the travails of the Roman Ninth Legion. Neil Marshall, of Dog Soldiers fame, directs. 23/24 Pop: LCD Soundsystem, Brixton Academy, London ...

Building a dream team?  Make sure the activity day isn't a nightmare. Sportsworld are experts in organising and managing team building activities designed to meet your company requirements. Using skills from leadership, competitiveness, creativity, co-operation, and powers of observation the exercises offered are tailored to involve all members of the party. What we can organise for you We will talk to you closely about your brief and then organise the right team building activity to suit. These could range from Its a Knock Out!, Rocket Launch, Bomb Disposal, Roll a Ball, Blind Giant Jigsaw, The Cube, Toxic Waste, Spiders Web, Semaphore, Safe Cracker, The Towers, Stepping Stones, Key Retrieval, Message in a Bottle, Sequential Motion, Matrix 13, Nuclear Reactor . Each package is customised depending on the number of guests and the aims created. The majority of these activities can take place in various locations around the country subject to certain criteria. The ...

Scandals like the 1970’s allegation of a young girl’s homicide by the hand of director Roman Polanski (linked to sex offenses) are not known to ancient Egypt. However, the ancient world wasn't without its bad boys. High treason and attempts to the king’s life were among the top crimes to be punished in ancient Egypt. Robbery existed but there is no evidence of homicides or other death crimes. Justice was Maat, the supreme balance against chaos, and everything in life had to be done accordingly. Just as we respect our Constitutions and laws, ancient Egyptians had their laws and ordinances. Viziers and judges were appointed by the pharaoh to decide upon requests for intercession. Forget not to judge justice. It is an abomination of the god to show partiality. This is the teaching. Therefore, do you accordingly. Look upon him who is known to you like him who is unknown to you; and him who is near the king like him who is far from his house...

MNS chief Raj Thackeray today demanded action against the chief of Commonwealth Games (CWG), Suresh Kalmadi for alleged corruption in organising the event. "Action should be taken against Kalmadi else such things would be encouraged," Raj told reporters in Mumbai today. He felicitated Tejaswini Sawant for becoming the first Indian woman shooter to clinch a gold medal at the World Championships in Munich, Germany. Raj congratulated Tejaswini for the success and wished her for future games. Earlier, his uncle and Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray lashed at Kalmadi alleging that he had ruined the Games.

Cabinet secretary KM Chandrashekar will oversee the preparations for the 2010 Commonwealth Games to be held in New Delhi in October 2010. Sources say that Suresh Kalmadi will stay on as chairman of the Organising Committe. The Centre is reluctant to take action against Kalmadi until the charges against him are proved. Prime minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi will discuss the Commonwealth Games issue during a core group meeting today.

 These virtual clearinghouses and forums have led the way in showing enthusiasts how to engage in responsible travel. Web Site recommended by Ron Mader of Planeta.com EcoClub ( www.ecoclub.com ) The International Ecotourism Club, based in Athens, Greece, is a global cooperative network promoting ecotourism. This is one of the most popular websites spotlighting eco-lodges and activists around the globe. Posts news on ecotourism, events, and jobs; also provides features, a publications archive, and first-rate real-time chats. Recommended: Search page for ecolodges, environmentally friendly hotels, tours, and services ( www.ecoclub.com/lodges.html ) Interviews with leading ecotourism personalities ( www.ecoclub.com/news/interview.html ) Online Message Board: www.ecoclub.com/c Blog: www.ecoclub.com/blogs Gallery: www.ecoclub.com/gallery Cost: Mix of Free/Pay (various membership levels) Contact: 011-30-21-06-71-9671. Email: a@ecoclub.c...

 In recent years, there have emerged a few new trends in travel guides as publishers aim their guidebooks at travelers who have less time but are willing to spend more money. As a result, there are now a growing number of guidebook series that have decided that less is more: they provide a more selective approach to their destinations. Such guidebooks often include suggested itineraries for vacations from one to three weeks, geared toward visitors with less time on their hands. Instead of exhaustive listings of sights, accommodation and restaurants, these guides offer fewer choices, only providing the top listings or "best of class" in the respective categories. To get an idea of the types of travel guides that are available, go to a bookstore and browse the travel section. Read the introductory paragraphs of different travel guides to find out if you like the author’s voice and style. Look at the listings of hotels, restaurants, and sights. Are ...

Every time I go to a bookstore there seems to be a new series of travel guides on the shelves. As record numbers of people travel abroad, more and more publishers are jumping on the bandwagon to cash in on the growing travel industry. Nevertheless, finding a guidebook that suits your needs and whose style and suggestions you like is not easy. Despite the plethora of travel guides available, I have found not one single travel guide that meets all my travel needs and interests. Some books provide in-depth cultural and historical information with great essays and photographs but have few recommendations for lodging, dining, and transportation. Others emphasize practical travel information but provide little background on culture and history. The best travel guide is ultimately the one you put together yourself from a variety of sources, based on your personal interests and travel preferences. I recommend getting a general guide that tells you how to get aroun...

Since the launch of the Escort in 1997, Ford India has come a long way. With 164 dealership facilities across 97 cities, it is one of the country's leading car companies. The Figo, Fiesta and Endeavour are the latest models from the Ford stable. A look at Ford's exciting journey.

Blackberry maker Research In Motion has said it would allow Indian security agencies only to do legal monitoring of data of its subscribers, although India has asked the smartphone vendor to provide access to e-mail and messenger data or face ban. “The only time it allows carriers to access the data sent via BlackBerry devices is in the case of national security situations, and even then, only as governed by the country’s judicial oversight and rules of law,” the Canada-based Research In Motion (RIM) said in a statement on Thursday. India has threatened to shut down BlackBerry e-mail and instant messaging services by August 31, unless RIM granted security agencies the technology to decrypt BlackBerry communications, citing national security concerns. Although some experts have opined that RIM’s decision to only allow access to its data when ordered to do so by a judge might be problematic in certain countries where the judiciary is less than impartial, the company said t...

FRANKFURT AM MAIN is called “the Manhattan of Germany” because of its location on the Main river. The city is the financial heart not only of Germany but also of the European Union, pumping euros into the world economy. Frankfurt is a dynamic metropolis and for many visitors it will be the first point of call in Europe, because its airport is the largest in terms of passengers on the European continent. During World War II Frankfurt was deeply bombed, and as consequence, its medieval city was destroyed. Happily, the city recovered quite quickly after the war, and its modern shape was formed. With the rebuilding process, one of the Europe’s most efficient underground transportation systems was developed. That system includes a subway train system (S-Bahn) and a deep subway with smaller coaches (U-Bahn). Frankfurt also contains the tallest skyscraper in the European Union, the Commerzbank Tower, which is also the second tallest on the continent (after the Triumph-Palace buil...

Women had more freedom than their counter parts in Mesopotamia, for instance, but never as much as Paris Hilton and pals. Egyptians married young, very young indeed, and, in royal families, between themselves. Childbirth was dangerous but encouraged in ancient Egypt - prosperity was a goal for everyone and that included having a big family. The love and sex lives of the Egyptians were as complicated as they are today. Turin's famous Erotic Papyrus assures us that the Egyptians were sexually adventurous, with a penchant for naked belly-dancing, and collections of love poetry from the Amarna era reveal that they were also big romantics. According to Angelina Jolie in recent news “fidelity is not essential in her relationship with Brad Pitt”, but adultery is one of the oldest reasons for divorce, death and depression - the 3 D’s - and in ancient Egypt as in most of the modern world, women often still file for divorce on the grounds of adulte...

The draw has taken place. We know who England face next June - and how much it will cost to be there. We (with apologies to our readers in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and, most unfairly, Ireland) know who we have to beat to get to the second round of the World Cup. The USA, Algeria and Slovenia are all that lie between us and the knockout stages of the tournament — which are, in turn, all that lie between us and the inevitable trophy-lifting in Soccer City, Johannesburg, soon after 10pm local time on July 11, 2010. Easy. Crucially, we now know where England are playing — and when. After months of speculation, hedging and hysterical talk about hysterical prices, the final variables have been decided. Here are all the questions you need answered to plan your World Cup trip. WHERE ARE OUR GAMES? South Africa is large, and several of the 10 World Cup stadiums are an internal flight apart. England’s opening game, against the USA on June 12, is at the Royal Bafokeng stadi...