More SPORT Stuff

For those classes that I did 'sport' with, here's the 2001 Cambridge examiner's report on the sport qn: Is sport too closely linked to money these days?

Does sport merit the vast sums of money that are spent on it? (2010) Examiner's report: http://jgcm.webs.com/Q7sport.doc

In one of the sample essays we looked at, China spent US$20billion to stage the Beijing Olympics. It may be useful for u to know that S'pore's budget for the 2010 YOG ballooned from S$100million to nearly S$400million. See link: http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20100916-237468.html

The other sampke essay opens with Fernando Torres' transfer fee. The transfer fee of Cristiano Ronaldo was £80 million when he crossed over from Manchester United to Real Madrid in 2009 -- the highest ever in soccer history!





Qns: Does sport merit the vast sums of money that are spent on it? (2010)