PLANT CITY The International Softball Federation has gone international in a big way. The federation, based in Plant City, recently opened its first European office, in Lausanne, Switzerland. The office will form the hub for the development of the sport in Europe and help garner closer contact with the International Olympic Committee and international sport federation colleagues. ...more

February 26, 2009

It is about as far from the Olympic sport of archery as it can get. The bow is taller than the person shooting it and, to the uninitiated, it appears lopsided and unbalanced. There are no sights, no high-tech stabilizers. ...more

January 18, 2009

It's called yabusame, and it is the sport of the samurai. Each year, archers climb atop their decorated mounts for a lively competition. ...more

January 4, 2009

Tiger Woods, Olympian? Golf's major governing bodies stepped up its campaign to get the sport added to the Olympic program in 2016, naming former LPGA commissioner Ty Votaw to lead the effort. Votaw, now an executive vice president of the PGA Tour, will be loaned out from that post during the next 15 months to represent seven of the bigger hitters in the game: both the American and European tours, Royal & Ancient, LPGA, U.S. Golf Association, PGA of America and Augusta National Golf Club, home of the Masters. ...more

July 20, 2008

Making friends and maintaining ties to her homeland was the only thing on Annie Kavumkal's mind when she got together with a group of other women from southern India. ...more

May 31, 2008

Making friends and maintaining ties to her homeland were the only things on Annie Kavumkal's mind when she got together with a group of women from southern India. ...more

May 31, 2008

Plant City went international last week as representatives of a task force supporting softball as an Olympic sport came from 10 countries for a two-day meeting at the headquarters of the International Softball Federation. ...more

May 21, 2008