Volvo Ocean Race
January 21, 2008 | Filed Under Outdoors, Sports, Adventure | Leave a Comment
Photo: ABN AMRO ONE passing the scoring gate at Lizard Point, England after Volvo Ocean Race Leg 6 from New York across the Atlantic Ocean to Portsmouth in England. (© Oskar Kihlborg/ Volvo Ocean Race 2005-2006)
Longines welcomes Top Russian Tennis player Nikolay Davydenko
July 29, 2007 | Filed Under Sports | Leave a Comment
Photo: Russian tennis player Nikolay Davydenko and his wife Irina presenting their new Longines watches.
Top Russian Tennis player, and member of the winning Russian Davis Cup team 2006, Nikolay Davydenko visits Longines during the Gstaad Swiss Open Tennis Tournament to discover the heritage of the brand and the new Longines Sport Collection.
HSBC WOMEN’S WORLD MATCH PLAY LPGA
July 19, 2007 | Filed Under Sports | Leave a Comment
Three of the top LPGA players are ready to tee off at the HSBC Women’s World Match Play tournament, Thursday through Sunday at historic Wykagyl Country Club in New Rochelle, N.Y. Defending champion Brittany Lincicome is joined by LPGA Hall of Famer Annika Sorenstam and current world number one LPGA golfer Lorena Ochoa on the club house steps. The HSBC Women’s World Match Play tournament is a seeded, head-to-head competition with 64 of the top ladies golfers in the world competing for a purse of $2 million.
2007 TOUR DE FRANCE
July 15, 2007 | Filed Under Sports | Leave a Comment
2007 TOUR DE FRANCE.
Longines, official partner and timekeeper of the CHIO Rotterdam
June 22, 2007 | Filed Under Sports | Leave a Comment
Saint-Imier / Rotterdam, 20th June 2007 – Swiss watch brand Longines continues its involvement with equestrian sports, this year as official partner and timekeeper of the CHIO Rotterdam, set to take place from 20th to 24th June 2007. Longines will present the prestigious Longines Grand Prix Port of Rotterdam, and will judge its fourth stage (after La Baule, Rome and St. Gallen) for its unique prize: the Longines Press Award for Elegance. A jury drawn from the equestrian and sporting press will elect the most elegant male and female riders.
Sorry Fellas, This Motorcycle Garage Is for Ladies Only
June 22, 2007 | Filed Under Sports | Leave a Comment
Photo: Harley-Davidson communications manager Leslie Prevish demonstrates motorcycle features to aspiring riders at a women’s only Garage Party in Chicago.
CHICAGO, June 21 — Harley-Davidson is opening the metaphorical garage door to thousands of women interested in motorcycling. Over the past decade, women have increasingly embraced the sport of motorcycling — seeking the freedom and empowerment associated with riding solo on the open road. Women represent 10% of the U.S. motorcycle population, and nearly 12% of new Harley-Davidson purchasers are women. The Garage Party events are one way that Harley-Davidson reaches out to women to encourage them to learn more about motorcycling.
