London 2012 Water Polo: Men’s Tournament Day #2 – 2

The water polo movement has officially found another rising nation. Or, being more precise, a former leading country is back to its glor...

London 2012 Water Polo: Men’s Tournament Day #2 – 1

Every water polo fan was expecting Group B, which includes the likes of Hungary, Montenegro, Serbia and the United States, to be the cla...

London 2012 Water Polo: Men’s Tournament Day #1 – 2

It is quite hard to question the primary importance, and attractiveness, of the Hungary v Serbia match in the opening day of the men’s...

London 2012 Water Polo: Men’s Tournament Day #1 – 1

Photo www.zimbio.com British fans are focused on the return of Team GB in men’s water polo, for the last time the Union Jack appeared ...

Water Polo at the Olympic Games: Montréal 1976

The 1972 Olympics epitomised the political scenario of that decade. The Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union was exte...

Water Polo at the Olympic Games: Munich 1972

 After two editions held in regions that had never hosted the event before, the Summer Olympic Games returned in Europe. For the fifth ...

Water Polo at the Olympic Games: Mexico City 1968

With the end of the swinging 1960s the Olympic Games were definitely a worldwide event. After the first time in Italy in 1960 and in Asi...

Water Polo at the Olympic Games: Tōkyō 1964

The Olympic Games reached the Far East for their 15th edition. It was Tōkyō to host the first edition of the Olympics to be staged in As...

Water Polo at the Olympic Games: Rome 1960

After the troubled edition held in Australia, the Olympic Games were back to Europe and were staged for the first time in Italy. It was ...

Water Polo at the Olympic Games: Melbourne 1956

After more than half-a-century, the Olympic Games were staged for the first time outside Europe and America, as well as in November-Dece...

Water Polo at the Olympic Games: Helsinki 1952

They had to wait 12 years, but in the end Helsinki inhabitants managed to attend the Olympic events in their homeplace. Initially planne...

Water Polo at the Olympic Games: London 1948

World War II caused the death of thousands of soldiers and common people and destroyed buildings, but not the willpower of the organise...

Water Polo at the Olympic Games: Berlin 1936

The 11th edition of the Olympics has gone down in history as the Games in which the Nazi regime of Adolf Hitler tried to show the superi...

Water Polo at the Olympic Games: Los Angeles 1932

World War I was the first tragic event to negatively affect the Olympic Games, for the 1916 edition, supposed to be staged in Berlin, wa...

Water Polo at the Olympic Games: Amsterdam 1928

Amsterdam won their bid for hosting the Olympic Games after several attempts. The first one took place for the 1912 edition, even before...

Water Polo at the Olympic Games: Paris 1924

24 years later, the Olympic Games were back to Paris, the home city of Pierre de Coubertin. Meanwhile, the world had dramatically change...

Water Polo at the Olympic Games: Antwerp 1920

The Olympic Games resumed after the break due to World War I and sports were definitely affected by the epoch-making changes occurred...

Water Polo at the Olympic Games: Stockholm 1912

The fifth edition of the Olympic Games was staged in Stockholm. The Swedish meticolously studied the organisation of the London edition ...

Water Polo at the Olympic Games: London 1908

 In the beginning there was the chaos. Better to say, there was an eruption. For the 1908 edition, and after the so-called Intercalated ...

Water Polo at the Olympic Games: Saint Louis 1904

The second edition of the Summer Olympic Games, which in their early years were anything but a profitable event, was meant to be held fo...