The British School of Brussels announced that JACQUES ROGGE agreed to have BSB’s new Sports Centre named after him. Rogge was President of the IOC for 12 years and is himself an Olympic sailor and former Belgian national rugby player. The grand opening of the Sports Centre, including a 25m indoor swimming pool, will be in the fall of '16 (BSB). ... Former England cricket player FRANK TYSON, "the fastest bowler in the world during his peak, has died at the age of 85." The England Test champion quick, known as "Typhoon," died in hospital on the Gold Coast, having lived in southeast Queensland for the latter part of his life. His role in claiming victory for England in the '54-55 Ashes series in Australia "was the high point of his short but bright career" (AAP, 9/27). ... The PyeongChang 2018 organizing committee appointed South Korean actor LEE MIN HO as an honorary ambassador on Friday. "The Heirs" star joined the list of sports personalities such as U.S. skier LINDSEY VONN, Texas Rangers outfielder SHIN-SOO CHOO, former Olympic speed skating Gold Medalist LEE SEUNG-HOON and former Olympic figure skating champion KIM YU-NA (INT'L BUSINESS TIMES, 9/25). ... Britain's most successful Olympian, CHRIS HOY, was at Edinburgh's Int'l Climbing Arena "to support the charity SAMH's Give Mental Health a Sporting Chance" program. The project "aims to champion the use of physical activity and sport as a way of improving and maintaining good mental health and wellbeing" (STV, 9/24). ... Team Sky confirmed that Polish rider MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI "will race with the squad" in '16. Kwiatkowski’s move to the team "has long been on the cards." Links to the British squad "emerged months ago, but things have just become official now." Team Principal DAVE BRAILSFORD said, "We have attempted to sign him on two occasions previously and weren’t going to miss out this time around" (CYCLING TIPS, 9/27).
