sports posts

Today I'm delighted to announce the launch of HuffPost Sport, the latest channel on our ever-expanding site.

With London gearing up for The Olympics, and Euro 2012 only a few months away, it couldn't be a better time for us to add Sport into the mix of topics we cover.

While our latest recruit, reporter Samuel Luckhurst, will be updating the site with all the latest sporting news, thesection's whole raison d'être will be those who play, love and follow sport, inviting debate, comment and opinion from the UK's most passionate fans, whether it's the premiership or Six Nations that gets your heart beating faster.

Being British, we fully expect there to be plenty of footie written about in our blogs, however, we're also aiming to be a destination for niche sports, where everyone from synchronized swimmers to curling champions can debate the merits of their favorite pastime with other dedicated fans.

In keeping with this wide range of sports, we have a real mix of voices from different walks of life blogging for us today, including Lord Coe on the Olympics, Gary Kemp from Spandau Ballet on cycling, WWE's Zack Ryder on wrestling and Kevin Cahill, founder of Sport Relief, alongside Will Carling and Andy Murray.

Our international sister site, AOL UK, is giving sports fans a reason to celebrate with the launch of AOL Sport. The new site launches in partnership with Sporting Life, which will integrate sports news, reviews, fixtures results and tables into the content hosted on AOL Sport.

The partnership builds on an existing deal with Sporting Life, which has previously provided limited fixtures and results for Fanhouse. The newly launched AOL Sport will offer fans a wide range of sports news and content covering Football (a.k.a. Soccer), Tennis, Rugby, Golf, Horse Racing, Cricket, Boxing and the Olympics.

Sporting Life, the leading provider of sports news and content (owned by Sky), will also integrate its Sky Bet service into AOL Sport.

AOL Sport is also the latest UK site to undergo a redesign, bringing it in line with our broader AOL portfolio.

The launch of AOL Sport replaces Fanhouse UK, AOL's current sporting site. From today, Fanhouse visitors will be redirected to AOL Sport.