LANE ONE: Why is World Athletics so timid about grabbing an opportunity to dominate...
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THE TICKER: Exclusive ~ U.S. to try for World Univ. Games in 2027; drama...
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THE BIG PICTURE: Tokyo 2020 moves forward slowly, but talk about the Games is...
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LANE ONE: Racism becomes issue one for IOC, but consensus will be favored over...
There are plenty of people who will tell you the International Olympic Committee is deaf. Not this time.
Although the preparations for Tokyo 2020 were...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Ajan says McLaren Report charges “unfounded” while 11-year-old skateboarder Brown survives...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
“The claims against me are unfounded”
That’s the reply of former International Weightlifting Federation...
MILLER TIME: Thomas Bach’s bid to upstage Sisyphus
/It’s a great pleasure to present this guest column by one of the most knowledgeable observers of the Olympic Movement, Britain’s David Miller. For...
LANE ONE: Bach asks for “frugal Games” in Tokyo; what can be learned from...
For those of a certain age, who lived through a prior crisis that threatened the existence of the Olympic Games, it was simply staggering...
LANE ONE: France’s Guy Drut says the Games “must reinvent themselves”; how about throwing...
France’s Guy Drut is best known as the 1976 Olympic champion in the 110 m hurdles and a a controversial politician in his home...
THE BIG PICTURE: World Athletics chief Coe: “We’ve just got to get more one-day...
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe (GBR) may be confined in his London home, but he’s hardly resting. As part of a continuing series of...
THE BIG PICTURE: IOC expects Tokyo Games to go on as scheduled, passes on...
Within the Olympic world, Tuesday’s attention was on Lausanne and the meeting of the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee ... and the...
LANE ONE: Ajan steps down as International Weightlifting Federation head for now, American Ursula...
One of the seemingly eternal figures in international sport, Hungary’s Tamas Ajan, agreed to “step away” from his position as the elected President of...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Russian strategy for doping case now plain; Women’s World Cup could...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Doping ● What appears to be a coordinated Russian strategy to contest...
LANE ONE: Puerto Rico now has a chance to host events in the 2028...
In the United States, very little attention is generally paid to the ebbs and flows of Olympic politics, processes and procedures unless it directly...
LANE ONE: Did the IOC just cut the size of the 2032 Olympic Village...
For more than a century, the International Olympic Committee asked cities to stage its Olympic Games, often requiring the building of new housing, hotels...
TSX REPORT: The World Beach Games came and went; did you notice? + Paris...
≡ TSX REPORT ~ 24 October 2019 ≡
● LANE ONE ● What was all the fuss about the World Beach Games, anyway?
Although a major topic of discussion...
TSX DAILY: Let the lobbying start for new sports in 2028 ~ Heat-stroked French...
≡ TSX DAILY ~ 20 August 2019 ≡
| 1. | GAMES OF THE XXXIV OLYMPIAD: LOS ANGELES 2028: Let the (sports) lobbying begin
The International Olympic...
LANE ONE: You want transparency? Look to World Rowing and you will see it,...
There has been much made of the lack of transparency, not to mention outright secrecy or deceit within the International Federations which govern sports...
THE BIG PICTURE: IOC Session confirms all of the Bach-led reforms for now and...
The International Olympic Committee membership agreed with all of the initiatives and reforms passed by its Executive Board and gave its President, Thomas Bach...
LANE ONE: Thomas Bach’s IOC wants “to get the couch potatoes off the couch”
The focus of the Olympic Movement has changed.
It was, until very recently, to stage the greatest sports spectacle in the world. But in a...
LANE ONE: Crucial IOC Executive Board meeting this week in Switzerland could impact multiple...
We’re going to have some interesting days starting on Tuesday as the International Olympic Committee’s Executive Board meets in Lausanne (SUI). A series of...
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