THE BIG PICTURE: McLaren Report paints picture of ex-weightlifting chief Ajan at top of...
Not only validating, but going well beyond the charges leveled in January’s “The Lord of the Lifters” documentary on German television, an independent report...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Court of Arbitration for Sport sets hearings for Russia, Salazar &...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Court of Arbitration for Sport ● It will be a busy November...
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: It isn’t easy being an Olympic athlete in almost any sport, and...
It’s hard enough to be an Olympic athlete, especially from hyper-competitive teams like the United States, China, Germany, Great Britain, Japan and elsewhere.
It got...
THE TICKER: Honoring Dick Shea; more money info on ANOC and UIPM; Diack trial...
The latest news, notes and quotes from the worldwide Five-Ring Circus:
● More Memorial Day memories ● Further to Tuesday’s notes from Barry Schreiber on...
LANE ONE: Staggering, brilliant, astonishing portal to Olympic history opens with debut of Olympedia.org
What makes the Olympic Games different from all other competitions in sport is history.
From its beginning as a religious festival in ancient Greece to...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Remembering the day Jesse Owens set six world records in 45...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Athletics ● Today is Memorial Day in the United States, remembering those...
LANE ONE: Who’s in the money? EXCLUSIVE analysis of our survey of International Federation...
/Updated to include new posting for Modern Pentathlon/ Each of the International Federations which have a sport on the program of the Olympic Games...
LANE ONE: Show me the money, part 2! Our EXCLUSIVE research on the finances...
/Updated: see Modern Pentathlon below/ Yesterday, we profiled the financial situation of 14 of the 28 International Federations with sports on the program of...
LANE ONE: Show me the money! Our exclusive research on the finances of the...
The coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent postponement of the Games of the XXXIInd Olympiad in Tokyo to 2021 has put a hole in the...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: What’s in the IOC’s $650 million cost for postponing Tokyo; Stefanidi...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Vox Populi ● We received a lot of response to Sunday’s Lane...
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...
THE TICKER: IOC says Tokyo delay will cost it $800 million, including IF bail-outs;...
The latest news, notes and quotes from the worldwide Five-Ring Circus:
● International Olympic Committee ● “We anticipate we will have to bear costs of...
LANE ONE: The U.S. Women’s National Team’s equal-pay suit lost in court, but the...
The highly-publicized lawsuit brought by the U.S. Women’s National Team was gutted by the opinion of U.S. District Judge Gary Klausner on 1 May,...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Track not dead; UK Sports asks for more money; UK Athletics...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Vox Populi ● On the responses to our 24 April story about...
LANE ONE: NCAA stonewalls calls for universities to sponsor less (Olympic) sports … for...
While the coronavirus has brought collegiate sports to a standstill, the off-the-field activity has hardly slowed, with the NCAA Division I Council Coordinating Committee...
LANE ONE: Was Juan Antonio Samaranch, the man who made the IOC modern, its...
In the continuing tumult over the future of the Tokyo Games and the worldwide struggle with the coronavirus, the 10-year anniversary of the passing...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Comments on Guy Drut and reinventing the Games; pole vaulting for...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Vox Populi ● We received a lot of comments following our 29...
LANE ONE: Will a year’s delay really be so bad? Seven ways the Tokyo...
Almost as soon as the announcement that the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo would be delayed by a year, estimates began appearing of the...
THE TICKER: Aimless chatter on Tokyo; Bach sees virus crisis leading to a coordinated...
The latest news, notes and quotes from the worldwide Five-Ring Circus:
● Games of the XXXII Olympiad: Tokyo 2020 ● The endless cycle of comments,...
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