HEARD AFTER HALFTIME: South Africa confirms it will appeal Court of Arbitration holding in...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Athletics ● Despite its agreement in June with the IAAF that it...
THE BIG PICTURE: Bach signals AIBA’s days may be numbered
The International Olympic Committee’s Executive Board will meet on 22 May in Lausanne to determine whether the International Boxing Association – known by its...
HEARD AFTER HALFTIME: Raelene Boyle rightly calls on the IOC to redress East German...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Doping ● The Australian Olympic Committee’s Annual General Meeting drew a lot...
HEARD AFTER HALFTIME: Hot distance running at the Payton Jordan Invite at Stanford
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Athletics ● Sure, the Diamond League opener in Doha was spectacular, but...
THE BIG PICTURE: Court of Arbitration for Sport upholds IAAF regulations on applicable levels...
The Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport has dismissed the requests for arbitration by Athletics South Africa and two-time Olympic 800 m champion Caster...
THE BIG PICTURE: USA Gymnastics’ future collides with its present over the next seven...
On Tuesday, USA Gymnastics announced that the 2020 Olympic Trials in Artistic Gymnastics will be held at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri...
STAT PACK: Results for the week of 15-21 April 2019
The Stat Pack: a summary of results of international Grand Prix, World Cup and World Championships events, plus U.S. domestic events and Pan American...
THE BIG PICTURE: Howman pushing for more innovation in doping control
When David Howman talks, people in the sports world should listen.
The former Director General of the World Anti-Doping Agency is increasingly critical of the...
SPEED READ: Headlines from The Sports Examiner for Friday, 12 April 2019
Welcome to The Sports Examiner SPEED READ, a 100 mph (44.7 m/s) review of what happened this week in Olympic sport:
LANE ONE
Wednesday: It seems...
THE BIG PICTURE: Swedish government gets behind the Stockholm-Are bid … sort of
In what was essentially a fish-or-cut bait scenario, the Swedish national government finally indicated that it would supply the necessary guarantees to support the...
THE BIG PICTURE: Italian government to agree to modest support program for Milan-Cortina 2026
The key, distinguishing feature of the bid process for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games is the lack of national funding guarantees for either of...
THE BIG PICTURE: AIBA releases interim financials showing it will die if not retained...
The International Boxing Association posted its interim financial statements for the six months ending 31 December 2018, with Executive Director Tom Virgets (USA) announcing...
THE BIG PICTURE: AIBA accepts Rakhimov’s resignation, names Mohamed Moustahsane as President
The Executive Committee of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) met by teleconference over the weekend and accepted the resignation of Gafur Rakhimov (UZB) and...
SPEED READ: Headlines from The Sports Examiner for Friday, 22 March 2019
Welcome to The Sports Examiner SPEED READ, a 100 mph (44.7 m/s) review of what happened this week in Olympic sport:
LANE ONE
Wednesday: One of...
THE BIG PICTURE: Diack investigation might be moving along after all
We noted on Tuesday that the investigation by French authorities into the influence-buying and doping cover-up involving former International Olympic Committee member and IAAF...
THE BIG PICTURE: Under pressure, Japan’s Takeda to resign from Japan’s Olympic Committee in...
The 71-year-old head of the Japan Olympic Committee, Tsunekazu Takeda, announced on Tuesday that he will retire from the JOC and as a member...
GLOBETROTTING by Phil Hersh: Who will win 2019 figure skating worlds? My gold medal...
Yuzuru Hanyu reacts after his free skate at the 2018 Olympics, when he won a second straight Olympic gold. (Getty Images.)
March 15, 2019
There are...
THE BIG PICTURE: Russia still at the center of World Anti-Doping Agency’s annual symposium
The continuing question of Russian doping cast a long shadow over the Annual Symposium of the World Anti-Doping Association (WADA) during its Annual Symposium...
LANE ONE: Which Olympic sports are going to die?
There was a collective eyebrow-raising in the world of Olympic sports when the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) released its “Future of...
LANE ONE: USOC Board focuses on Congress, athlete advocacy and gymnastics in L.A. Board...
The United States Olympic Committee has been battered by accusations and scandal, hammered in Congressional hearings, changed out its leadership ... and got the...
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