LANE ONE: The IOC is slowly – but quite surely – changing, and it...
This is usually a quiet time for the Olympic Movement and for the International Olympic Committee. But not in 2018.
The winter-sports season hasn’t started...
BOXING: Konakbayev appeals to CAS to be added to presidential ballot
The drama over the future of the International Boxing Federation (AIBA) and its 3 November presidential election continues, now at the Court of Arbitration...
YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES: So far, a success!
The third edition of the International Olympic Committee’s YOG continues in Buenos Aires with lots of events and – judging by the television coverage...
THE BIG PICTURE: WADA issues its annual report for 2017
The annual report (for 2017) from the World Anti-Doping Agency was posted on Friday (5th), with WADA chair Craig Reedie (GBR) noting that “At...
LANE ONE: Dempsey punches the IOC hard, calls the Games “an enormous distraction”
One of the co-founders of the No Olympics Boston team, Chris Dempsey, has become the face of the anti-Olympics movement in the United States...
YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES: Competition starts in Buenos Aires
The third Youth Olympic Games got started in Buenos Aires (ARG) in an outdoor, ticket-free ceremony that attracted a reported 200,000 spectators to the...
GAMES Preview: Third Youth Olympic Games starts on Saturday
Some 3,998 athletes from 206 nations are gathering in Buenos Aires (ARG) for the third Youth Olympic Games, a creation of the International Olympic...
THE BIG PICTURE: Boxing on the razor’s edge of elimination from the Olympic Games
You almost never hear language like this in a statement from the International Olympic Committee:
“The Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today...
THE 5-RING CIRCUS: U.S. Justice Dept. indicts seven Russian hackers
The United States Department of Justice announced on Thursday a series of seven indictments against members of the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), a...
THE 5-RING CIRCUS: Calgary, Milan-Cortina and Stockholm recommended for 2026 Winter Games
The International Olympic Committee’s Executive Board recommended that the full membership extend invitations to compete for the 2026 Games to three candidates: Calgary (CAN),...
Bach on why an Olympic Games could be canceled
During his lengthy interview with CNN Money Switzerland host Martina Fuchs, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach was asked about the IOC’s financial reserves...
The death of track & field starts next year in Minsk
The just-completed European Championships in Berlin (GER) was the best meet of the year and included four world-leading marks and a sensational 6.05 m...
THE BIG PICTURE: 53% support Calgary’s Olympic bid for 2026
The coming referendum in Calgary (CAN) about the city’s candidature for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games is heating up.
According to the GamesBids.com site, the...
Bach to CNN Money: “Organizing the Olympic Games is a feasible investment”
Say what you will about the International Olympic Committee and its 64-year-old president, Thomas Bach of Germany, but he’s not shy.
Bach gave a wide-ranging,...
THE BIG PICTURE: Asian Games ready to start in Indonesia
One of the world’s largest and most intense sporting events will start Saturday at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia: the...
More drama from Italy
More confusion from Italy on its bid for the 2026 Games, according to the GamesBids.com site. It quoted Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala as saying...
Commissions named
Further to Wednesday’s Lane One column on the invisibility of IOC in the public debate about the future of the Games, especially in potential...
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