HEARD AT HALFTIME: Are the IOC and Japan falling out of love? Can a...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Games of the XXXII Olympiad: Tokyo 2020 ● “The International Olympic Committee...
THE TICKER: Weightlifting loses two presidents; is Thomas Bach an IOC immortal? Cycling needs...
The latest news, notes and quotes from the worldwide Five-Ring Circus:
● Weightlifting ● An era ended on Wednesday, as International Weightlifting Federation chief Tamas...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: U.S. Dept. of Justice indicts four on bribes for 2018 and...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
The U.S. Department of Justice unsealed indictments against four men accused of receiving...
LANE ONE: The coronavirus crisis is an opportunity to blow sport up and start...
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LANE ONE: “All of us, we have to look at whether we are going...
With the postponement of the Tokyo Games to 2021 now confirmed, the enormous task of re-organizing the event for one year later is now...
LANE ONE: Cue the dominoes, as the collateral damage of moving the Olympic Games...
The joint announcement by the International Olympic Committee and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that the Games of the XXXII Olympiad will be celebrated...
NOLIGHTS: International sport is dark this week and for weeks to come; an IF-by-IF...
Headline results of noteworthy competitions around the world:
As the COVID-19 pandemic has taken hold worldwide, competition has ceased. Here is a listing of the...
THE BIG PICTURE: IOC continues to plan for Tokyo Games as scheduled, but key...
“ith more than four months to go before the Games there is no need for any drastic decisions at this stage; and any speculation...
THE TICKER: Thursday changed the U.S. Olympic Team for Tokyo; World Athletics gives Russia...
The latest news, notes and quotes from the worldwide Five-Ring Circus:
● Games of the XXXII Olympiad: Tokyo 2020 ● Thursday’s implosion of the American...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Tokyo 2020’s Mori reports apology from Board member suggesting delay; new...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Games of the XXXII Olympiad: Tokyo 2020 ● The head of the...
HIGHLIGHTS: Ledecky leads U.S. swimmers as 12 new world-leading marks set in Des Moines;...
Headline results of noteworthy competitions around the world:
● ALPINE SKIING ● Bad weather canceled the Super-G racing on Sunday in Kvitfjell (NOR) after Austria’s...
THE TICKER: Coronavirus kills FIS Alpine finals; Russian athletics finally contrite; more Nassar abuse...
The latest news, notes and quotes from the worldwide Five-Ring Circus:
● Alpine Skiing ● The coronavirus danger in Italy has cancelled the FIS Alpine...
THE TICKER: Coronavirus knocks SportAccord out of Beijing, but Salt Lake City ready to...
The latest news, notes and quotes from the worldwide Five-Ring Circus:
● SportAccord ● The annual SportAccord World Sport & Business Summit, a key convention...
HIGHLIGHTS: Where no man has gone before! Duplantis clears world-record 20-2 3/4 in Torun!
Headline results of noteworthy competitions around the world:
● ATHLETICS ● Saturday was one of those dream days in track & field, where athletes around...
LANE ONE: Sports in the ‘20s will be an American showcase, but is Africa...
If you are a fan of international sports living in the United States, there’s no doubt that the 2020s are going to be great....
HEARD AT HALFTIME: U.S. women face Mexico in Tokyo qualifier; Duplantis opens at 19-8...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Athletics ● The third leg of the World Athletics World Indoor Tour...
HIGHLIGHTS: Bobsled star Humphries close to making debut American season a World Cup winner
Headline results of noteworthy competitions around the world:
There was no doubt that once two-time Olympic champ and three-time World Cup winner Kaillie Humphries received...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Another McLaren report coming, this time on weightlifting and Tamas Ajan
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Weightlifting ● After his much-praised reports on the Russian doping scandal in...
THE TICKER: USOPC provides $525,000 for Athletes’ Advisory Council, NCAA allows more Olympic-athlete support
The latest news, notes and quotes from the worldwide Five-Ring Circus:
● United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee ● Another of the urgent desires of...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Weightlifting could face IOC suspension; AIBA wants a new name and...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Weightlifting ● The fire under the International Weightlifting Federation is getting hotter.
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