Tag: U.S. Soccer Federation
LANE ONE: The top stories of 2021 from 10 to 6: Biles, Dressel and...
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THE TICKER: Bach’s path to re-election is clear; Tokyo move to 2021 costs $2.82...
(★ Friends: Well, the new server and support bill has arrived. Your generosity covered the June bill and part of this one. This isn’t...
THE TICKER: French prosecutors ask four years for Diack; sprint star Coleman suspended; more...
The latest news, notes and quotes from the worldwide Five-Ring Circus:
● Athletics ● French prosecutors are close to wrapping up their years-in-the-making trial against...
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: 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...
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.
The...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Chile proposes cheap Pan Am Games … at $507 million; the...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● XIX Pan American Games 2023 ● The organizing committee of the 2023...
LANE ONE: The top stories coming in 2020, part 2: More courtroom drama, more...
Look for tumultuous year on and off the field of play in 2020, with the Tokyo Games coming, but a lot of drama before...
LANE ONE: The top stories of 2019, from no. 5 to no. 1, a...
Let there be no doubt, this was a wild year in Olympic sport, and as with so many areas today, full of contention, argument...
TSX INTEL REPORT: Russia sends more answers to WADA on “manipulated” doping data; NCAA...
≡ TSX INTELLIGENCE REPORT ~ 30 October 2019 ≡
● LEADING OFF ● Russian Sports Ministry sends responses to WADA inquiries
The question of what to...
VOX POPULI: “Hire Jill Ellis” and a new way to think about 1:59:40!
From our readers:
● On Tuesday’s 2-0 loss by the U.S. men’s National Team to Canada:
USSF should hire Jill Ellis to coach the men. She...
FOOTBALL: U.S. women end Jill Ellis Era with a 1-1 tie vs. Korea in...
The U.S. women’s National Team finished its Victory Tour in front of 33,027 at Soldier Field in Chicago with a 1-1 tie against South...
FOOTBALL: Mexico thrashes U.S., 3-0, in unfriendly friendly in front of 47,960 in New...
The U.S. men’s National Team was thrashed by Mexico, 3-0, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and it could have been worse.
Although...
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...
TSX DAILY: The life of a triple Olympic champion includes “I just fainted, and...
= TSX DAILY ~ 13 August 2019 =
| 1. | ATHLETICS: Tianna Bartoletta’s odyssey now includes anemia
If you read her resume, you’d think Tianna Bartoletta would have...
LANE ONE: U.S. men’s soccer players want their “fair share” of revenues; how much...
The lowest point in the last 30 years for the U.S. men’s soccer team came on 10 October 2017, when Trinidad & Tobago defeated...
TSX DAILY: Swiss say no to Semenya; Senators tell USOPC to pay $20 million...
= TSX DAILY ~ 1 August 2019 =
| 1. | Swiss Federal Tribunal: Semenya’s appeal unlikely to succeed
The battle royal between the International Association of...
THE BIG PICTURE: Future of U.S. Women’s National Team clouds with Ellis leaving and...
After developments on Monday and Tuesday, the U.S. women’s World Cup victory in France just 23 days ago already seems far behind in the...
FOOTBALL: Dutch are game, but U.S. too strong and wins fourth World Cup, 2-0,...
Europe dominated the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, but the best team was the no. 1-ranked United States, which overcame a tight Dutch defense...
LANE ONE: Fascinating parallel games being played by U.S. Soccer and its Women’s National...
The 28 members of the U.S. Women’s National Team in soccer filed a complaint for damages in U.S. Federal Court against the U.S. Soccer...