HEARD AT HALFTIME: Koike crushes 21 others for re-election; AIBA-WBA tie-up coming? WADA’s Banka...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Games of the XXXII Olympiad: Tokyo 2020 ● Incumbent Yuriko Koike won...
LANE ONE: Only half-baked: U.S. athlete statement demands that they must be heard, then...
(Friends: As you know, TheSportsExaminer.com is a free site, but we still have expenses, for hosting and technical support. Our semi-annual bill has arrived,...
LANE ONE: Protest or not to protest? The IOC’s choices are hardly black or...
(Friends: As you know, TheSportsExaminer.com is a free site, but we still have expenses, for hosting and technical support. Our semi-annual bill has arrived,...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Diack calls son “a thug,” Tokyo sponsors wavering on 2021, Australia-New...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Vox Populi ● Further to our Lane One column for 10 June...
LANE ONE: Racism becomes issue one for IOC, but consensus will be favored over...
There are plenty of people who will tell you the International Olympic Committee is deaf. Not this time.
Although the preparations for Tokyo 2020 were...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Ajan says McLaren Report charges “unfounded” while 11-year-old skateboarder Brown survives...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
“The claims against me are unfounded”
That’s the reply of former International Weightlifting Federation...
LANE ONE: American athletes should write their own version of the IOC’s Rule 50:...
“The IOC’s current position is very clear in regards to protest. Whether you agree or not, and choose to follow the rules, will be...
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...
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...
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...
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: 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,...
LANE ONE: France’s Guy Drut says the Games “must reinvent themselves”; how about throwing...
France’s Guy Drut is best known as the 1976 Olympic champion in the 110 m hurdles and a a controversial politician in his home...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Coe on Kenya and doping: “The Russian situation is entirely different”...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Athletics ● During our online time with World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe...
LANE ONE: Coronavirus could impact the path forward for Nassar survivors, especially if Tokyo...
One of the few absolutely true statements being made about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is that there is no way to know...
THE BIG PICTURE: World Athletics chief Coe: “We’ve just got to get more one-day...
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe (GBR) may be confined in his London home, but he’s hardly resting. As part of a continuing series of...
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