LANE ONE: At Team USA Media Summit, Felix says 2021 is her last Games,...
(For our Highlights of the weekend's top events, click here)
The coronavirus created another first last week as the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee held...
THE TICKER: A Berlin-Tel Aviv Olympic bid for 2036? Four new Russian doping sanctions...
The latest news, notes and quotes from the worldwide Five-Ring Circus /updated/:
● Games of the XXXII Olympiad: Tokyo 2020 ● Osaka Prefecture Governor Hirofumi...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: North Korea to skip Tokyo? Japan’s leukemia survivor Ikee makes Tokyo...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Games of the XXXII Olympiad: Tokyo 2020 ● Japan’s Kyodo News Service...
HIGHLIGHTS: Seven world champs win at U.S. Olympic Wrestling Trials; Chepngetich crushes women’s world...
Headline results of noteworthy competitions around the world /updated/:
● Wrestling ● USA Wrestling completed its Olympic selection process with a thrilling set of Olympic...
THE TICKER: Final four members of EOPAAA Commission finally named; 2021 WUG in Chengdu...
The latest news, notes and quotes from the worldwide Five-Ring Circus:
● U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee ● It took five months since the passage...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: U.S. Tokyo ticket buyers to lose 20% CoSport fee; Milan-Cortina logo...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
(For coverage of the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee’s new protest regulations for...
THE BIG PICTURE: USOPC issues protest guidelines, but only for Olympic and Paralympic Trials...
The long-awaited regulations concerning acceptable forms of protest by American athletes at the Olympic and Paralympic Games ... have not yet been issued.
The U.S....
LANE ONE: Japan is serious, wants to chop foreign accreditees for Tokyo Games by...
If there was any doubt about how serious Japan is about hosting this summer’s Olympic Games as safely as is possible in the midst...
FOOTBALL: Honduras beats U.S., 2-1, in Olympic Qualifying Tourney semifinal to earn Tokyo berth;...
/Updated to include Mexico-Canada report/ On a sunny, 90-degree afternoon in Guadalajara, Mexico, Honduras was more aggressive when it counted and got some luck...
THE TICKER: Olympic Torch Relay is off and running; Brisbane City Council approves 2032...
The latest news, notes and quotes from the worldwide Five-Ring Circus:
● Games of the XXXII Olympiad: Tokyo 2020 ● The Olympic Torch Relay began...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Tokyo ticket refund process for U.S. buyers is murky; Covid positive...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Games of the XXXII Olympiad: Tokyo 2020 ● U.S. purchasers of ticket...
LANE ONE: No surprise as Japan bans foreign fans for Games, but that’s only...
(For our Highlights recap of last week's most noteworthy competitions, click here)
“Today, the Five Parties (the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Paralympic Committee...
FOOTBALL: U.S. sweeps past Dominican Republic, 4-0, in men’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament
After a difficult first hour, the U.S. Men’s U-23 National Team broke found its offense and skipped past the Dominican Republic, 4-0, in its...
THE TICKER: Tokyo 2020 foreign-fan decision tomorrow? Paris 2024 to offer event ‘carbon calculator’;...
The latest news, notes and quotes from the worldwide Five-Ring Circus:
● Games of the XXXII Olympiad: Tokyo 2020 ● The question of whether foreign...
LANE ONE: World Athletics Council agrees to allow Russian “neutral” athletes to compete in...
On its second of two days of online meetings, the World Athletics Council acted on the latest update from its Russia Task Force, chaired...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Tokyo foreign spectator ban might come next week; LA28 adds Comcast...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
While the 137th Session of the International Olympic Committee dominated last week’s news,...
LANE ONE: IOC approves Olympic Agenda 2020+5 after six-hour discussion; Tokyo spectator decision not...
For those who expected the International Olympic Committee’s discussion of the 15-part Olympic Agenda 2020+5 to be completed by a voice vote in less...
THE BIG PICTURE: New USOPC Board readies for Tokyo, wants no Beijing boycott, still...
While the International Olympic Committee was re-electing Thomas Bach, the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee was also busy with its own Board meetings, concluding...
LANE ONE: Thomas Bach wins re-election as IOC President by 93-1, asks for “more...
The second consecutive annual meeting of the whole of the International Olympic Committee by videoconference concluded its first of three days with a 93-1...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Bach re-election coming Wednesday; China offers vaccines for Olympians; $21,343 for...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● International Olympic Committee ● The 137th Session of the International Olympic Committee...