LANE ONE: Morning swimming and track finals in Tokyo are the price of funding...
“Having finals in the morning, as requested by the International Olympic Committee, will enhance the visibility of athletics across all time zones.”
That comment from...
LANE ONE: Russian involvement in elections is nothing compared to what they’re doing with...
The latest turn in the saga of the International Boxing Association came last Thursday when the Secretary General of the Russian Boxing Federation, Umar...
LANE ONE: The strange story of the International Boxing Association gets even stranger
As had been expected, the International Olympic Committee’s Executive Board took no action concerning the International Boxing Association (AIBA) on the final day of...
LANE ONE: Thomas Bach’s IOC wants “to get the couch potatoes off the couch”
The focus of the Olympic Movement has changed.
It was, until very recently, to stage the greatest sports spectacle in the world. But in a...
LANE ONE: Crucial IOC Executive Board meeting this week in Switzerland could impact multiple...
We’re going to have some interesting days starting on Tuesday as the International Olympic Committee’s Executive Board meets in Lausanne (SUI). A series of...
BOXING: AIBA President Rakhimov “to step aside” with IOC Executive Board meeting next week
The International Olympic Committee’s Executive Board meeting starts next Tuesday in Lausanne (SUI) and the status of the International Boxing Association (“AIBA”) is on...
THE BIG PICTURE: Diack investigation might be moving along after all
We noted on Tuesday that the investigation by French authorities into the influence-buying and doping cover-up involving former International Olympic Committee member and IAAF...
THE BIG PICTURE: Under pressure, Japan’s Takeda to resign from Japan’s Olympic Committee in...
The 71-year-old head of the Japan Olympic Committee, Tsunekazu Takeda, announced on Tuesday that he will retire from the JOC and as a member...
LANE ONE: The U.S. can thank Jeff Van Gundy for being in the 2019...
One of the stranger periods in the history of U.S. national-team basketball concluded on Monday night in Greensboro, North Carolina, with the American men’s...
THE BIG PICTURE: Paris 2024 asks for four added sports: three from 2020, one...
The International Olympic Committee went back to the past when it allowed Tokyo 2020 to propose added sports for its program, as used to...
LANE ONE: On volunteerism and the Olympic Games, you see which “economists” actually know...
The Associated Press’s Stephen Wade posted a story last Friday entitled “Olympic volunteers: One-time chance, or exploitation?” and proceeded to quote a Drexel Sports...
LANE ONE: Burger King is not an Olympic sponsor, but it has the solution...
This is a busy time for the leadership and staff of the International Olympic Committee, even though there is no Olympic Games – winter...
THE BIG PICTURE: IOC starts boxing inquiry with 41 questions
The International Olympic Committee’s inquiry into boxing has finally gotten started.
The International Boxing Association, known by its old French acronym of AIBA, is in...
TOKYO 2020 Panorama: Government costs are still an issue, but there will be lots...
The cost to the Japanese taxpayer for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo is holding steady – sort of – according to a Thursday...
ATHLETICS: Black Tidings owner admits lying to police on doping cover-up, sentenced to a...
The Straits Times of Singapore reported today (17th) that Tan Tong Han, 36, has been sentenced to a week in jail for lying to...
LANE ONE: Is the IOC setting the stage for a serious review of the...
When the International Olympic Committee issues one of its periodic statements on how it is adapting the Olympic Games to modern times, it’s hard...
LANE ONE: The Takeda investigation could be worse for the IOC than the Salt...
Friday’s stunning revelation that the president of the Japan Olympic Committee, Tsunekazu Takeda, is under investigation in France for corruption is the most serious...
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES: Tokyo organizers get 162,000+ volunteer apps
There is considerable concern about the cost of the Tokyo Games, set to begin in about 18 months. But on another measure of the...
THE BIG PICTURE: Battle of the budget continues in Tokyo for 2020
The battle of the budget continues at the 2020 Tokyo Games, where a new version of the total financial requirements is due at the...
LANE ONE: As the 2020 Olympic Games draw near, Tokyo is suddenly the problem
No one will say it, even in a whisper.
No one in the Olympic Movement even wants to think about it.
But the Olympic Games in...
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