THE BIG PICTURE: Brisbane approved for 2032 Games; WHO chief rejects “zero cases” standard;...
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HEARD AT HALFTIME: Olympic Village opens in Tokyo; Bromell wins Diamond League 100 m;...
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LANE ONE: Coverage of U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials shows protests are perceived...
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LANE ONE: LA28 picks up the pace on sponsorships, while 2019 financials show slowed...
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THE BIG PICTURE: Salt Lake City Winter Games bid committee hints at proposal coming...
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THE TICKER: Tokyo will be “pretty exciting” even without fans; ‘22 Winter diplomatic boycott...
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HEARD AT HALFTIME: IOC names Refugee team; U.S. IOC member Randall resigns; NBC to...
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LANE ONE: IOC CoComm happy with Paris 2024, because it needs the French to...
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THE TICKER: More vaccines for PanAm delegations; LA28 signs Deloitte; five world leaders in...
The latest news, notes and quotes from the worldwide Five-Ring Circus:
● Games of the XXXII Olympiad: Tokyo 2020 ● The Covid-19 vaccination express in...
LANE ONE: For Tokyo and beyond, the IOC should heed the Captain’s warning on...
“What we've got here is ... failure to communicate.”
That immortal line came from the iconic 1967 prison drama, “Cool Hand Luke,” starring Paul Newman...
THE BIG PICTURE: IOC spokesman Adams confident that “the Games can go ahead and...
“We are confident we can deliver good Games and we will continue working towards that.”
There’s your summary of Wednesday’s brief International Olympic Committee Executive...
LANE ONE: Beijing 2022 is the IOC’s new challenge as it wrestles with changes...
/Updated/Last month’s opening day of the FIFA World Cup 2022 qualification matches in Europe’s Group G saw Norway win, as expected, at Gibraltar by...
LANE TWO: At Team USA Media Summit, Crouser throws medicine balls into bridges; diving...
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/Updated/Last week’s online Team USA Media Summit gave Olympic and Paralympic athletes and...
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...
LANE ONE: The IOC is not asleep; its new bidding system is designed avoid...
It’s pretty clear that the International Olympic Committee’s return to China as the host for the XXIV Olympic Winter Games in 2022 is going...
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...
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’s Agenda 2020+5 “Road to the Games” initiative is about money: for...
One of the most interesting and possibly pivotal exchanges during the six-hour discussion at last week’s 137th Session of the International Olympic Committee about...
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...
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