LANE ONE: French President Macron wants “maximum pressure” for more medals in 2024; asks...
If you think Olympic sport in the U.S. is contentious, over athlete expression, sponsorship rights and protests, consider what’s going on in France!
Last week’s...
THE TICKER: IOC slaps AIBA; Doping penalties confirmed for Salazar, Brown and Jack; Lloyd...
The latest news, notes and quotes from the worldwide Five-Ring Circus:
● International Olympic Committee ● The IOC announced a remarkable €1 million grant by...
THE BIG PICTURE: Raisman, Biles rip FBI, USA Gymnastics, USOPC, Center for SafeSport in...
“I ask that you please do all that is in your power to ensure that these individuals are held responsible, and accountable for ignoring...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Carter named LA28 chief executive; Niyonsaba gets 2,000 m world record,...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Games of the XXXII Olympiad: Tokyo 2020 ● The International Testing Agency...
LANE ONE: Naomi Osaka may have lost at the U.S. Open, but everyone learned...
“Like, I didn't know how big of a deal it would become.”
Although newspaper circulations are way down, the press – reformed for the digital...
INTEL REPORT: Paralympics reaches 4% of U.S. population on TV; Barcelona’s 2030 Winter Games...
Key status updates on the urgent stories in Olympic sport:
● XVI Paralympic Games: Tokyo 2020 ● NBC showed 1,200 hours of the Tokyo Paralympic...
PANORAMA: IOC helps save Afghans, suspends North Korea; Crouser and Ewen sweep Zurich shot...
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International Sports Calendar for 2021 and beyond, click here!)
Key status updates on the urgent stories...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Putin says Vladivostok for 2036? Diamond League final starts Wednesday in...
(For our updated – as of 1 September – 743-event
International Sports Calendar for 2021 and beyond, click here!)
News, views and noise from the non-stop,...
LANE ONE: The Tokyo Games will be long remembered, but now Paris has the...
(For our updated – as of 1 September – 743-event
International Sports Calendar for 2021 and beyond, click here!)
Thank you, Tokyo. With the closing of...
THE BIG PICTURE: Tokyo 2020 closes; Roglic gets La Vuelta three-peat, U.S.-Canada qualifying draw;...
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for 2021 and beyond, by date and by sport, click here!)
● XVI...
MILLER TIME: Remembering Jacques Rogge, and Dick Pound’s Olympic Near-Miss
/It’s a pleasure to present this guest column by one of the most knowledgeable observers of the Olympic Movement, Britain’s David Miller. For more...
THE TICKER: Not much Paralympic TV audience in U.S.; will the Youth Olympic Games...
The latest news, notes and quotes from the worldwide Five-Ring Circus:
● XVI Paralympic Games: Tokyo 2020 ● The two Afghan athletes who finally made...
THE BIG PICTURE: Budapest plays politics with 2023 World Athletics Champs; USA Gymnastics &...
Three major developments in 20 hours in the Olympic-sport world:
● Athletics ● The Budapest General Assembly voted 18-13 on Wednesday (1st) “that the city...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Former IOC chief Rogge passes at 79; Afghan Paralympians will compete...
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LANE ONE: Is Budapest’s Mayor Karacsony really going to hand back the 2023 World...
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THE TICKER: It isn’t easy being Sydney McLaughlin; good Pre Classic TV ratings; Roglic...
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LANE ONE: LA28’s Kathy Carter says 2021 has been good, working to build an...
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HEARD AT HALFTIME: Tokyo Paralympics open Tuesday; was Thompson-Herah’s 10.54 the WR? Is Eugene...
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LANE ONE: New bills aim to target international “doping mafia” via U.S. criminal racketeering...
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THE TICKER: Tokyo likes the Games after all; NBC to show Pre Classic Saturday;...
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