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: 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...
LANE ONE: Who’s in the money? EXCLUSIVE analysis of our survey of International Federation...
/Updated to include new posting for Modern Pentathlon/ Each of the International Federations which have a sport on the program of the Olympic Games...
LANE ONE: Show me the money, part 2! Our EXCLUSIVE research on the finances...
/Updated: see Modern Pentathlon below/ Yesterday, we profiled the financial situation of 14 of the 28 International Federations with sports on the program of...
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...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Comments on Guy Drut and reinventing the Games; pole vaulting for...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Vox Populi ● We received a lot of comments following our 29...
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...
THE TICKER: USA Swimming confirms dates for 2021 Olympic Trials, but T&F faces a...
The latest news, notes and quotes from the worldwide Five-Ring Circus:
● U.S. Olympic Trials ● The highest-profile U.S. Olympic Trials events had been lined...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: U.S. Dept. of Justice indicts four on bribes for 2018 and...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
The U.S. Department of Justice unsealed indictments against four men accused of receiving...
LANE ONE: The coronavirus crisis is an opportunity to blow sport up and start...
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THE BIG PICTURE: World Games moved to 2022; three T&F champs in six weeks...
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THE TICKER: More Tokyo bid questions? Swimming in chaos after Tokyo goes to 2021;...
The latest news, notes and quotes from the worldwide Five-Ring Circus:
● Games of the XXXII Olympiad: Tokyo 2020 ● Just when it seemed like...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Tokyo 2020 dates confirmed for 2021; domino effect on calendar begins;...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Games of the XXXII Olympiad: Tokyo 2020 ● To the surprise of...
LANE ONE: Ingratitude, money, politics, winners and losers ~ 5 takeaways from the Tokyo...
I beg your pardon
I never promised you a rose garden
Along with the sunshine
There's gotta be a little rain some time
~ from the 1970 Grammy...
THE BIG PICTURE: 2020 Games postponement confirmed; the back story behind the decision; USOPC...
There’s no let-up in the stories – and intrigue – with the Games of the XXXII Olympiad and the decision to postpone to 2021:
●...
LANE ONE: IOC followed World Health Organization advice, not athlete criticism, to arrive at...
The World Health Organization and Africa. Those were the triggers that led the International Olympic Committee to decide, in concert with the Japanese government...
LANE ONE: Cue the dominoes, as the collateral damage of moving the Olympic Games...
The joint announcement by the International Olympic Committee and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that the Games of the XXXII Olympiad will be celebrated...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Canada, Australia say they won’t go to Tokyo in 2020; Athletics...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Games of the XXXII Olympiad: Tokyo 2020 ● Sunday was one of...
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