HEARD AT HALFTIME: No money, no Russians in international T&F; Gwen Berry spurns grant;...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Athletics ● As expected, World Athletics did not receive the $5 million...
LANE ONE: Russian athletics misses fine deadline and WADA slaps back hard at U.S....
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LANE ONE: Only half-baked: U.S. athlete statement demands that they must be heard, then...
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THE TICKER: Australia-New Zealand gets ‘23 FIFA Women’s World Cup, White House report flames...
The latest news, notes and quotes from the worldwide Five-Ring Circus:
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LANE ONE: Protest or not to protest? The IOC’s choices are hardly black or...
(Friends: As you know, TheSportsExaminer.com is a free site, but we still have expenses, for hosting and technical support. Our semi-annual bill has arrived,...
LANE ONE: Racism becomes issue one for IOC, but consensus will be favored over...
There are plenty of people who will tell you the International Olympic Committee is deaf. Not this time.
Although the preparations for Tokyo 2020 were...
THE TICKER: Ex-IAAF anti-doping chief was told to hush up Russian doping; 20-year ban...
The latest news, notes and quotes from the worldwide Five-Ring Circus:
● Athletics ● The trial of ex-International Olympic Committee member and former IAAF chief...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Ajan says McLaren Report charges “unfounded” while 11-year-old skateboarder Brown survives...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
“The claims against me are unfounded”
That’s the reply of former International Weightlifting Federation...
LANE ONE: American athletes should write their own version of the IOC’s Rule 50:...
“The IOC’s current position is very clear in regards to protest. Whether you agree or not, and choose to follow the rules, will be...
THE BIG PICTURE: McLaren Report paints picture of ex-weightlifting chief Ajan at top of...
Not only validating, but going well beyond the charges leveled in January’s “The Lord of the Lifters” documentary on German television, an independent report...
MILLER TIME: Thomas Bach’s bid to upstage Sisyphus
/It’s a great pleasure to present this guest column by one of the most knowledgeable observers of the Olympic Movement, Britain’s David Miller. For...
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...
LANE ONE: Staggering, brilliant, astonishing portal to Olympic history opens with debut of Olympedia.org
What makes the Olympic Games different from all other competitions in sport is history.
From its beginning as a religious festival in ancient Greece to...
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! Our exclusive research on the finances of the...
The coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent postponement of the Games of the XXXIInd Olympiad in Tokyo to 2021 has put a hole in the...
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...
THE TICKER: IOC says Tokyo delay will cost it $800 million, including IF bail-outs;...
The latest news, notes and quotes from the worldwide Five-Ring Circus:
● International Olympic Committee ● “We anticipate we will have to bear costs of...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Track not dead; UK Sports asks for more money; UK Athletics...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Vox Populi ● On the responses to our 24 April story about...
LANE ONE: Was Juan Antonio Samaranch, the man who made the IOC modern, its...
In the continuing tumult over the future of the Tokyo Games and the worldwide struggle with the coronavirus, the 10-year anniversary of the passing...
LANE ONE: Will a year’s delay really be so bad? Seven ways the Tokyo...
Almost as soon as the announcement that the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo would be delayed by a year, estimates began appearing of the...
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