THE BIG PICTURE: IOC expects Tokyo Games to go on as scheduled, passes on...
Within the Olympic world, Tuesday’s attention was on Lausanne and the meeting of the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee ... and the...
THE BIG PICTURE: BBC catches four-time Olympic champ Farah in lie on supplements
Here’s what 2017 Steeplechase World Champion Emma Coburn of the U.S. had to say about Monday’s BBC documentary about Britain’s four-time Olympic gold medalist...
LANE ONE: Nike’s critics look to the past, but Mary Cain asks about Nike’s...
The “Opinion” video by Mary Cain that was posted by The New York Times on 7 November drew added focus – and outrage –...
LANE ONE: IAAF taking the lead in transgender regulation, working with other IFs on...
Advancements in medical technologies have brought new challenges to sports regulators, especially the International Federations. One of the newest battlefields is transgender athletes.
Back in...
TSX DAILY: Middle East politics part of Israeli judoka’s path to World Champs gold;...
≡ TSX DAILY ~ 29 August 2019 ≡
| 1. | LEADING OFF: Israel’s Muki wins Judo Worlds gold, but not a handshake from beaten Egyptian
The...
TSX DAILY: The life of a triple Olympic champion includes “I just fainted, and...
= TSX DAILY ~ 13 August 2019 =
| 1. | ATHLETICS: Tianna Bartoletta’s odyssey now includes anemia
If you read her resume, you’d think Tianna Bartoletta would have...
TSX DAILY: Swiss say no to Semenya; Senators tell USOPC to pay $20 million...
= TSX DAILY ~ 1 August 2019 =
| 1. | Swiss Federal Tribunal: Semenya’s appeal unlikely to succeed
The battle royal between the International Association of...
THE BIG PICTURE: Swiss Court says Semenya’s appeal appears “not well founded”
The Swiss Federal Tribunal issued a statement detailing its order of 30 July, reinstating the IAAF regulations on women with “differences in sex development.”
While...
HEARD AFTER HALFTIME: World-leading 13.06 for Roberts at NCAAs, IAAF replies to the Swiss...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Athletics ● The first day of the NCAA Division I Championships in...
HEARD AFTER HALFTIME: Semenya’s appeal of IAAF regulations filed with the Swiss Federal Tribunal
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Athletics ● As promised, South Africa’s Olympic 800 m champ Caster Semenya...
HEARD AFTER HALFTIME: Raelene Boyle rightly calls on the IOC to redress East German...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Doping ● The Australian Olympic Committee’s Annual General Meeting drew a lot...
LANE ONE: The Court of Arbitration’s decision against Caster Semenya was about biology, not...
Every law school student hears, early in their first year of classes, that “hard cases make bad law.”
The narrative of a particular case, the...
THE BIG PICTURE: Court of Arbitration for Sport upholds IAAF regulations on applicable levels...
The Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport has dismissed the requests for arbitration by Athletics South Africa and two-time Olympic 800 m champion Caster...
ATHLETICS: Semenya vs. IAAF decision delayed until end of April
The Court of Arbitration for Sport posted a notice on Friday that its decision in the South African challenge to the International Association of...
THE BIG PICTURE: Newspaper story ignites forthcoming hearing on IAAF’s regulations on female athletes
The question of whether and how the IAAF can regulate the definition of “women” in track & field is now at the boiling point,...
LANE ONE: WADA lets Russia skate for now, but there is a new line...
There wasn’t much surprise from the conference-call meeting of the World Ani-Doping Agency’s Executive Committee on Tuesday (22nd) as it confirmed the continuation of...
ANTI-DOPING: A call for ethics in sports medicine
The chief of the United States Anti-Doping Agency is now campaigning about more than doping; he’s now working on ethical use of allowed drugs.
Travis...
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