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2028 Olympic Games

PANORAMA: World Rowing bans (almost all) transgenders; MLB players might play at LA28; Diggins wins back-to-back Cross Country World Cup titles!

2024 Olympic Games

TSX REPORT: Study says IOC transgender guide fails women; Malaysia passes on 2026 Commonwealth Games; Malinin’s brilliant skating gold!

2024 Olympic Games

TSX REPORT: Colon asks $30 million for SafeSport; Russian Deputy P.M. OK with Russians at Paris Games; Lyles aiming at records in 2024!

2024 Olympic Games

TSX REPORT: Russia says IOC to require anti-invasion declaration; Brisbane 2032 review says build A$3.4 billion stadium! Diggins wins X-C Ski World Cup!

2024 Olympic Games

TSX REPORT: IOC commission “very happy” with Paris 2024; Burns’ 10 keys for Olympic sponsor success; big U.S. wins by Stolz, Jorgenson, Shiffrin!

1896 Olympic Games

TSX REPORT: Strong poll for Sweden as 2030 Winter host; not so much for Brisbane 2032; suspended sentences in Tokyo 2020 bribery case

5-Ring Circus

TSX REPORT: India says Russia in, but Kosovo out as IBA stands by; FIE tells U.S. fencers to remove Ukraine arm flags in Korea

1972 Olympic Games

TSX REPORT: IOC excited about Paris, but is fine-tuning costs and emphasizing human rights (with no apology for Beijing ‘22); Evenepoel, 22, wins La...

1980 Olympic Games

TSX REPORT: Why Mondo didn’t try for a world record at Stockholm; 29% of USATF top-3 are unsponsored; 35 nations call for Russian bans

2024 Olympic Games

TSX REPORT: U.S. women’s water polo dynasty adds Worlds gold; NBC’s Olympic Channel shutters in September; 36 torches and 32 Olympic medal lots up...

Aquatics

HIGHLIGHTS: Hindley makes history with Giro d’Italia win; Oregon’s Williams goes 9.86, FSU’s Cunningham 13.07; climbing world Speed record for Miroslaw!

Archery

HIGHLIGHTS: Mondo clears 19-9 in Doha; Britton Wilson goes hog-wild: 50.05, 53.75 world lead, 48.6r at SEC; Kiefer wins Foil Grand Prix in Incheon

Alpine Skiing

HIGHLIGHTS: Ghana’s Azamati zooms 9.90 at Texas Relays; Uno wins Worlds men’s skating gold as U.S. medals five!

2024 Olympic Games

PANORAMA: Sakamoto wins women’s figure skating Worlds; Vancouver pols fight over 2030 OWG vote; IIHF to review pro-Russian acts of its ex-President!

Alpine Skiing

HIGHLIGHTS: Shiffrin finishes up fourth World Cup title; U.S. wins titles at German Cup gymnastics; Walsh wins three for Virginia in NCAA women’s swimming

5-Ring Circus

HIGHLIGHTS: U.S. women take CONCACAF U-20 crown; Shiffrin maintains overall World Cup lead; Jackson and Bowe take season skating titles!

2024 Olympic Games

HEARD AT HALFTIME: “Coastal Rowing” coming to LA28?; Suriname V.P. plays in own club’s CONCACAF game at age 60; Goldschmidt new USSA chief

Athletics

HIGHLIGHTS: Collegiate long jump record for Tara Davis; U.S.’s Gerek Meinhardt wins Foil Grand Prix; U.S. men edge Northern Ireland, 2-1

2020 Olympic Games

HIGHLIGHTS: Roglic defends Vuelta a Espana title (barely), Dressel wins five events and King streaks to 27 straight wins in ISL match 8

Cycling

CYCLING: Wild wins, then loses Ride London Classique while teenager Evenepoel wins Clasica San Sebastian

Cycling

CYCLING: Mt. Baldy stage made the difference for Amgen Tour winners Pogacar and van der Breggen

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5-Ring Circus

PANORAMA: Olympic construction worries for hockey and a gondola; World Athletics rejects Grand Slam Track terms; Shiffrin gets 104th World Cup win

Football

FOOTBALL: U.S., Mexico, Jamaica and Costa Rica submit joint bid for 2031 FIFA Women’s World Cup, projects 400% rise to $4 billion revenue!

Football

LANE ONE: Iran to “boycott” FIFA World Cup Draw after U.S. refuses visas; this doesn’t matter, but three things do

2024 Olympic Games

PANORAMA: Grand Slam Track asks vendors to take 50%; Swiss ski star Gut-Behrami out for season after crash; Ukraine dominates Deaflympics

International Olympic Committee

JUDO: International Judo Federation reinstates Russia without conditions, beginning Friday, as Ukraine furiously objects