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2024 Olympic Games

PANORAMA: Paris Olympic Cauldron to be hoisted in summer; Asuncion or Rio-Niteroi for 2031 Pan Ams; how about Jessie Diggins!

1896 Olympic Games

TSX REPORT: Athens 1896 winner’s medal sells for $111,960; Infantino asks for match forfeits for racism; 95th World Cup win for Shiffrin!

5-Ring Circus

TSX REPORT: Swiss in for 2030/2034 Winter bid; van de Vorst elected World Boxing chief; Brazil and U.S. 1-2 as Parapan Ams close in...

5-Ring Circus

BEIJING 2022/Wednesday Review & Preview: OWG ‘22 audience might be 2 billion; Hall & Goepper 1-2 in men’s Slopestyle!

5-Ring Circus

BEIJING 2022/Tuesday Review & Preview: IOC wants to give medals to the right people; Valieva leads in Short Program; NBC gets 24 million viewers...

5-Ring Circus

BEIJING 2022/Monday Review & Preview: Bach meets with Peng Shuai; Wust wins gold in fifth straight Games; FINA adds “extra” World Champs in June!

Alpine Skiing

HIGHLIGHTS: Diggins wins two Tour de Ski races; Meyers Taylor takes seasonal Bob lead; Sakci crushes world 50 m Breast record in Turkey

Alpine Skiing

HIGHLIGHTS: Shiffrin wins Killington Slalom; Murphy sets U.S. 50 m Back record in ISL playoffs; U.S. women win at Australia, 3-0

Alpine Skiing

HIGHLIGHTS: Gut-Behrami on fire on snow; A&M frosh Mu runs 1:58.40; 42 sub-2:10 finishers in Lake Biwa Marathon!

Alpine Skiing

HIGHLIGHTS: Winter season starts in earnest, first World Cup medal for U.S.’s Moltzan; U.S. crushes Bahamas in FIBA Americup qualifying

Cross Country Skiing

CROSS COUNTRY SKIING: Olympic champ Nilsson leads Swedish Sprint sweep

Must Read

2028 Olympic Games

PANORAMA: Valieva doping ban confirmed by Swiss Federal Tribunal; World Athletics robbed of $1.7 million; LA28 names ceremonies producers

Doping

ANTI-DOPING: World Anti-Doping Agency says Chinese doping incident whistleblower search only following up on athlete council request

Memorabilia

MEMORABILIA: Compact Ingrid O’Neil auction 99 offers wide selection of Olympic medals, some low-opening-bid torches, and a boomerang!

Athletics

ESPORTS: Olympic Esports Games deal with Saudi Arabia ends as Coventry reported uncomfortable with event’s direction; this could be an IOC opportunity

5-Ring Circus

PANORAMA: Milan Cortina ‘26 marks 100 days to go; big Italian Winter Games prize money! WADA trying to find Chinese whistleblowers?