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FIFA World Cup 2022

Athletics

HIGHLIGHTS: World lead for Sifan Hassan in Brussels; U.S. gets wins from Kerley, Cherry and McCarter; U.S. men get 0-0 tie with El Salvador...

2020 Olympic Games

HEARD AT HALFTIME: Former IOC chief Rogge passes at 79; Afghan Paralympians will compete in Tokyo; U.S. women in ice hockey Worlds final again

2020 Olympic Games

HEARD AT HALFTIME: Tokyo Olympic Village toured; USOPC has at least three five-time Olympians; $2 million in Russian fines for T&F World Champs

2020 Olympic Games

HEARD AT HALFTIME: Some doctors say cancel Tokyo, others sign up to help; 4,000 J&J doses for PanAm athletes; Cheer Cards return for Canada

1936 Olympic Games

LANE ONE: Beijing 2022 is the IOC’s new challenge as it wrestles with changes to its Rule 50 on protests; FIFA is already in

2020 Olympic Games

THE TICKER: Tokyo 2020 foreign-fan decision tomorrow? Paris 2024 to offer event ‘carbon calculator’; FIFA sees $4.7 billion revenue (!) for 2022

2020 Olympic Games

HEARD AT HALFTIME: Tokyo Olympic Village stay rules agreed; Bach goes “Mona Lisa” on Coe on protests; Trump signs Rodchenkov Act

2020 Olympic Games

HEARD AT HALFTIME: German athletes barely care about Rule 50; Canadian athletes split on podium protests; a FIFA Women’s World Cup every two years?...

2020 Olympic Games

THE TICKER: Swiss Tribunal dismisses Semenya appeal; Warholm, Crouser, Kiplimo, Taylor star in Ostrava; Tokyo 2020 “at any cost”?

2020 Olympic Games

THE TICKER: Pound opines if Tokyo ‘21 cancels, so might Beijing ‘22; The Athletics Association launches; ISU now has $281 million in reserves!

1896 Olympic Games

HEARD AT HALFTIME: U.S. Dept. of Justice indicts four on bribes for 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups

5-Ring Circus

THE BIG PICTURE: 4,600 Iranian women attend World Cup qualifier in Tehran

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5-Ring Circus

PANORAMA: Int’l Testing Agency did 44,400+ tests in 2025, saw 532 positives; tragic father-son doping incident; Cal gets $26M endowment for swimming!

United States Olympic Committee

SAFESPORT: Annual report for 2024 shows Center for SafeSport made an actual violations decision on just 11.7% of all cases, all-time

Aquatics

TRANSGENDER: U.S. Education Dept. announces agreement with Penn, with records removed and no transgenders allowed on women’s teams

2028 Olympic Games

LANE ONE: An Olympic city is at war, with Los Angeles fighting against itself, and now with Washington, D.C.

1984 Olympic Games

MEMORABILIA: Paris gold and torch offered together, three Louganis medals available among 67 Olympic medals up for bid from RR Auction