Tag: FIFA
LANE ONE: IOC-led “pivot to Africa” is real as UCI votes for 2025 Road...
Let’s be clear: FIFA planted the first flag of a major world championship on the African continent with the 2010 World Cup held in...
LANE ONE: The shouting over a biennial FIFA World Cup gets louder and louder;...
"Are we really convinced that playing qualifying games in September, October, November, March, June, September, October, November, March for a competition which takes place...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Former IOC chief Rogge passes at 79; Afghan Paralympians will compete...
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HEARD AT HALFTIME: Tokyo Olympic Village toured; USOPC has at least three five-time Olympians;...
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HEARD AT HALFTIME: Tokyo’s mixed signals on the virus; Paris 2024 on track; 400...
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THE BIG PICTURE: FIFA Congress agrees to study biennial World Cups; Infantino proposes 11...
Already the wealthiest of the International Federations, FIFA had a busy 71st Congress, held online last Friday (21st), taking several interesting decisions with an...
THE TICKER: More vaccines for PanAm delegations; LA28 signs Deloitte; five world leaders in...
The latest news, notes and quotes from the worldwide Five-Ring Circus:
● Games of the XXXII Olympiad: Tokyo 2020 ● The Covid-19 vaccination express in...
THE TICKER: Tokyo may be the only Olympic opportunity for 8,174 athletes; EOPAAA Commission...
The latest news, notes and quotes from the worldwide Five-Ring Circus:
● Games of the XXXII Olympiad: Tokyo 2020 ● Calls to cancel the Tokyo...
THE TICKER: Losing Tokyo gubernatorial candidate petitions to cancel Games; anti-doping tests back up...
The latest news, notes and quotes from the worldwide Five-Ring Circus:
● Games of the XXXII Olympiad: Tokyo 2032 ● A prominent Japanese attorney who...
THE BIG PICTURE: European Super League soccer concept radicalizes its opposition into solidarity on...
Just when you thought that no one could get together on anything:
“UEFA, the English Football Association and the Premier League, the Royal Spanish Football...
LANE ONE: Beijing 2022 is the IOC’s new challenge as it wrestles with changes...
/Updated/Last month’s opening day of the FIFA World Cup 2022 qualification matches in Europe’s Group G saw Norway win, as expected, at Gibraltar by...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Coronavirus fears dampen Japan’s Games enthusiasm; group tells Stanford to restore...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Games of the XXXII Olympiad: Tokyo 2020 ● A Kyodo News poll...
THE TICKER: Olympic Torch Relay is off and running; Brisbane City Council approves 2032...
The latest news, notes and quotes from the worldwide Five-Ring Circus:
● Games of the XXXII Olympiad: Tokyo 2020 ● The Olympic Torch Relay began...
THE TICKER: Tokyo 2020 foreign-fan decision tomorrow? Paris 2024 to offer event ‘carbon calculator’;...
The latest news, notes and quotes from the worldwide Five-Ring Circus:
● Games of the XXXII Olympiad: Tokyo 2020 ● The question of whether foreign...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Tokyo foreign spectator ban might come next week; LA28 adds Comcast...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
While the 137th Session of the International Olympic Committee dominated last week’s news,...
LANE ONE: New BCW report on International Federation communications begs the question: how really...
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THE TICKER: ASOIF chief calls for “spartan games” in Tokyo! Rule 50 recommendations coming...
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THE TICKER: Japanese government denies Games cancellation decision, for now; EOPAAA Commission deadline likely...
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THE TICKER: Tokyo 2020 sponsors stay in; Yang Sun gets do-over on doping sanction;...
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HEARD AT HALFTIME: Tokyo 2020 costs now estimated at $15.8 billion total; USOPC working...
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