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TOKYO 2020/Day 1: Opening Ceremony combines dignity, culture and a dazzling display of technology...
Once again, the Olympic Games has started, and in the elegant, precise and dramatic style hoped for in Tokyo’s Olympic Stadium.
But the stadium was...
INTEL REPORT: Brisbane to “future-proof” the Olympic Games; Bach striving for stability; first protests...
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THE BIG PICTURE: Brisbane approved for 2032 Games; WHO chief rejects “zero cases” standard;...
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HEARD AT HALFTIME: IOC’s Bach: “I can admit that we did not know how...
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THE BIG PICTURE: Bach optimistic about the Tokyo Games and Japanese reception as 0.1%...
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THE TICKER: Bach asks to revisit fans if Covid lessens; NBC has 900 staff...
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THE TICKER: Fan video matrix to replace fans in stands in Tokyo; four world...
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MILLER TIME: As the Olympic Family gathers in Tokyo, will unity yield to protests?
/It’s a pleasure to present this guest column by one of the most knowledgeable observers of the Olympic Movement, Britain’s David Miller. For more...
THE BIG PICTURE: USOPC releases its Games-time protest rules, with hat or mask messages,...
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LANE ONE: IOC Executive Board recommends Brisbane for 2032, showing the IOC’s path forward...
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HEARD AT HALFTIME: IOC names Refugee team; U.S. IOC member Randall resigns; NBC to...
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LANE ONE: The power of the Olympics is limited, but isn’t it the international...
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THE TICKER: Tokyo 2020 loses 10,000 volunteers, still has 70,000; federation elections; World Tri...
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LANE ONE: IOC CoComm happy with Paris 2024, because it needs the French to...
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LANE ONE: IOC Athletes’ Forum endorses “10 Commandments” for Tokyo; Bach says Olympics is...
The International Olympic Committee’s 10th International Athletes’ Forum was held online on Wednesday and Thursday, with a focus on a variety of issues beyond...
LANE ONE: For Tokyo and beyond, the IOC should heed the Captain’s warning on...
“What we've got here is ... failure to communicate.”
That immortal line came from the iconic 1967 prison drama, “Cool Hand Luke,” starring Paul Newman...
THE BIG PICTURE: IOC spokesman Adams confident that “the Games can go ahead and...
“We are confident we can deliver good Games and we will continue working towards that.”
There’s your summary of Wednesday’s brief International Olympic Committee Executive...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: WHO’s Ryan explains Olympic virus risk; sprint star Richardson ready to...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Games of the XXXII Olympiad: Tokyo 2020 ● The Tokyo Games continue...
THE TICKER: Tokyo spectator decision postponed; A$1 billion for Brisbane ‘32 stadium? USOPC ticket...
The latest news, notes and quotes from the worldwide Five-Ring Circus:
● Games of the XXXII Olympiad: Tokyo 2020 ● The question of whether there...
LANE ONE: Japan is serious, wants to chop foreign accreditees for Tokyo Games by...
If there was any doubt about how serious Japan is about hosting this summer’s Olympic Games as safely as is possible in the midst...
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