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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...
LANE ONE: The IOC is not asleep; its new bidding system is designed avoid...
It’s pretty clear that the International Olympic Committee’s return to China as the host for the XXIV Olympic Winter Games in 2022 is going...
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: IOC approves Olympic Agenda 2020+5 after six-hour discussion; Tokyo spectator decision not...
For those who expected the International Olympic Committee’s discussion of the 15-part Olympic Agenda 2020+5 to be completed by a voice vote in less...
LANE ONE: Thomas Bach wins re-election as IOC President by 93-1, asks for “more...
The second consecutive annual meeting of the whole of the International Olympic Committee by videoconference concluded its first of three days with a 93-1...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Bach re-election coming Wednesday; China offers vaccines for Olympians; $21,343 for...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● International Olympic Committee ● The 137th Session of the International Olympic Committee...
LANE ONE: IOC’s preference for Brisbane shows the bids of the future, and is...
The International Olympic Committee’s announcement last week that the bid from the Queensland region of Australia – centered around Brisbane – was now “targeted”...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Tokyo 2020 to elect 12 women to board; massive changes to...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport/updated/:
● Games of the XXXV Olympiad: Tokyo 2020 ● The Tokyo 2020 organizing committee...
LANE ONE: Coronavirus, Beijing, Larry Nassar, weightlifting, doping: is the apocalypse right around the...
Our Highlights of last weekend’s noteworthy competitions around the world is here.
In December, 1776, American political activist Thomas Paine began his first American Crisis...
THE TICKER: Tokyo fan decision in April? Puma declares “war” on USOPC marks; hurdles...
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LANE ONE: Brisbane on the verge of getting 2032 Games; weightlifting on the verge...
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THE TICKER: Hashimoto takes Tokyo 2020 reins; North Carolina to bid for 2027 WUG;...
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LANE ONE: IOC’s Agenda 2020+5 eyes massive commercial expansion, new multi-sport competitions, and eSports...
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LANE ONE: Tokyo’s Olympic Kabuki sees Mori resign, and 14.5% popularity of the Games...
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LANE ONE: Calls for a Beijing 2022 boycott grow louder, but is the reference...
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THE TICKER: First Tokyo 2020 playbook released; WADA declines to appeal RUSADA decision; $300...
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HEARD AT HALFTIME: Tokyo cancellation would not implode most sports federations; Tokyo 2021 speculation...
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THE TICKER: ASOIF chief calls for “spartan games” in Tokyo! Rule 50 recommendations coming...
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LANE ONE: IOC chief Bach: “We are not speculating on whether the Games are...
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HEARD AT HALFTIME: Florida offers itself as Tokyo replacement (?); new USOPC Board opening;...
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