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Athletics

ATHLETICS: World Athletics Heritage Plaque presented in memory of meet promoter extraordinaire Al Franken

2024 Olympic Games

TSX REPORT: Paris 2024 budget steady, Gomis may be fired for anti-Semitism; Queensland Premier Palaszczuk retires, six T&F Athletes of the Year!

2024 Olympic Games

TSX REPORT: Coe re-elected 192-0 as World Athletics loses $17.2M in 2022; U.S. women to make more for 2023 exit than for 2019...

2020 Olympic Games

TSX REPORT: Fabulous Bislett Games for Ingebrigtsen, Warholm; foreigners won 63% of NCAA T&F titles; Swedish bid for 2030 Winter progresses

Athletics

LANE ONE: “Track is an amateur sport that just so happens to have professionals in it.”

2012 Olympic Games

TSX REPORT: Brazil stomps Korea, 4-1 and Croatia penalty-kicks Japan; IOC could invite more than one 2030 Winter bidder to “targeted dialogue”

5-Ring Circus

TSX REPORT: Study compares track athlete pay with second-tier leagues; Italian gov’t taking charge of Milan Cortina 2026; FIFA blows up U-17 World Cup!

2024 Olympic Games

TSX REPORT: Latest push to popularize T&F in the U.S.; Paris 2024 still fighting over basketball venue; great fencing worlds logo for Cairo!

2020 Olympic Games

HEARD AT HALFTIME: Tokyo ticket refund process for U.S. buyers is murky; Covid positive at figure skating Worlds; surfer killed by lightning!

2020 Olympic Games

THE TICKER: Aimless chatter on Tokyo; Bach sees virus crisis leading to a coordinated world sport calendar; 298 more Russian dopers?

2020 Olympic Games

TSX DAILY: Russia acknowledges Tokyo participation in jeopardy, but RUSADA held blameless; Coe re-elected IAAF chief and Banks elected to Council; Jack Hatton passes

Athletics

LANE ONE: “We have to thank Willie Banks for everything”

Aquatics

TSX DAILY: U.S. men’s soccer players want their “fair share” of revenues; how much are they actually worth? And, are you as fit as...

5-Ring Circus

HEARD AFTER HALFTIME: Gyarfas charged in 1998 murder plot; worries about IAAF Council candidates soft on doping, and supplement safety issues

5-Ring Circus

LANE ONE: The IOC punches AIBA, is WADA being played for a dope in Russia, and Willie Banks wins

5-Ring Circus

LANE ONE: Willie Banks seeks to heal USA Track & Field’s open wound

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United States Olympic Committee

SAFESPORT: U.S. Center for SafeSport report for 2025 emphasizes decreases in case resolution times amid expanding case load

Football

FOOTBALL: All-star Monday has Messi historic in Argentina’s win; two goals for France’s Mbappe and two for Norway’s Haaland in FIFA World Cup

5-Ring Circus

PANORAMA: Alpes 2030 sites confirmed in Lyon and Heerenveen; 10.77 for Sha’Carri Richardson; $1.02 million prizes at fencing Worlds!

Olympic Games

OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES: Swiss government gives go-ahead for 2038 candidature, but with a fixed financial offer and no deficit guarantees

5-Ring Circus

PANORAMA: Another U.S. Breaststroke record for Van Mathias in Tyr Pro Swim Indy; Serena Williams returns to Wimbledon Singles