All posts tagged "International Olympic Committee"
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 5 months agoThomas Bach Decides Not to Seek a 3rd Term as IOC President
IOC chief Thomas Bach has had a mostly successful tenure during challenging times that included wars, a global pandemic and doping...
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Figure Skating
/ 6 months agoJapan's Figure Skaters Get Their Beijing Team Event Silver Medals in Paris
A Russian doping scandal and the appeals process delayed the rewarding of the medals to figure skaters. The United States and...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 6 months agoEDITORIAL | Olympics Controversies No Reason to Defame Athletes, Judges
There are always judgment calls and reasons for criticism of judges and even athletes at the Olympics, but responding by defamation...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 7 months agoEDITORIAL | Paris Olympics a Mockery If War and Doping are Tolerated
There should be zero tolerance for athletes testing positive for drugs or from countries like Russia that repeatedly mock the Olympics...
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Figure Skating
/ 11 months agoEDITORIAL | The Valieva Case is More a Rebuke of Russia than the Figure Skater
A four-year doping ban against Kamila Valieva was upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, but harsher punishment of Russia...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 1 year agoEDITORIAL | Japanese Olympic Committee Failures, IOC Put Future Olympic Opportunities at Risk
Yamashita, a member of the International Olympic Committee and the JOC, should have known in advance about the IOC's plans for...
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News
/ 1 year agoLacrosse to Return to Olympics in 2028 After a 120-Year Absence
Although lacrosse existed as a demonstration sport as recently as 1948, the last time Olympic medals were awarded in the sport...
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Features
/ 1 year ago[JAPAN SPORTS NOTEBOOK] Naoya Inoue and Marlon Tapales to Fight on Boxing Day
Naoya Inoue will put his WBC and WBO super bantamweight title belts on the line against Filipino opponent Tapales, the WBA...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 2 years agoEDITORIAL | Get Russia Out of Ukraine, Then Invite Its Athletes to the Olympics
Using the Asian Games as a backdoor despite the war, the IOC seems determined to find a pathway for Russia to...
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Sports
/ 2 years agoEDITORIAL | The IOC Plan to Welcome Back Russian Athletes Is a Foul Violation of the Olympic Spirit
In practice, the IOC position is simply toadying to authoritarian regimes and powerful interests while showing it is prepared to turn...
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Features
/ 2 years ago[NOTES on a SCORECARD] For A Realistic Chance in FIFA World Cup, Japan Needs More Goal Scorers
In four games at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, the Samurai Blue could manage just five goals. That is generally...
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News
/ 3 years agoGlobal Sports Community Punishes Russia for its Invasion of Ukraine
Russian teams and athletes have been isolated and sanctioned. Major events have also been moved out of Russia or canceled as...
