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Olympic chief confident for LA Games despite World Cup ‘challenges
Olympic chief Kirsty Coventry said on Wednesday she was confident for the successful hosting of the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles despite what she described...
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/ 6 years agoWatch: Sydney re-lights cauldron to mark 20th anniversary of Olympics
Sydney lit its Olympic cauldron Tuesday for the first time since 2000 but the face of those millennium Games, Cathy Freeman,...
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/ 6 years agoTokyo Olympics will go ahead ‘with or without Covid’ – IOC’s Coates
Tokyo’s postponed Olympics will go ahead next year regardless of the coronavirus pandemic, IOC vice-president John Coates told AFP Monday, vowing...
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/ 6 years agoPostponed Tokyo Paralympics schedule unveiled with minor changes
Tokyo 2020 organisers on Monday unveiled the new schedule for the coronavirus-postponed Paralympics next year, with only minor modifications to the...
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/ 6 years agoRussian athletes should face ‘blanket ban’ in Tokyo, says whistleblower
Doping whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov says no Russian athletes should be allowed to take part in next year’s postponed Tokyo Olympics. The...
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/ 6 years agoQatar confirms plan to bid for 2032 Olympics
Qatar will seek to host the 2032 Olympic Games, it said on Monday, joining a crowded field and raising questions about scorching...
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/ 6 years agoSimpler. Cheaper. Safer? Tokyo 2020’s unanswered questions
The year-long postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics due to coronavirus has presented organisers with unprecedented challenges and questions over costs,...
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/ 6 years agoOlympic chief Thomas Bach to stand for second term
Thomas Bach said Friday he will stand in 2021 for a second term as president of the International Olympic Committee. The...
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/ 6 years agoOlympics boss reluctant to hold Tokyo Games behind closed doors
Banning fans from the Tokyo Olympics is “clearly something we don’t want”, International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach said, adding that...
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/ 6 years agoNext year’s Olympics will be cancelled if pandemic not over: Games chief
The postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics will have to be cancelled if the coronavirus pandemic isn’t brought under control by next year,...
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/ 6 years agoAndorra NOC to recommend GSSE postponement to 2025
The 2021 Games of the Small States of Europe (GSSE) may be more than a year away, but the Andorra National...
