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IOC hoping for ‘clarity’ over Great Britain team as cricket eyes Olympic return

The sport is due to return to the Games for the first time since a solitary appearance in 1900.

The Independent UK

Worker shortage threatens venue deadline for 2032 Games

Labour shortages loom as a major hurdle to venues being completed in time for Brisbane's 2032 Games but Olympic bosses believe they are on the right track.

AAP

The NFL and the Olympics Can Use Each Other to Achieve Their Expansion Goals

With NFL superstars becoming flag football Olympians, two of the sports world’s most growth-obsessed organizations have finally joined forces.

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'Dumbfounded': IOC meeting sought over 2032 venue

An advocacy group is seeking an urgent meeting with the International Olympic Committee in a bid to stop the construction of Brisbane 2032's centrepiece venue.

AAP

Current not crocodiles could sink Olympic river venue

Crocodile sightings are common in a river being considered as a venue for Olympic rowing and sprint canoeing, but it's not the crocs that are the problem.

AAP

Equestrian star set to take over Brisbane 2032 reins

A former Filipino equestrian star is set to take over the reins of the Brisbane Games after being unveiled as the 2032 Olympics co-ordination commission chair.

AAP

How sports have reacted to Supreme Court’s transgender women ruling

The debate over transgender women in sports has only intensified since the UK Supreme Court’s ruling on the definition of a woman

The Independent UK

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IOC Approves New Golf Event to Make Debut at 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles

There will be three golf competitions at the 2028 Games.

Sports Illustrated

Aussies' power push for Para golf in Brisbane 2032

With the sport set to star at the LA Olympics, Golf Australia will make a big push to also ensure the sport's inclusion at Brisbane's Paralympics.

AAP

Olympics golf tweak opens prospect of Lee super team

Min Woo Lee and sister Minjee could form an Olympics super team for Australia in Los Angeles after it was decided the 2028 Games will add a mixed format.

AAP

Olympic golf to get a mixed-team event for the 2028 Los Angeles Games

Olympic golf will be awarding medals for a mixed-team competition at the Los Angeles Olympics

The Independent UK

LA 2028 Olympics adds swimming sprints and mixed-gender gymnastics

Sprint-distance swimming races and mixed-gender events in gymnastics and golf are among the additions to the programme for the 2028 LA Olympic Games

The Guardian - US

Kirsty Coventry and whiteness in Zimbabwe: how sport can rewrite the political rules

Kirsty Coventry’s story is one of apparent contradictions. She’s a white woman celebrated as a national hero in a Black-majority Zimbabwe and an Olympic swimmer turned politician. She’s also now one of the most powerful figures in global sports as president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

The Conversation

Brisbane 2032 is no longer legally bound to be ‘climate positive’. Will it still leave a green legacy?

When Brisbane was awarded the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, it came with a widely publicised landmark promise: the world’s first “climate-positive” games.

The Conversation

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Cycling Weekly

One rule for Russia, another for Israel in cycling? Israel-Premier Tech race on, despite protests, while Russian teams remain excluded

Is cycling applying double standards when it comes to war crimes and sporting exclusion, asks Chris Marshall-Bell

The Conversation

Who is Kirsty Coventry and how did she become the most powerful person in world sports?

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has elected a woman as its president for the first time ever. Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry is also the youngest ever IOC president and the first from an African country, becoming a symbol of the IOC’s drive to diversify its leadership and image.

The Independent UK

World Athletics approves new test to determine athletes’ gender

Lord Coe has announced the move from the World Athletics Council in what he describes at the latest step to protect female category

The Independent UK

A new main stadium for the Brisbane 2032 Olympics is unveiled amid a major overhaul of plans

A new stadium for the Brisbane Olympics has been unveiled as part of a major overhaul of planning for the 2032 Summer Games

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The Guardian - AU

Brisbane Olympics 2032: why these Games could turn out nothing like we had planned

The IOC – which gave us 11 years to plan – must be nervous about the state of affairs

The Independent UK

Newly elected IOC President Kirsty Coventry celebrated on return home to Zimbabwe

Newly elected International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry has arrived in her home country of Zimbabwe to a hero’s welcome as her victory is celebrated as a national milestone

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s a privilege’: Boris van der Vorst, the man who saved Olympic boxing

By forming a new governing body, World Boxing, the Dutchman prevented the sport being banished by the IOC

The Guardian - UK

Kirsty Coventry’s in-tray: six big issues facing IOC’s new president

From protecting women’s sport to the return of Russia and keeping the Olympics relevant, the former gold medallist has tough challenges ahead

Evening Standard

Amber Anning makes British history to win 400m gold at World Athletics Indoor Championships

Anning is the first British woman ever to win an individual world indoor sprint title

The Guardian - UK

View from Africa: how Kirsty Coventry will handle sport’s biggest job at the IOC

Incoming IOC president owes her position to political support but is promising a collective and sustainable leadership approach

The Guardian - UK

Sent to Coventry: how Bach’s power helped Zimbabwean’s shock IOC win

Poll result defied candidates’ calculations and illustrated outgoing president’s influence but change may yet come

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