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2028 Olympics could bring big wins for Los Angeles labor unions

Labor unions in Los Angeles are gearing up for the 2028 Summer Olympics by planning strategically timed strikes to win better wages and benefits

The Independent UK

‘The Trump Olympics’: president vows to host the ‘greatest games’ in LA, a city that’s felt his wrath

Trump sets his sights on 2028 games as critics worry about security, deportations and tensions with him and LA leaders

The Guardian - US

Donald Trump to chair new Olympic taskforce in bid to allay international visitor concerns ahead of 2028 Los Angeles Games

The US president, Donald Trump, signed an executive order on August 5 to set up a government taskforce to manage the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. During the White House announcement, Trump said: “We’ll do anything necessary to keep the Olympics safe, including using our National Guard or military.”

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Promises made in Paris Olympics run-up broken, say undocumented workers

Having helped to build a flagship arena, 14 workers were promised their papers. To date, they remain undocumented.

Al Jazeera

'Pariah': War Leaves Russia Shell Of Former Self At Olympics

As nations come together in Paris to celebrate peaceful competition, sports powerhouse Russia will be an Olympic outcast after being shunned over its Ukraine assault and will not even broadcast the Games.

International Business Times

A construction worker’s death casts a shadow on Paris Olympics journey

Amara Dioumassy died one year ago, prompting labour unions to call for better safety standards.

Al Jazeera

Russia says International Olympic Committee is giving Israel a pass on Gaza

Russia has been sanctioned by the IOC for actions taken as part of the invasion of Ukraine. Officials in Moscow say Israel is being treated differently by the IOC as fighting continues in Gaza.

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Asian Games set to go in China with more athletes than the Olympics but the same political intrigue

The Asian Games are set to go in China

The Independent UK

Saudi Arabia's stunning sports summer offers 'quicker movement on the sort of ideological maneuvering that sportswashing is so much about'

Taking over American golf wasn't enough: Enter a bid to pay the greatest young soccer player more than $700 million just for one season.

Fortune

Sports no sure respite from politics when title-winning athletes visit the White House

Politics and sports go together like baseball and apple pie

The Independent UK

The 2022 World Cup in Qatar begins, warts and all

Ever since FIFA awarded the world's biggest sporting event to Qatar in 2010, the soccer tournament has been clouded by bribery, migrant deaths and questions about the country's human rights record.

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