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Ten-years on London 2012 showcased the best and worst of the Olympic Games - Susan Egelstaff

IN just a few weeks, it will be the 10-year anniversary of the London Olympics.

The National (Scotland)

Kayla Harrison eyeing “poetic” London return a decade after Olympic gold win

Harrison won her first gold medal at the 2012 London Olympic Games and will have the possibility of returning to the English capital a decade later in the PFL playoffs

Daily Mirror

'O Canada': Why I no longer stand for the national anthem

The Canadian national anthem plays a part in many of my fondest sport memories. When my dad took me to the Saddledome as a kid, I would stand up as someone took centre ice to sing before a Calgary Flames game. I belted it out when the Canadian Women’s hockey…

The Conversation

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People mover, new bike paths and bus lanes: 2028 Olympics could fuel a transit boom in LA

LOS ANGELES — A new $1.4 billion electric people mover above the streets of Inglewood would whisk spectators past the Forum to the 2028 Summer Olympics opening ceremony at SoFi Stadium. Across the region, miles of new bike paths, more bus lanes and new bike shares would emerge.

Los Angeles Times

Olympic champion Caster Semenya 'offered to show vagina' to athletics bosses in gender test

The South African runner should by right be regarded as one of the greatest competitors on the track, winning gold at two consecutive Olympic Games - London 2012 and then Rio 2016.

Daily Record

Paris to give Champs-Elysées a green facelift ahead of 2024 Olympics

Paris will give the iconic Avenue des Champs-Elysées an eco-makeover ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games by planting trees and increasing pedestrian areas.

Radio France Internationale

Sadiq Khan confirms IOC talks for London to host Olympics again in 'greenest Games ever'

London Mayor Sadiq Khan is hoping to see the Olympic Games return to London in the not too distant future, as he outlines plans to host the ‘greenest Games ever’

Daily Mirror

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Is Gil the one? The search begins for CEO of the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games

Gillon McLachlan has led the AFL to unprecedented highs, but also overseen historic lows. Is he the right person to lead Australia's next Olympics?

ABC News

Munich marks 100 days to go until multi-sport European Championships 2022

In keeping with the event slogan “Back to the Roofs”, elite European sport is returning to the legendary tent roofs of the Olympiapark in Munich this summer – on the 50th anniversary of the Olympic Games in the German city.

Wales Online

Joel Embiid playing for France?

Joel Embiid hails from Cameroon, but in the upcoming Olympic Games, he may compete as a member of the French national team. Per a report by French outlet RMC Sport, the NBA top scorer of the 2021-22 season has initiated administrative procedures to ...

USA Today Sports Media Group

Clocking off after 49 years as an officer

Sergeant Maurice Towers is retiring after nearly half a century of service with NSW Police. The Ashtonfield resident, who was attested in Sydney in 1972, has spent 49 years serving the NSW community. As a fresh-faced 19-year-old, he started his career as a probationary constable stationed in Sydney. The police…

Newcastle Herald

Lauren Price could defend Olympic title despite turning pro after opting to be trained and managed by GB Boxing

“The world is changing, we’ve got to be adaptable, keep all our options open to make sure that we remain competitive at the next Olympic Games and all the Games into the future as well"

Daily Mirror

Shelbourne pay tribute to last surviving Irish Olympic footballer Peter McDonald

McDonald was part of the Irish Olympic team that went to the 1948 Olympic Games in London and played in the first-round defeat to the Netherlands.

Dublin Live

Arsenal star Gabriel Martinelli shows shades of Thierry Henry in Brazil training

Martinelli, who was part of the victorious Brazil squad at the 2020 Olympic Games, made his senior international debut on Saturday in a World Cup qualifier against Chile

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Princess Anne's insulting remark exposed when she forgets to turn microphone off

Princess Anne made a huge blunder in the build up to the London 2012 Olympic Games when she accidentally made an insulting comment before remembering to turn off her microphone

Bristol Post

Crufts 2022: Who is Clare Balding? The iconic sports presenter who was classmates with Miranda Hart

Clare Balding has reported from seven Olympic Games, alongside some very important Royal events

Tribune News Service

90 years of wisdom from Andrew Young

ATLANTA — Andrew Young, who turns 90 years old this weekend, has a resumé Iike few others — pastor, civil rights hero, refugee resettler, congressman, mayor, United Nations ambassador, human rights champion, businessman and Olympic Games recruiter.

Tribune News Service

La Velle E. Neal III: A long, long day of difficult defeats — with a Minnesota flavor

BEIJING — There is only one sport that is being played every day of the Olympic Games, and that is curling.

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The Conversation

Would adding a minimum age limit for the Olympic Games protect youth athletes from doping?

Kamila Valieva isn’t the first young athlete accused of doping at the Olympics, and she surely won’t be the last unless we start taking the special circumstances of youth athletes seriously.

The Conversation

What's the IOC – and why doesn't it do more about human rights issues related to the Olympics?

The International Olympic Committee, a nongovernmental organization based in Switzerland that’s independent of any one nation, was founded in 1894. It’s a group of officials who supervise and support the Olympics and set Olympic policies about everything from whether break dancing can be added as an official sport to what’s…

ABC News

Beijing Winter Olympics official says stories of Chinese human rights abuses are 'lies'

An International Olympic Committee spokesman bats away several sensitive questions regarding human rights, Xinjiang labour camps, Taiwan and Hong Kong – but his counterpart on the Beijing Organising Committee is far more hawkish.

Wales Online

Olympic champion Greg Rutherford delivers candid verdict on why Britain's bobsleigh crashed in Beijing

Pilot Brad Hall and brakeman Nick Gleeson overturned at 83mph during their third run on Tuesday to extend Britain's miserable run at the Winter Olympic Games

The Conversation

The International Olympic Committee and China are using politics to obscure human rights abuses

China is using yet another Olympic Games as a political tool to reinforce its position as a global power and sportwash its dismal human rights record.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Sakamoto finishes short program with best score ever

BEIJING -- Kaori Sakamoto secured 79.84 points, her best score ever, in the women's figure skating short program in the Olympic Games on Tuesday, moving into third place ahead of the free skating portion of the event.

The Independent UK

CAS rules Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva can compete at Winter Olympics

The 15-year-old figure skater faced the prospect of becoming the youngest athlete to be banned for doping during the Olympic Games.

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