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The Independent UK · Aug 17

Sydney to host 2027 Rugby World Cup final as Melbourne settles for last-16 games

The eyes of the rugby world will again fall on Sydney, 24 years after the Wallabies’ heartbreaking defeat to England at the city’s Olympic Stadium

The Guardian - AU · Jan 30, 2025

NFL Expanding International Series to Brand-New Location in 2025

The Olympic Stadium will play host to the NFL's first-ever regular season game in Berlin.

Sports Illustrated · Dec 11, 2024

Greece forced into ‘painful’ shutdown of country’s biggest stadium due to safety concerns

The Olympic Stadium in Athens faces questions over the stability of its steel dome and has been closed indefinitely

The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2023

CJ Ujah interview: I was ashamed after my drugs ban ... but now my conscience is clear

The former Olympic Stadium looms large over its athletics warm-up track, a reminder of the high point of CJ Ujah’s career.

Evening Standard · Jun 30, 2023

Football fan filmed snorting white powder off man's bald head in packed West Ham stadium

The video - filmed inside West Ham's packed Olympic Stadium - shows one shameless fan sprinkling a white substance on another man's head before appearing to snort it

Daily Mirror · Mar 10, 2023

Anything is possible through sport

There are only two times in my life that I've cried: when my mother left me, and when I received the news that I would be on the first-ever IOC Refugee Olympic Team. When I walked into the Olympic Stadium with my teammates for the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic…

The Times of India · Oct 27, 2022

Symbolism, Empty Seats: Football Returns to Ukraine amid War

With two teams playing in an empty stadium hundreds of miles away from their hometowns, the Ukrainian football league started its new season Tuesday after a poignant ceremony paying tribute to those fighting in the war with Russia. The opening match at Kyiv’s 65,500-seat Olympic stadium — where spectators were…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 23, 2022

Football returns to war-torn Ukraine as Shakhtar draw with Metalist 1925

Shakhtar Donetsk and Metalist 1925 played out a 0-0 draw in Kyiv’s empty Olympic Stadium on Tuesday as competitive football returned to war-torn Ukraine with the start of the country’s new Premier League season.

Reuters · Aug 23, 2022

European Championships 2022: Laura Muir on why her 1500m title defence was the 'hardest race' she's ever run

Muir, 29, clocked a red-hot time of 4:01.08 to finish 1.48s clear of Ireland’s Ciara Mageean - who ran a bold race to seal silver – and Poland's Sofia Ennaoui in front of a bumper crowd at Munich's 1972 Olympic Stadium

Wales Online · Aug 22, 2022