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Can crocodiles and canoeists coexist at Australia’s 2032 Olympic Games?

As world’s largest living reptile reclaims the Fitzroy River in Queensland, some say athletes shouldn’t worry while others warn against ‘running the gauntlet’

The Guardian - AU

Lucy Charles-Barclay’s career was dogged by injuries until she discovered why. Now she’s back for another shot at the Ironman world title

INTERVIEW: The 2023 Ironman world champion, who enjoyed an emotional win at the London T100 triathlon last weekend, tells Lawrence Ostlere about her journey through relentless injury, grief and a ‘lightbulb moment’ that changed everything

The Independent UK

China is hosting the robot Olympics and it's equal parts awesome and sci-fi terror

Let the robot gladiators show us what they've got.

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Keely Hodgkinson excited to end year of injuries with return to 800m

The 23-year-old is competing for the first time since winning gold in the Paris Olympics and is ready to run in the Diamond League in Poland

The Guardian - UK

Keely Hodgkinson ‘upset’ over injury absence since Olympics

Hodgkinson won 800m gold in Paris but has been sidelined for over a year since

The Independent UK

Keely Hodgkinson admits injury absence since Olympics has been upsetting

The 23-year-old has not raced since claiming gold at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

The Independent UK

Michael Phelps is right. USA Swimming’s failure runs deeper than medals

Phelps’s broadside against USA Swimming highlights a leadership void, falling medal share and unresolved safeguarding scandals as LA 2028 looms

The Guardian - US

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Trump tips hand at DC-like takeovers of LA and NYC for Olympics and World Cup: ‘We’ll go military if we have to’

Asked about his move this week to federalize policing in Washington, he brought up concerns over security around the 2028 Olympics in LA and the 2026 FIFA World Cup, whose final is in NYC area

The Independent UK

LA28 to be first Olympic Games to sell naming rights for venues

The organising committee for the Los Angeles Olympics says some partner deals are already in place for the 2028 Games.

Al Jazeera

LA28 to break longstanding tradition with corporate venue names at Games

In a historic shift from the Olympics’ clean venue policy, LA28 will allow select competition sites to keep corporate names, starting with Comcast and Honda

The Guardian - US

LA Olympics to sell naming rights to some venues in game-changing deal for 2028

Organizers of the Los Angeles Olympics will sell naming rights for a handful of its venues in deals expected to bring multiple millions of dollars to the 2028 Games while breaking down the International Olympic Committee’s long-sacrosanct policy of keeping brand names off its stadiums

The Independent UK

‘I came back stronger’: freestyle skier Kirsty Muir on injury and Olympic medal ambitions

With the Winter Olympics less than six months away, the Scottish medal hopeful talks to Yara El-Shaboury about her hopes of improving on a muted, Covid-hit Games debut in 2021

The Guardian - UK

Rowers revel in beach sprints in the run-up to LA's 2028 Olympics

The Olympics’ newest rowing competition is a beach run, a coastal row and a music party rolled into one

The Independent UK

IOC sports director reveals reason behind major LA28 switch

Exclusive interview: Pierre Ducrey has outlined how swimming, and a huge audience inside the stadium, has afforded an ‘opportunity’ to provide a thrilling finale to the Games, a role usually handed to track and field

The Independent UK

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Reason

Keep Government Funding—and Political Meddling—Far Away From Olympic Athletes

Plus: Congress might blow up the pro sports business model, and Las Vegas is struggling

Radio France Internationale

As France’s sports budget faces cuts, are Olympic promises being broken?

One year on from the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics, French politicians and sports organisations are hitting out at the government's proposed cuts to the budget for sport – after pledges to improve access to grassroots sport were made following the country's record medal haul last summer.

Sports Illustrated

Figure Skating Icon Nathan Chen to Skip 2026 Olympics As He Plans Major Career Pivot

The American is entering a new field.

The Conversation

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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International Business Times

Coventry's Mettle Tested By Russian Olympic Debate, Say Former IOC Figures

International Olympic Committee president Kirsty Coventry is in the spotlight on how she handles her "baptism of fire" over Russia, former IOC executives have told AFP. With just six months to go to the opening ceremony for the Milan-Cortina Winter Games the odds are that Russian athletes -- normally a…

Sports Illustrated

Josh Allen's Kind Gesture for Special Olympics Athlete Will Make Your Whole Day

Another Allen W.

The Independent UK

USA Gymnastics is entering a new era both on and off the floor as the US championships begin

A new wave of gymnasts are ready to step into the spotlight at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships

The Guardian - UK

British bobsleigh’s Brad Hall: ‘Winning medals without sacrifice doesn’t mean anything’

A loss of funding in 2019 led to Brad Hall raising money privately and a period of unprecedented Team GB success. He talks to Yara El-Shaboury

The Independent UK

Trump gets more sports medals he didn’t earn as his collection grows with Olympic triumphs

President has often boasted about winning golf championships hosted at his club and displayed various awards and medals he’s received

Radio France Internationale

Trump to lead LA Olympics task force overseeing security and visas

US President Donald Trump has set up a new task force to handle planning and security for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. He will lead the group himself.

Al Jazeera

Trump appoints task force to ensure ‘safe, seamless’ LA Olympics

President Donald Trump creates LA28 task force to prepare for the first Olympics in the US since the 2002 Winter Games.

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