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Abe impersonated 'Super Mario' to promote Tokyo Olympics

Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was the country’s central figure in landing the 2020 Olympics for Tokyo

The Independent UK

Sporting world pays tribute to Shinzo Abe, a key figure in Tokyo 2020 Olympics

TOKYO: The sporting world on Friday paid glowing tributes to Shinzo Abe, who was instrumental in Japan winning the bid to host the 2020 Olympic Games, with the International Olympics Committee hailing him as “a man of vision” and “a dear friend of the Olympic Movement.”

The Times of India

War takes heavy toll on Ukrainian sport

Young soccer players in the city of Kharkiv are grieving over the death of their coach, killed by a Russian shell last week in an incident that highlights the heavy toll the war is inflicting on all areas of Ukrainian society, including sport.

Reuters

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Olympic champion accuses IOC of ‘giving birth to new war’ and urges end to Russia ban

Mariya Lasitskene has called on IOC president Thomas Bach to end the ban against Russian and Belarusian athletes which is preventing them from competing

Daily Mirror

Kamila Valieva saga at Winter Olympics forces figure skating rule change

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, 15, is still under investigation after failing a doping test in an explosive saga which tainted the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

Daily Mirror

Peng Shuai ‘looking forward to visiting Europe’ once Covid measures ease, claim IOC

Peng’s safety and freedom has been a concern since she appeared to allege in a social media post that she had been sexually assaulted

The Independent UK

Russia and Belarus ban a ‘protective measure’ not a sanction, IOC insist

Russia has appealed against its exclusion from international sport

The Independent UK

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Bach says Russia ban is to protect athletes, not punish them

International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach says Russian athletes and officials who have been banned from international sporting events because of the war in Ukraine are being protected rather than punished

The Independent UK

Olympics president returns to Brisbane

IOC president Thomas Bach returned to Brisbane from a Pacific tour and says the Olympic spirit is alive and well across the region.

AAP

Modern pentathlon faces civil war over plans to introduce obstacle race

A plan to replace show jumping with obstacle-course racing as part of the five-sport modern pentathlon programme has met with fierce resistance from athletes

The Guardian - UK

Thomas Bach praises 'champion' John Coates as he stands down as President of AOC

Sydney International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach was in Sydney on Saturday as IOC Vice-President John Coates stood down as President of the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) after 32 years in charge.

Dynamite News

IOC head impressed by 2032 Games committee

Brisbane's new organising committee for the 2032 Olympic Games has impressed International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach.

AAP

‘Uniquely qualified’: John Coates drafted letter of praise for himself to Brisbane Olympics organisers

Outgoing president of Australian Olympic Committee drafted gushing compliments for his own work

The Guardian - UK

Australia's Olympic emperor John Coates stands down as new era for AOC looms

After 32 years, John Coates is stepping down as head of the Australian Olympic Committee. He leaves behind a complicated legacy, as Tracey Holmes reports.

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The Hindu

Russian swimmer Rylov banned for appearing at Putin rally

Russian Olympic gold medalist swimmer Evgeny Rylov has been banned from the sport for nine months for appearing at a rally in support of President Vladimir Putin and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

Eya Guezguez, Tunisian Olympic sailor, dies aged 17 in training accident

The IOC has announced that Eya Guezguez, who competed at the 2020 Tokyo Games, died in a training accident

The Independent UK

Russia invasion upends Olympic 'neutrality' — if it existed

The International Olympic Committee has always been political, from the sheikhs and royals in its membership to a seat at the United Nations to pushing for peace talks between the Koreas

Chicago Sun-Times

IOC asks sports organizations to cancel events in Russia, Belarus

The request from the Olympic body came after UEFA moved the Champions League final from St. Petersburg to suburban Paris, and after the governing body of skiing and Formula One pulled upcoming races from Russia.

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The Guardian - US

The Olympics face an existential crisis. An American-led effort could save them

The Olympic movement risks lurching even further into an existential crisis if major problems aren’t addressed, and many of the levers for change lie in Americans’ hands

Asharq Al-Awsat

Beijing Olympics Closes after Golden Moments and Doping Storm

The Beijing Winter Olympics have closed with IOC chief Thomas Bach hailing a smoothly run event and a "safe Games" in the midst of the Covid pandemic, but the gold medals were overshadowed by a doping controversy.

The Independent UK

Kamila Valieva saga casts shadow over curtain call for cheerless Winter Olympics

Locked down beneath half-empty grandstands with ‘No Cheering’ signs, Beijing was the Games that fun forgot.

Evening Standard

Winter Olympics: Closing ceremony marks ends of Beijing 2022 as IOC president Thomas Bach calls for peace

The Winter Olympics came to an end with the closing ceremony in Beijing on Sunday.

ABC News

Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics closing ceremony: the parade of nations, the handover to Milan-Cortina, the farewell and the fireworks, as it happened

The Winter Olympics come to an end with an emotional ceremony in Beijing, following the handover to the next hosts in Milan-Cortina. Follow our live blog.

The Independent UK

After Beijing bubble bursts, can the IOC save the Olympics?

The cordoned-off Olympic bubble that folds up when the closing ceremony ends has produced its usual collage of amazing athletes doing great things

The Guardian - US

Winter Olympics day 16: GB win women’s curling gold before closing ceremony – as it happened

Team GB’s women won curling gold before a Beijing closing ceremony to a Games embroiled in controversy

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