Olympics: Eight sports vying for single spot at 2020 Games
Wanted: a new Olympic sport. Or, maybe, the return of an old one. It should have wide participation around the world, be popular with sponsors and ...
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Singapore's Ng announces IOC presidency bid
Ng, who is also the vice-president of his homeland's Olympic Committee, made his announcement at Paris's famous Sorbonne university after ...
Travel Editor’s Blog: Is a Toronto 2024 Olympic bid in the works?
Here we go again. Maybe. Canadian Olympic Committee chief Marcel Aubut was quoted last week as saying the COC is considering a Toronto bid for the ...
Turkey’s Erdogan to air policy differences with Obama
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a critical U.S. ally in the Muslim world, is struggling with the crisis in Syria, which ...
Save Olympic Wrestling
Synchronized swimming. Fencing. Ping-pong.These are just three sports "sport" being a loosely defined term now days that will be contested at the ...
Germany's Bach announces candidacy for IOC presidency
Thomas Bach has become the first official candidate for the International Olympic Committee Presidency. The 1976 Olympic fencing champion has long ...
Sincerely clueless in Tokyo
The thing that struck me about Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose's Muslim-slurring remarks (May 1 front-page article "Inose apologizes for slurring Muslims") is ...
Spain toughens up doping laws
The Spanish parliament on Thursday passed a beefed-up anti-doping law that will toughen penalties in order to polish Spain's image as it bids to host ...
Fethullah Gulen: Islamize or War
On March 21, 2013, after years of armed struggle, Abdullah Öcalan—Turkey’s imprisoned Kurdish leader—accepted a peace deal proffered by Turkey’s ...
Operation Puerto Petition Draws 20,000 Signatures
An online petition pressuring Spanish courts to preserve blood bags linked to the Operation Puerto doping scandal has reached 20,000 signatures.