The modern Olympic Games or Olympics are leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered the world's foremost sports competition with more than 200 nations participating. The Olympic Games are held every four years, with the Summer and Winter Games alternating by occurring every four years but two years apart.
Mike Krzyzewski called Kobe Bryant "my leader" reflecting on their time in USA Basketball together, and credited Bryant with setting title foundation.
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As the death toll and countries affected by the new China coronavirus continues to grow, so too are fears and speculation about a global pandemic. Here's a breakdown of what we know, and what to look..
Kimia Alizadeh, a bronze medallist at the 2016 Rio Olympics, wrote on social media that she had left Iran after growing tired of being used as a propaganda tool. David Doyle reports.
Politicians and athletes should keep politics out of this year's Tokyo Olympic Games to protect the event's neutrality and its status as a peaceful meeting place, International Olympic Committee..
Eight-time Olympic Champion Usain Bolt sent a message of good luck to athletes assembling in Lausanne for the third edition of the Winter Youth Olympic Games. The Jamaican sprinter was an ambassador..
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Japan Airlines is giving away 50,000 free round-trip airline tickets to international travelers next summer. The only catch is that all the flights are domestic flights- so you have to get to Japan..
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Olympic gold medalist and soccer star Hope Solo is pregnant with twins. The news comes months after Solo revealed that she previously had a miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy. The former U.S. soccer..
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday (December 9) a decision by the World Anti-Doping Agency to bar Russia from major sporting events was political, and must be individual. Ryan Brooks..
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday (December 9) a decision by the World Anti-Doping Agency to bar Russia from major sporting events was political, and must be individual. Ryan Brooks..
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday (December 9) a decision by the World Anti-Doping Agency to bar Russia from major sporting events was political, and must be individual. Ryan Brooks..
The Russian flag and national anthem have been banned from next year’s Tokyo Olympics and other major sports events for four years. Russia’s hosting of world championships in Olympic sports also..
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. An Olympic curling coach. A host of ‘Queer Eye.’ At house parties and rallies, stand-ins for the candidates hit the trail in Iowa. NYTimes.com - Published
Matildas captain Sam Kerr has praised organisers for moving Olympic qualifiers from China to Sydney due to the coronavirus outbreak in the Asian nation. SBS - Published
Next month's women's Olympic football qualifiers in Wuhan have been shifted to Nanjing, the Asian Football Confederation said on Wednesday, following an outbreak of the new coronavirus in the central.. Reuters - Published
The Australian women's soccer team are still preparing for a trip to Wuhan for Olympic qualifiers early next month despite concerns about an outbreak of the new coronavirus in the Chinese city, head.. Reuters - Published
Four-time Olympic gold medalist Allison Schmitt is getting ready for life after swimming. Schmitt wants to pursue a career in a mental health-related field and worked an internship counseling students.. USATODAY.com - Published
Fukushima prefecture, home to the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on Tuesday reassured participants and spectators at the Olympic torch relay this year that they would not need to worry.. Reuters - Published
At the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant north of Tokyo, workers in protective suits are still removing radioactive material from reactors that melted down after an earthquake and tsunami knocked out its.. Reuters - Published
Iran's only female Olympic medalist Kimia Alizadeh, who has said she had left her homeland because she had had enough of being used as a propaganda tool, is moving to Germany, her Dutch coach said. Reuters - Published
Taekwondo athlete Kimia Alizadaeh described herself as ‘one of millions of oppressed women in Iran’ Iran’s only female Olympic medallist has said she intends to leave the Islamic republic, in a.. WorldNews - Published Also reported by •Reuters
The Olympic Games is vulnerable to state-sponsored doping, stealing medals from clean athletes and forcing athletes to wait years for glory.
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Runner Jacob Kiplimo celebrated too early and was beaten to the finish line by inches as Kibiwott Kandie won the San Silvestre de Sao Paulo Road Race.
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Many Australians will already have begun dreaming of winter, if only for its temperatures. But this year it will also see the return of the Olympic Games, closer to home than they have been since we.. The Age - Published
Ugandan runner Jacob Kiplimo was closing in on winning the 95th San Silvestre de Sao Paulo Road Race in Brazil on Tuesday and setting a new record in the process. But as he approached the finish line,.. WorldNews - Published
Japan Airlines may just have made your Olympics journey cheaper: The airline is giving away 50,000 round-trip tickets. But there are caveats.
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Jamaican sprint star Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will also run in the 200m when she defends her Olympic 100m title in Tokyo next year. BBC News - Published
Pierre de Coubertin’s founding principles, written in 1892, breaks the record for sports memorabilia The original Olympic manifesto outlining the foundation of the modern Games shattered the world.. WorldNews - Published
Federica Brignone won her first women’s World Cup giant slalom in more than a year on Tuesday, while Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin struggled to find pace and finished 17th. Brignone ...... WorldNews - Published
British sprinter Adam Gemili says he is no longer the footballer who "just rocked up to the Olympics" and must compete for medals. BBC News - Published
Olympic sports have a troubling pattern when it comes to young athletes alleging abuse and adults denying it. Our journalists surface these stories.
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An underage figure skater has accused a French Olympian of sending her inappropriate photos, and alleges three coaches pressured her into being quiet.
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Russian high jump world champion Maria Lasitskene on Tuesday accused her country's own sports authorities of failing to protect athletes from the deepening doping crisis, in a rare public broadside at.. Reuters - Published
As the world awoke to the news that Russia had been banished from international sport, Olympic track cyclist Shane Perkins was trying to figure out what it meant for his unlikely road to Tokyo. The Age - Published
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Moscow had grounds to appeal a decision by the World Anti-Doping Agency to bar Russia from major sporting events, a move he said violated the.. WorldNews - Published Also reported by •Reuters
The World Anti-Doping Agency on Monday banned Russia for four years from major global sporting events including the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 World Cup in Qatar over manipulated doping data,.. France 24 - Published
Russia was banned from the world's top sporting events for four years on Monday, including the next summer and winter Olympics and the 2022 soccer World Cup, for tampering with doping tests. Reuters - Published
Russia was banned from the world's top sporting events for four years on Monday, including the next summer and winter Olympics and the 2022 soccer World Cup, for tampering with doping tests. Reuters - Published
Russia was banned from the world's top sporting events for four years on Monday, including the next summer and winter Olympics and the 2022 soccer World Cup, for tampering with doping tests. Reuters - Published
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) banned Russia from the Olympics and world championships in a range of sports for four years on Monday after the agency ruled to punish it for manipulating laboratory.. France 24 - Published
Russia was banned from the Olympics and other major world championships on Monday after sporting officials decided to punish it for tampering with doping-related laboratory data in another blow to.. Reuters - Published
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