For thousands of athletes around the world, this scenario looked like a nightmare. On March 24, it became an official decision of the International Olympic Committee. The 2020 Summer Olympics will not take place this year, writes USA Today. As a result of an unprecedented and inevitable move, the International Olympic Committee and ...
On December 9, the "Compliance Committee" of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) adopted a recommendation to deprive Russia of the right to participate in major international sports events for four years. Writes about this "Present Time". These include the Olympics and all World Championships, including the football ...
Since its inception, the goal of the Olympic Games has always been peace, for the period of competition even wars stopped. It was like this for a long time, until in the middle of the twentieth century they began to mix politics with sports competitions, and then they decided to use the resonance that always ...
Olympics champions should remember that even if you've won your gold (or several), given a lot of interviews and signed tempting contracts, you still need to plan for a second career turn, as it probably won't be swimming, running or jumping. (Not to mention…
The international sports arbitration in Lausanne satisfied the claims of 28 Russian athletes, recognizing their suspension from the Olympics and lifelong disqualification as illegal. The claims of another 11 athletes were partially satisfied. It is not clear whether the athletes who won the court will be able to take part in the 2018 Games, writes Lenta.ru. CAS justified ...
Los Angeles has reached an agreement with the leadership of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to host the Summer Olympics in 2028 instead of 2024. Writes about it Reuters. The arrangements will bring the Olympics back to Southern California for the third time since the summer ...
The organizing committee for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles plans to spend $ 5,3 billion on preparations, ABC News reported. This relatively small amount is due to the fact that more than 30 necessary infrastructure facilities have already been built in Los Angeles. $ 1,2 billion will be spent on the creation of temporary facilities, as well as ...
Olympic athletes pay as much attention to their diet as they do to other elements of training, but even Olympians need to pamper themselves from time to time, writes Share America based on materials from the Associated Press. For some of America's top athletes, their favorite "free day" food is...
Baseball has become one of five sports to be included in the Summer Olympics in 2020, when it will be held in Tokyo, Japan. Baseball players last participated in the 2008 Olympics, when the Games were hosted by Beijing. Total competition in ...
The world champion among juniors in 1990, participant of two Olympics Igor Pashkevich died tragically in Miami, where he worked as a figure skating coach until recently. The Russian Figure Skating Federation, which published the news about the death of 44-year-old Pashkevich, the circumstances of the coach's death ...