France's government may change the Olympic opening ceremony in Paris because of security worries.
The City of Light, glittering for the planet's premier sporting event, will ‘appropriately’ see the costs of tickets, hotels, food, transportation skyrocket to Olympic proportions.
CHERRYVALE, Kan. — Local students in southeast Kansas are gearing up for the Special Olympics. For the past 20 years, the Tri-County Interlocal #607 has teamed up with Cherryvale teacher Sarah Wilson for the Tri-County Victory Games. It gives students with special needs a platform to enjoy themselves. This year's event was moved indoors because []
Twenty-three Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned drug before the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 the World Anti-Doping Agency confirmed Saturday, defending the decision to let them compete based on China’s findings they had ingested it unknowingly. The New York Times and German broadcaster ARD reported Saturday that the athletes included nearly half of the […]
On the latest episode of the 'Call Her Daddy' podcast, Simone Biles said she thought she was going to be 'banned from America' after her failed vault during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Simone Biles has revealed that she thought “the world is going to hate me” after withdrawing from the gymnastics team event at the Tokyo Olympics. In an interview with the Call Her Daddy podcast released on Wednesday, Biles spoke about how she was affected by “the twisties” during the Games, which causes a gymnast to lose track of where their body is and how it moves through the air. The four-time Olympic gold medalist was replaced by Jordan Chiles in the team event and later explained that she...
April 17 marks the 100 days countdown to the Paris Olympics ambitious opening ceremony. The first Games in a century in France's capital will be judged not only for the sporting spectacle. Another yardstick will be their impact on disadvantaged Paris suburbs away from iconic city-center landmarks hosting much of the action. By promising socially positive and also less polluting and less wasteful Olympics, the city synonymous with romance aims to rekindle love for the Games. The idea that the...
By JOHN LEICESTER PARIS — In Paris’ outskirts, a bright-eyed young girl is eager for the Olympic and Paralympic Games to end. That’s because the swimming club where 10-year-old Lyla Kebbi trains will inherit an Olympic pool. It will be dismantled after the Games and trucked from the Olympic race venue in Paris’ high-rise business […]
The Athletics Kenya has unveiled its men's and women's marathon teams for
In Paris’ outskirts, a bright-eyed young girl is eager for the Olympic and Paralympic Games to end.
The world’s top anti-doping regulator says after reviewing a documentary and other media reports that it stands by the results of its decision to clear 23 Chinese swimmers to compete at the Tokyo Olympics despite testing positive for a banned heart medication
WADA stands by decision to clear Chinese swimmers for Tokyo Olympics citing contaminated samples