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On the heels of the Ukrainian invasion, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) urged “with a heavy heart” sports bodies Monday to exclude the country’s athletes and officials from international events. The IOC said the move is necessary to “protect the integrity of global sports competitions and for the safety of all the participants.” The decision paved the way for FIFA to exclude Russia from a March 24 World Cup qualifying playoff match; Poland has refused to play the tilt against Russia. The urge also applied to athletes and officials from Belarus, which has abetted Russia’s invasion by ...
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The U.S. women’s 3-on-3 basketball team has made history in the debut of the event at the Tokyo Olympics. Allisha Gray, Kelsey Plum, Stefanie Dolson and Jackie Young won gold in the inaugural 3-on-3 basketball competition, defeating Russia 18-15 Wednesday evening at Tokyo’s Aomi Urban Sports Park. The women’s team was able to outlast the Russian Olympic Committee. They took an early 7-2 lead and held onto it by playing suffocating defense that frustrated Russia. Russia’s late comeback attempt cut the deficit to three, however, Dolson’s put-back with just over 30 seconds left all but sealed an ...
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Belated and beleaguered, the virus-delayed Tokyo Summer Olympics finally opened Friday night with cascading fireworks and made-for-TV choreography in a near-empty stadium. It was a colorful but subdued ceremony that set a striking tone to match a unique Olympics during a global pandemic. Following the opening, devoid of crowd energy, the Olympics convened amid outrage and criticism within Japan, but with hopes from organizers that the excitement of the sports to follow would offset the widespread opposition. “Today is a moment of hope. Yes, it is very different from what all of us had imagined...
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The IOC chose Brisbane, Australia, as the city location to host the 2032 Olympics. Brisbane was seen as the inevitable winner of a one-city race steered by the IOC to avoid rival bids. Brisbane will mark the first return of the Olympic Games to Australia in over 32 years since the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Melbourne hosted the first Olympics Games in Australia back in 1956. “We know what it takes to deliver a successful Games in Australia,” Prime Minister Scott Morrison told International Olympic Committee members in an 11-minute live video link from his office. Brisbane won the vote 72-5, and the...
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USA women’s basketball star Sue Bird and baseball infielder Eddy Alvarez will serve as flag bearers at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics on Friday. Team USA tweeted out the selection of Bird and Alvarez as this Olympics’ flag bearers. “An honor unlike any other,” Team USA tweeted out. “Eddy Alvarez and Sue Bird have been selected as Team USA flag bearers for the #TokyoOlympics.” Traditionally in the past, only one person served as the flag bearer in the Olympics. But this year it was changed to two after the International Olympic Committee encouraged one male and one female to represe...
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Russia has revealed their new team brand as “ROC” due to the country’s name being banned from the next two Olympics. The team name is an acronym for Russian Olympic Committee. The name was agreed upon by both the International Olympic Committee and the World Anti-Doping Agency. Both of the mentioned organizations have accused Russia of running a state-backed doping program for Russian athletes. Russia’s team name, flag, and national anthem are banned from the Tokyo Olympics and the upcoming 2022 Winter Games in Beijing. The ban was imposed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling that gave...
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The Tokyo Olympics were originally supposed to be held in 2020, but the outbreak of the coronavirus forced a dramatic change. Since the pandemic, Japanese officials have pushed for the Olympic games to begin in July, 2020. The local Olympic committee released a statement reinforcing that the games will move forward as they have the support of Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga. GET DEALS ON OLYMPIC EVENT TICKETS HERE! The released statement is in response to what the British newspaper, The Times of London, reported. The newspaper noted that the Olympic games will be canceled, according to a...
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