The Olympic Flame dies here in Tokyo after an Olympic Games that have, for all sorts of reasons, been like no other.

honour.In the 1960s, the newly independent African nations lobbied for the exclusion of South Africa as a protest

American President Jimmy Carter called for a boycott of the Moscow Olympics to protest against the Soviet

success, there was no shortage of candidate cities, although more recently that trend has receded -- Paris

Britain's Hannah Mills became the most decorated female sailor in Olympic history as she won her second gold medal in the 470 class alongside Eilidh McIntyre.

days and it was also the end of an era as the 470 classes will become a mixed-gender competition at Paris

Yacht Harbour - enough to win overall on 38 points - but the celebrations were delayed following a protest

points.France's Camille Lecointre and Aloise Retorna were pushed into bronze on the same score, but their protest

It had been well over a year since Daniel Gaysinsky last stepped in the ring, and with the strict COVID-19 restrictions in Ontario it was nearly impossible to attend any domestic or international training camps.

his journey, his partner Melissa Bratic would also be competing at the Olympic qualification event in Paris

on different continents, and allowed for very little recovery time between events.Daniel arrived in Paris

coach Kraig Devlin, who was coaching from the chair, that we needed to urgently initiate an official protest

For reference, having an official protest in a final match is a very rare occurrence in karate.

were decided on a dramatic last day at World Karate Federation's final qualifier in French capital Paris

(@worldkarate_wkf) June 13, 2021But a protest from the Canadian team resulted in the last three seconds

Two Mayoral candidates have taken very different approaches to the Olympic Games this week, with one calling for a cancellation and another viewing a potential bid as a vote-winning ploy.

that an online petition is both easy to sign and global in its nature, arguably representing more of a protest

Olympics 11 years out, so perhaps Khan’s pledge is not quite as outlandish as it may seem at first.With Paris

Construction of the Paris 2024 Media Village has been temporarily suspended by the Paris Administrative

the environmental code required.Part of the environmental authorisation has now been suspended by the Paris

continue.Campaigners welcomed the temporary suspension which they say will give them more time to "mobilise", with a protest

La Cour d'appel de Paris a suspendu temporairement les travaux du village des médias à l'aire des vents

journalists and technicians will be housed in the facility.It is due to be one of two media centres for Paris

2024 - with the other set to accommodate 25,000 journalists, in the premises of Paris-Le Bourget Exhibition

There is a Greek expression to describe disappearing rapidly from sight. It is "yinomai Louis" (γίνομαι Λούης), which means literally "to becοme Louis".

non-Greek runner among the nine who completed the race, had finished fourth but subsequently lodged a protest

 The protest was upheld, and Belokas was disqualified, with Kellner taking bronze in a time of 3

and 1920 Olympic marathons varied again, respectively to 40.2 and 42.75km, but in time for the 1924 Paris

Thomas Bach is set to be re-elected unopposed as International Olympic Committee (IOC) President at the organisation's virtual Session tomorrow.

a boycott due to well-documented allegations of human rights abuses in China - before an update on Paris

trends and esports, a vague mention of the continuing debate surrounding Rule 50 and athletes' right to protest

The resignation of Tokyo 2020 President Yoshirō Mori two days ago was inevitable after his derogatory comments about women made his position at the helm untenable.

meeting this week and Masako Ōkawara, a member of the Japanese House of Representatives, instigated a protest

more ambitious event still, described as "Une Olympiade Feminine", was held at the Stade Pershing in Paris

The Paris 2024 taekwondo venue will be named after Alice Milliat ©Getty ImagesDespite these moves, the

The design of the Torches which will carry the Olympic and Paralympic Flame for Beijing 2022 have been unveiled as part of celebrations to mark one year to go.

 The itinerary of the flame in London, Paris, and San Francisco was also hastily revised as protesters

attempted to extinguish the flame in protest at Chinese Government policy towards Tibet.There has been

It is surely the most agonising Question of Sport ever. Will Tokyo 2020, rescheduled for this summer, go ahead as planned? Or perhaps more pertinently should the Olympic and Paralympic Games now be abandoned as yet another victim of COVID-19?

Less costly too.Of course there will be howls of protest from those sports which have to be sidelined

postponed until next year (totally impractical for the athletes and organisers) or held in Tokyo instead of Paris

Olympics ©Getty ImagesTokyo, he suggested, should stage the Games in 2024 instead, with subsequent hosts Paris

ball games and shooting.Incoming activities sport climbing and skateboarding would have to wait until Paris

A group titled "Saccage 2024" has opposed a new media village for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic

The group, which translates as Ramage 2024, issued a statement earlier this week confirming a planned protest

also alleged it witnessed Solideo, the state-owned company in charge of the construction of venues for Paris

Grand Paris Aménagement tente de diviser les jardinier.e.s de Pantin et d’Aubervilliers mais c’est sans

it is promised.Solideo acquired the land necessary to enable it to start work earlier this month.The Paris

2024, housing around 2,800 journalists and technicians.It is due to be one of two media centres for Paris

International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) President René Fasel has admitted that his visit to Minsk last week had been open to misinterpretation. 

severely curtail freedoms of association, assembly, and expression, and the right to fair trial".A protest

was organised in Argentina," said French sports newspaper L’Equipe.France became the epicentre of the protest

movement, with marches on the Champs-Élysées in Paris and in Dijon, Lyon, Grenoble and Toulouse.The

Breitner showed his opposition by making himself unavailable for the tournament.In The Netherlands, a protest

Vries, then Dutch State secretary for culture and recreation, refused to go to Argentina as a personal protest

The French Government has advised its rugby clubs not to compete in any European competitions against British sides due to concerns over the United Kingdom’s testing policies for COVID-19.

the Top 14 rugby league after some French rugby clubs called for a boycott of European competition in protest

made yet.The 2021 edition is set to run from February 6 to March 20 and includes Scotland visiting Paris

Earlier this week, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach made the dramatic announcement of sanctions against those who run Olympic sport in Belarus.

and Sigfrid Edstrom of Sweden, then head of World Athletics.The new body had its first meeting at the Paris

Edstrom, Albert Glandaz of France and the Reverend Courcy Laffan from Britain, who happened to be in Paris

casual behaviour of American sprinters Vince Matthews and Wayne Collett was interpreted as a Black Power protest

officials seems certain to be prominent on the agenda.They also confirmed there would be gender equity at Paris