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David Owen: The IOC's financial quandary - how to fund the Olympic Movement with value-in-kind?

  • Inside the Blogs

You could be forgiven for having missed it, but International Olympic Committee (IOC) members last week approved the body’s 2021 financial statements.

Tokyo 2020 Summer Games.Of course, this may not quite be the final word on the matter: thanks to the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) we know that the one-year postponement of Tokyo 2020


NHL aiming to stage World Cup of Hockey before 2026 Winter Olympics

  • Ice Hockey

The National Hockey League (NHL) is planning to stage a World Cup of Hockey before the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics - but has again insisted it is not opposed to its players competing at the Games in Italy.

Sweden, Russia, and the Czech Republic had their own teams, while under-23 players from Canada and the United

States were combined to create Team North America.NHL players have not played at the Olympics since


International Fair Play Committee award for Beijing 2022 launched

  • Beijing 2022

The International Fair Play Committee (CIFP) are calling for nominations to recognise "exceptional acts of sportsmanship" during the 2022 Winter Olympic Games here.

Dora Varella and Yndiara Asp, Britain’s Sky Brown, Australian Poppy Olsen and Bryce Wettstein of the United

States for carrying  fellow skater and reigning world champion Misugu Okamoto off the course after


Mayer wins back-to-back Olympic super-G titles

  • Alpine Skiing

Matthias Mayer defended his Olympic men's super-G title at the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre, winning gold and his second medal of Beijing 2022.

Alberto Tomba of Italy.On four Olympic golds is Norwegian Kjetil André Aamodt.Ryan Cochran-Siegle of the United

States nearly pulled off the upset, putting together a threatening run, but lost speed near the bottom


China's Gu bags stunning Beijing 2022 gold as Bach meets Peng at freeski big air final

  • Beijing 2022

Chinese teenager Eileen Gu, the poster girl of the Winter Olympics here, captured the women’s freeski big air title in sensational style in front of tennis player Peng Shuai at the Big Air Shougang.

she did just that.Gu, who has been competing for China since 2019 after initially representing the United

States, looked in disbelief as she landed a score of 94.50 to increase her overall tally to 188.25 points



Barcelona hosting 2030 Winter Olympics could net region €1 billion, claims Catalan official

  • 2030 Olympics

Catalan Government official Ricardo Font has claimed that a 2030 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games staged in Barcelona and the Pyrenees could generate a profit of more than €1 billion (£843 million/$1.1 billion) for the region.

Winter Olympic hosts - Sapporo, the Japanese resort which staged the 1972 Games, Salt Lake City, the United

States city who organised them in 2002, and Vancouver, the Canadian city who put them on in 2010.


IJF calls for event organisers to recognise all COVID-19 vaccines

  • Judo

The International Judo Federation (IJF) has called for organisers of sports events to admit "all available vaccines" against COVID-19 as valid jabs in the build-up to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Organization.In December last year, Russian athletes were forced to miss Freestyle Ski World Cups in the United

States and Canada, where the Sputnik jab is not recognised and therefor the athletes could not obtain


Mike Rowbottom: Feuz triumph and O’Brien disaster underline fearful fascination of Olympic Alpine skiing

  • Inside the Blogs

One of the blue riband Winter Olympic events, alpine skiing, got underway at the Beijing 2022 Games today, offering its traditional, potent mix of heady triumph and calamitous adversity.

to win an alpine skiing medal at the Games, beating a record previously held by Bode Miller of the United

States, who earned bronze in the men’s super-G at the Sochi 2014 Games, aged 36.Shortly afterwards,

the women’s giant slalom on a day when her biggest rival, defending champion Mikaela Shiffrin of the United

States, was disqualified after missing a gate on the first run.If that was a shock, there was also horror

, twice giant slalom world champion, there was a far more serious one involving Nina O’Brien of the United


Iran pulls out of wrestling match in United States due to visa issues

  • Wrestling

Islamic Republic of Iran Wrestling Federation has pulled out of a scheduled exhibition bout against the United

States at Globe Life Field in Arlington on Saturday (February 12) due to visa issues.

Trump, including the introduction of further stringent economic.Relations remain tense between the United

States and Iran, including a standoff over the revival of a nuclear deal ©Getty ImagesA travel ban on

formats under consideration ©Getty Images"As with the 16 previous times that Iran has competed in the United

States since 1995, this event was organized for goodwill through sport, and as an opportunity for athletes

They [the athletes] are under the most severe sanctions and hostilities from the United States," Abbaszadeh


UK and Ireland bid for Euro 2028 confirmed, but 2030 World Cup plans shelved

  • Football

A joint United Kingdom and Ireland bid for UEFA Euro 2028 has been confirmed, with a similar proposal

probably a thing of the past", with the tournament expanding to 48 teams from the 2026 edition in the United

States, Canada and Mexico.UEFA has set a deadline of March 23 this year for members interested in staging



Figure skating team

  • Russian Winter Olympic Athletes

The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) clinched gold in the team figure skating team at the Capital Indoor Stadium at Beijing 2022, with Kamila Valieva starring.

total of 74 points in the team event at the Winter Olympics, nine clear of closest challengers the United

States.


Players wear masks in Beijing 2022 ice hockey match due to late COVID-19 results

  • Ice Hockey

A delay in receiving the COVID-19 test results of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) team caused their women’s ice hockey clash with Canada to be rescheduled and players forced to wear masks, it has been confirmed.

positive for COVID-19.The ROC defeated Switzerland 5-2 on Friday (February 4) before losing to the United

States a day later and then going down to Canada 6-1 today.


American figure skater Zhou out of men's singles following second positive COVID-19 test

  • Figure Skating

American figure skater Vincent Zhou, considered one of the main contenders for the men's singles gold medal, has been ruled out of today's competition following a second positive COVID-19 test at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

The first positive test came a day after Zhou represented the United States in the team event, competing