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International Soccer Betting Scandals Threaten Sport
Soccer is undoubtedly the world’s most popular sport. The sport’s governing body, Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), has 209 members—more members than there are countries...
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New Rules Go into Effect for Spring Sports
Several rule changes are planned this season for the spring sports of men’s lacrosse, baseball, men’s volleyball, men’s and women’s track and field, and softball. The rules committees for each of those...
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Japanese Women’s Coaches Suspended by International Judo Federation After...
All the coaches involved with the Japanese women’s judo team have been suspended following the revelations of ill-treatment by former head trainer Ryuji Sonoda, it has been announced. The...
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The Embarrassment for the IOC is that They Have Been Skewered by Their Own...
Tuesday, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive board removed a sport from the Olympic program and woke up to discover they had lit a bonfire. Tens of thousands worldwide leaped to the...
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Africa Could Host Olympics but Suffers from “Prejudice” Claims Hayatou
Africa has several countries capable already of hosting the Olympics and Paralympics but is being denied the opportunity because of “prejudice,” it has been claimed by Issa Hayatou, President of the...
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Wrestling’s Olympic Future: Now What?
So interesting, indeed, to bear witness to the emotional recoil to the move by the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) policy-making executive board to cut wrestling from the 2020 Summer Games....
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World of Sport Rocked by Pistorius Murder Charge
The world of sport has reacted with shock and disbelief after South African athlete Oscar Pistorius, the poster boy of the Paralympic Movement, was charged yesterday with the murder of his girlfriend....
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Claim Anabolic Steroids Found in Pistorius House Latest Twist in Murder Tale
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) have no plans at the moment to take action following reports in the South African media that anabolic steroids have been found at the home of Oscar...
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Record Television Audience of 34 million in China Watched London 2012 Table...
Table tennis is now China’s most watched sport and is still on the rise, with the sport accumulating nearly one-billion viewers in the world’s most populous nation last year, including 34 million to...
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Paralympic Movement in Disbelief at Pistorius Murder Trial But It Won’t Stop...
International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Sir Philip Craven admitted the Movement is in a state of “shock and disbelief” following Oscar Pistorius’ alleged murder of his girlfriend but that...
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Sexual Performance Enhancer is Herbal Remedy Pistorius Defense Team Claim Was...
The drugs allegedly found at the home of Oscar Pistorius by South African police following the death of Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day could be sexual performance enhancers, it has emerged. Police...
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Armstrong Refuses to Cooperate with Doping Investigation Because He Fears...
Lance Armstrong announced Wednesday that he will refuse to cooperate with the United States Anti-Doping Agency’s (USADA) investigation by giving them a full confession, under oath, into his use of...
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Roald Bradstock: Javelin World Record Holder Says Art Gave Him Success
Olympic javelin thrower Roald Bradstock explains that his success over the years in the sport is result of applying artistic skills to his training and technique. Bradstock broke the five-year-old...
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USOC’s 2024 Triple-Play Bid-City Letter
Finally, a U.S. Olympic bid process that, from the outset, takes the long, strong view. It only makes sense. The two people in charge of the U.S. Olympic Committee — chairman Larry Probst and chief...
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Rio de Janeiro’s 2016 Olympic Organizing Committee Confirmed
Rio de Janeiro’s 2016 Olympic Organizing Committee has been confirmed having achieved “solid progress on the media villages, the venue masterplan and the recruitment of staff” by the International...
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Justice Department Joins Suit Against Armstrong
The U.S. Justice Department has joined a federal whistle-blower lawsuit claiming that Lance Armstrong, his former team manager and the company that owned his cycling team defrauded the government...
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Florida Elected Officials Could Continue Spending Million on Sports
Shahid Khan spent a reported $760 million to buy the Jacksonville Jaguars National Football League (NFL) team in November 2011. The deal was finalized in January 2012. Khan spent a lot of money buying...
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Florida School Cuts Stadium Deal With Questionable Partner
It is not uncommon for pro sports franchises to sell naming rights to sports facilities to well-heeled benefactors. At least 70 pro sports facilities currently bear the name of a corporate entity that...
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College-Style Spread Schemes Will Test the NFL’s Adaptability
How many times have we heard those famous epithets, “It’ll never work,” or “We’ve always done it this way!”? And, how many times can you recall that those pearls of wisdom streaming forth from lips...
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Don’t Return Medals to IOC in Protest, Russian Olympic President Tells Wrestlers
Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) President Alexander Zhukov has urged the country’s Olympic wrestling medalists not to return their medals to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in protest against...
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