Jun 25 WATCH: Olympians Michael Phelps and Allison Schmitt testify on anti-doping measures ahead of Paris Games One month before the Summer Games in Paris, the Olympic gold medalists will appear before a House committee Tuesday night to discuss alleged problems with global anti-doping system and to make competition more fair. Continue reading
Jun 18 Olympic games are a billion-dollar business and proxy for geopolitical influence By Stephen Wade, Associated Press The Olympics are a giant business generating billions and a proxy for geopolitical influence. Continue reading
Jun 14 Unsafe levels of E. coli found in Seine River less than 2 months before Paris Olympics By Tom Nouvian, Associated Press Contamination levels in the first eight days of June, after persistent heavy rain in Paris, showed bacteria such as E. coli and enterococci beyond limits judged safe for athletes. Continue reading
May 09 Olympic flame’s journey across France kicks off with torchbearers in Marseille By Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press The will be carried by about 10,000 bearers as it passes through more than 450 towns until the Games' opening ceremony in Paris on July 26. Former soccer player Basile Boli, who played with the Marseille team in the 1990s,… Continue reading
May 08 Olympic torch makes a grand entrance in Marseille By Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press The ship sailed into Marseille’s old port with the French national anthem, La Marseillaise, echoing from the embankment and a French Air force flyover with planes first drawing the five Olympic rings and then the red-blue-white colors of the nation’s… Continue reading
Apr 22 Watch 7:08 Chinese Olympic doping case swept ‘under the carpet’ by WADA, U.S. anti-doping chief says By Jeffrey Brown, Karina Cuevas A new doping scandal has erupted involving Olympic swimmers from China. Chinese authorities and the World Anti-Doping Agency found the drug trimetazidine but cleared the swimmers and did not flag problems to Olympic officials. Several who tested positive went on… Continue watching
Jan 29 Russian figure skater disqualified from 2022 Olympics in doping case verdict By Graham Dunbar, Associated Press The CAS ruling means the Russians are set to be stripped of the gold medal in figure skating's team event. The United States finished second and is set to be named Olympic champion instead. Continue reading
Jan 01 2 men arrested in connection with Ugandan Olympic runner’s killing in Kenya, police say By Tom Odula, Associated Press Police say two men have been arrested in connection with the killing of Ugandan Oympic runner Benjamin Kiplagat, who was found fatally stabbed in a car in Kenya on New Year's Eve. Continue reading
Dec 06 WATCH: At Tribal Nations Summit, Biden discusses steps to help heal wrongs and bring ‘new era’ of tribal sovereignty By Colleen Long, Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press President Joe Biden signed an executive order that seeks to make it easier for Indigenous peoples to access federal funding, and have greater autonomy over how to spend it. Continue reading
Nov 23 Massive security operation for Paris Olympics will include 15,000 French soldiers By Associated Press In the skies, the military is also planning to deploy Reaper surveillance drones and AWACS airspace-monitoring planes, fighter jets, airborne refueling planes and helicopters that can carry sharpshooters and equipment to disable drones. Continue reading