Tag: Sports governance
AP Sportlight
July 23
1907 — Australasia beats British Isles 3-2 to win...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
July 22
1921 — Jim Barnes wins the U.S. Men’s Open...
Smith, Carlos, Berry demand change in Olympic protest rule
TOKYO — Tommie Smith, John Carlos and Gwen Berry are among the more than 150 athletes, educators and activists who signed a letter Thursday...
Olympic scandals march on long after torch goes out
TOKYO — From doping, to demonstrations to dirty officials, the Olympics have never lacked their share of off-the-field scandals and controversies that keep the...
All for nothing: Athletes qualify but end out of Olympics
MADRID — As one of the top-ranked taekwondo fighters in the world, Jesús Tortosa was ready to start packing for the Tokyo Olympics.
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WHO leader says virus risk inevitable at Tokyo Olympics
TOKYO — The Tokyo Olympics should not be judged by the tally of COVID-19 cases that arise because eliminating risk is impossible, the head...
Olympics, pandemic and politics: There’s no separating them
TOKYO — Over and over, year after year, the stewards of the Olympics say it: The Games aren't supposed to be political. But how...
Soccer players kneel to start ew era of Olympic activism
TOKYO — The referee’s whistle blew, the British players glanced at one another and they dropped to their knees. Their Chilean counterparts responded in...
Tokyo Games boast equal gender participation for first time
Grace Luczak had left competitive rowing and taken a job in the private sector when a move toward gender equity at the Tokyo Games...
Court of Arbitration for Sport rejects Ogwumike’s appeal
LAS VEGAS — Nneka Ogwumike and Elizabeth Williams won't be playing for Nigeria in the Olympics after the Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected...