Tag: Winter Olympic games
EXPLAINER: What drives possible boycott of Beijing Olympics
Some kind of boycott is almost sure to affect next year’s Beijing Winter Olympics.
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Rights groups and Olympic leaders in Beijing Games stalemate
GENEVA — Activists protesting the 2022 Beijing Olympics hoped China’s record on human rights would get on the agenda this week at a major...
Coach, former Olympian Zimmerman suspended by SafeSport
Figure skating coach John Zimmerman has been suspended by the U.S. Center for SafeSport for a coverup of an alleged sexual abuse incident involving...
Cortina craves bobsled revival with 2026 Olympics
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — When Cortina's century-old bobsled track closed for financial reasons 13 years ago, the adjacent coffee bar kept on serving espressos.
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Ban Ki-moon asked to act on complaint against Beijing Games
Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is being asked to rule on an ethics complaint filed against the International Olympic Committee by a human-rights group...
Lake Placid raising cash for Olympic hockey monument
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — It’s been 41 years since the U.S. Olympic hockey team left a lasting impression at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
Feb. 27
1918 — The first neutral site game in NHL...
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Feb. 25
1940 — The first telecast of an American hockey...
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Feb. 22
1936 — Figure skater Sonja Henie wins her 10th...
Humphries applies for citizenship, with Beijing 2022 in mind
Kaillie Humphries, the reigning world champion and presumed Olympic favorite in both women’s bobsled and monobob, has applied for an expedited process of obtaining...