Tag: Olympic games
2026 Olympics plan for Cortina bobsled track, outdoor oval
ROME — Organizers for the 2026 Olympics are sticking with their plans to spend 50 million euros ($60 million) to rebuild an abandoned bobsled...
Raised fists, kneeling during anthem OK at US Olympic trials
The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee will not sanction athletes for raising their fists or kneeling during the national anthem at Olympic trials, previewing...
Olympic gold medalist charged with child sex abuse in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY — A gold medalist in sledding at the 2002 Winter Olympics has been charged with sexual abuse of a child in...
US men lose to Honduras, miss 3rd straight Olympic soccer
The United States missed its third straight Olympic men’s soccer tournament, losing to Honduras 2-1 on Sunday night in a qualification game as Juan...
Overseas Tokyo ticket holders may get only partial refunds
TOKYO — Many fans living outside Japan who bought Tokyo Olympic tickets from brokers — so-called Authorized Ticket Resellers — will not get full...
Olympic failures show structural issues for US Soccer, MLS
NEW YORK. — The Catch-22 for U.S. men’s soccer in the Olympics is this: The better a player gets, the less likely he is...
Ex-Tokyo Olympics chief again criticized for sexist comment
TOKYO — Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, who resigned last month as president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee over comments criticized as...
Manchester United women’s team makes its Old Trafford debut
MANCHESTER, England — The Manchester United women's team made its Old Trafford debut on Saturday in a league game against West Ham.
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US plays Honduras for berth in men’s Olympic soccer in Japan
The trendline is clear: The United States failed to qualify for the men’s Olympic soccer tournament in 2012 and 2016, then ended a streak...
US to play Honduras for berth in men’s Olympic soccer
The United States will play Honduras for a berth in the Olympic men's soccer tournament in a doubleheader opener Sunday night at Guadalajara, and...
