Tag: Summer Olympic games
Belarus Olympian to go on hunger strike as political protest
KYIV, Ukraine — An Olympic silver medalist who is one of Belarus’ most lauded athletes says he is going on a 10-day hunger strike...
Iran gets 4-year ban from world judo over anti-Israel policy
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Iran was suspended by judo’s world governing body on Thursday as punishment for refusing to let its athletes face opponents from...
Tokyo Olympics, IOC push ahead during state of emergency
TOKYO — Local organizers and the International Olympic Committee pushed ahead Wednesday with plans to open the postponed Tokyo Olympics in just under three...
Kiley Neushul’s retirement leaves hole on US water polo team
LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. — Kiley Neushul had a plan. She was going to play for the U.S. women's water polo team in the Tokyo...
Connecticut Sun’s Rizzotti to continue as Olympic assistant
UNCASVILLE, Conn. — New Connecticut Sun president Jennifer Rizzotti plans to keep her second job this summer as an assistant coach on the United...
Australian swimming great John Konrads dies at age 78
SYDNEY — John Konrads, who set 26 individual freestyle swimming world records and won an Olympic gold medal in 1960, has died, the Sport...
Olympic bodies launch competitive series in virtual sports
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — A competitive virtual sports event was launched Thursday by the International Olympic Committee.
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Dave Wallace to be Mike Scioscia’s Olympic pitching coach
CARY, N.C. — Dave Wallace will be Mike Scioscia's pitching coach when the U.S. manager tries to qualify his team for the Olympic baseball...
IOC approves Tchaikovsky music as Russian anthem at Olympics
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Russian gold medalists at the Tokyo Olympics are set to hear music by Tchaikovsky as the replacement for their national anthem,...
Gold-medal project: Judo seeks solutions in police training
DOUGLAS, Wyo. — The stakes were clear to the two dozen police officers who gathered for a workshop with an ambitious and increasingly urgent...
