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Jul 23 2021
News
Hundreds chant ‘Go to hell, Olympics’ in protests just before opening ceremony
Hundreds of protesters marched through Tokyo on Friday toward the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games — chanting for organizers to “go to hell” for holding the event despite the pandemic, videos show.
Just an hour before the Games started, a mass of people had gathered in Harajuku, the main shopping district in Tokyo, with police shutting down a major roadway as the marchers set off,
New York Post (News)Oct 10 2023
News
From flag football to cricket, 5 sports could debut — or return — at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles
Flag football hit its biggest stage in Las Vegas last year, when the format was a major part of the new-look Pro Bowl with NFL stars taking part. But the Olympics? That’s a different level. As the International Olympic Committee prepares to finalize the Olympic program for the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles, five new sports have been proposed ahead of meetings in Mumbai, India, starting
Boston.comJul 07 2021
Opinion
Sha’Carri Richardson’s Olympic Ban Over Weed Is America’s Fault
The saga of Sha’Carri Richardson—the fastest woman in the United States, banned from competing in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics after a drug test revealed she used cannabis last month—has united America in a way that COVID-19 could not.
The conventional wisdom from just about everyone—President Joe Biden, USA Track & Field (USATF), blabbermouths on Twitter, and Richardson herself—is
ViceJan 17 2022
News
Beijing to offer Olympic tickets to ‘selected’ spectators amid pandemic
Only “selected” spectators will be permitted at next month’s Beijing Olympics because of the coronavirus pandemic, organizers said Monday.
Beijing had already announced that no fans from outside the country would be permitted at the events, and had not offered tickets to the general public.
Monday’s announcement posted on the organizing committee’s website confirmed expectations
PoliticoApr 10 2024
News
French IT firm Atos was once a crown jewel valued at $15 billion. Now, it's drowning in debt and the government is helping it stay afloat
Atos has earned France a great deal of tech repute, whether with its shiny Olympics partnership or with the massive growth that made it one of Europe’s top IT companies. It’s also a strategically important company for France given its deep military and nuclear industry ties. At the peak of its success in 2017, led by now-EU commissioner Thierry Breton, Atos was valued at a whopping $15 billion
FortuneApr 09 2024
News
Eastern softball stays perfect behind Wakeley’s arm and bat
Samantha Wakeley (16) of Olympic/Colonial runs from second to third as the ball drops in the outfield during a Carpenter Cup softball game against Burlington County at FDR Park in South Philadelphia, Tuesday, June 20, 2023.Joe Warner | For NJ Advance Media Samantha Wakeley pitched a three-hitter, struck out 12 and walked 4 as Eastern defeated Seneca, 4-1, in Tabernacle. Wakeley was 2-for-4 at
nj.comApr 07 2024
News
Japan’s Kishida warns world at ‘historic turning point’ as he touts importance of US alliance
Spiraling geopolitical tensions have pushed the world to a “historic turning point” and are forcing Japan to change its defense posture, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told CNN Sunday ahead of a closely watched summit with US President Joe Biden next week. “As we are witnessing Russia’s Ukraine aggression, the continuing situation over the Middle East, as well as the situation in East
CNN (Online News)Feb 09 2022
Analysis
Why Americans are turned off by the Olympics
Americans' concerns about the Chinese government's human rights abuses, surveillance and international competitiveness — and fears of another COVID-19 outbreak — are driving down enthusiasm about this year's Winter Olympics, according to a new Axios-Momentive poll.
The big picture: Seven in 10 survey respondents disapprove of allowing China to host these Olympics — but half plan to tune
AxiosFeb 11 2023
News
Prospector Theater, Special Olympics to Host Premiere of Champions
The Prospector Theater and Special Olympics Connecticut are teaming up to present a premiere screening of the movie "Champions", starring actor Woody Harrelson as a Special Olympics basketball coach and Special Olympics athletes as some members of his team. The event will take place at the Prospector Theater, 25 Prospect Street in Ridgefield, on Friday, March 10th. General admission tickets
Patch.comFeb 10 2022
Opinion
In the ‘Genocide Olympics,’ Are We All Complicit?
The Olympics have been in a state of moral crisis for some time now, mired in countless controversies over bribery, corruption, financial waste, cheating, environmental damage, forced displacement of local residents and, more recently, the pandemic. But as the Times sports columnist Kurt Streeter wrote last week, “Beijing 2022 sits at a whole other level of discord.”
Casting the darkest
New York Times (Opinion)