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French Investigation Suspects Corruption in Rio 2016 Bid, Implicates Chair of 2024 Bid Committee
Once again, everything is completely fine in the Olympic movement. Nothing to see here.
Budapest 2024 Bid All But Dead After Anti-Olympics Petition Gets 226,000 Signatures
NOlimpia's campaign argued that the billions of dollars pledged in the bid for the Olympics ought to go to other needs such as healthcare, education, rural infrastructure, housing, and poverty.
Budapest's Bid to Host the Olympics Is Uniting the Rest of Hungary Against the Games
Budapest, one of three finalists to host the 2024 Summer Games, may be taking themselves out of the running.
Usain Bolt Loses "Triple Triple" After 2008 Olympic Relay Team Stripped of Gold for Doping Violation
Usain Bolt's relay teammate Nesta Carter just cost him his legendary "triple triple."
Russian Official May Or May Not Have Acknowledged Widespread Doping, And It Doesn't Matter
The insistence that Russia admits it orchestrated a systemic doping scheme will only further Russia's image of itself as a scapegoat.
Chill the Fuck Out, Doping Is Not That Big a Deal
The international sporting community is just as incapable of rationally discussing doping as they are at preventing it.
Muay Thai Is Granted Provisional Recognition as an Olympic Sport
The ultraviolent cornerstone of MMA inches toward international legitimacy.
Rome's Mayor Rejects "Irresponsible" 2024 Olympics Bid
Holy shit, a politician said something reasonable and correct. Must not have been in America.
How Olympic Skateboarding Almost Didn't Happen
Working with skateboarders and the Olympics was never a life goal for Gary Ream, but now the president of the International Skateboarding Federation is tasked with helping steward the sport's Olympic debut.
IOC President Won't Attend Any of the Paralympics
Thomas Bach has a pretty busy schedule and won't be able to make any of the Paralympics (which he's known about forever).
Throwback Thursday: What Does It Take To Move The Olympics?
The Brazilian Olympics probably shouldn't have happened. What does it take to get them moved?
The Rio Games Were An Unjustifiable Human Disaster, And So Are The Olympics
Like the other Olympics before them, Rio 2016 proved that the IOC is blithely indifferent to the waste, corruption, and human wreckage the Games leave in their wake.