Five months before Beijing 2022, China’s ice hockey team to rely on naturalized North Americans to be competitive
China will be the lowest-ranked team, by far, to have ever participated at an Olympic Games. But the IIHF believes momentum from the Games will help kickstart the development of ice hockey in the country.
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Upcoming Sport Integrity Week announces new speakers, media partners – Conferences & Conventions
Also: 2022 International Sports Convention releases further event details; LawAccord 2022 unveils theme and keynote speakers
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IOC set to release comprehensive Olympic ratings report in November – here’s what we know, and don’t
Olympic live viewership declined by 42% in the United States since 2016 but gained significant ground in online streaming, seems to have held its own in other markets.
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Mitsubishi the newest official partner of the 2023 Pan American Games – Sponsor Spotlight
Also: VK a national supporter of 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup; Street League Skateboarding picks up two new sponsors and four new broadcasting partners; Prudential announces partnership with USA Climbing
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La “nueva generación de deportes” se prepara para los Juegos Mundiales 2022: “¡Seremos grandes anfitriones!”
El director general de Birmingham 2022, Nick Sellers, y la copresidenta honoraria, Cat Whitehill, hablaron con Around the Rings sobre las sorpresas que ofrecerá la mayor competición internacional de deportes no olímpicos del mundo.
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IWF Constitutional Congress crucial to weightlifting’s Olympic ambitions takes place this weekend – Federation Focus
Also: GAISF initiates search for host cities of various multi-sport Games; Final Olympic qualification for men’s ice hockey underway
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IPC says Afghanistan’s two Paralympic athletes have been evacuated to “a safe place”
While their current whereabouts are unconfirmed, Zakia Khudadadi and Hossain Rasouli were reported to have landed in Australia on Monday with a larger group of Afghan refugee athletes.
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Paralympic Games student spectator program appears likely to be scaled back after a wave of withdrawals
Some local governments are opting out of the program due to the ongoing spike in covid infections in Tokyo.
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Tokyo Paralympic organizing committee reveals the theme of the opening ceremony – but withholds the names of those involved in it
Japanese media report that the anonymity is designed to prevent a repeat of the personnel-related controversies seen ahead of the Olympic opening ceremony.
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Flag of Afghanistan to be displayed at Tokyo Paralympic opening ceremony as a “sign of solidarity”
The country’s two athletes are unable to safely travel to the Paralympics due to the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.
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