Olympic Games

The annual recognition of the careers of several coaches served to affirm the idea of gender equality in Olympism.

The French scrum medium will mutate, like Michael Hooper, to rugby 7 with a view to the Games. The double MVP of the NBA is scored for the Olympic qualification. Mbappé moderates his enthusiasm, in a clear contrast to Djokovic.

On days when conditions intensify regarding any political reference to Russian athletes, it is worth remembering that this is not a new topic.

The president of the IOC referred to the importance of sport in the midst of “extremely complex geopolitical tensions” and pointed to those who want to “decide which athletes can compete in which competitions”.

On the one hand, the enthusiasm of the first post-pandemic games and the great promise of a glamorous game. On the other hand, a series of conflicts that call into question many definitions.

The recent addition of new disciplines for Los Angeles 2028 may run the risk of discontinuity. What can happen at the Pan-American level.

The last World Gymnastics Championships of 2023 is the trampoline championship and starts today in Birmingham. A total of 16 tickets for Paris 2024 will be distributed in the form of a single trampoline.

The Russian Olympic Committee appealed its suspension for violating the Olympic Charter and accused the IOC of being “biased” for not acting in the same way with the conflict in Israel. “Russia's situation is unique and cannot be compared to any other war or conflict in the world,” the agency replied.

The two-time Olympic gold medalist was arrested in Russia in February 2022 on drug charges

The IOC added several new sports to the LA28 program along with a very familiar one.

Never in history have the Pan American Games given so many direct seats to the Olympic Games and there is promise of great spectacle in the capital of Chile, from October 20 to November 5. Rebeca Andrade, Maggie Mac Neil and Marileidy Paulino are some of the figures that will be present.

Its inclusion in the Olympic program remains on hold. Thomas Bach said that the IOC will not be able to organize qualifying tournaments “forever” and stated that World Boxing “for the moment has no global representation”. The IBA appealed its exclusion to the TAS.

The IOC confirmed four candidates for the bid for the Olympic Games after Brisbane 2032. Poland and Mexico complete the list.

Baseball and softball, squash, lacrosse, flag football and cricket received the support of the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee and will be part of the sports program in 2028. The addition of weightlifting and modern pentathlon was also reestablished. Boxing is the only sport still under review.

The Executive Board, meeting in Bombay, explained that the ROC violated the Olympic Charter “by including, as members, regional sports organizations that are under the authority of the National Olympic Committee (NPC) of Ukraine” such as Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhia.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is meeting today in Mumbai, India, with the challenge of outlining some guidelines for sports coexistence in a world in conflict, just nine months before the Paris 2024 Games.

Baseball/softball, flag football, cricket, lacrosse and squash are still in the running to be in the Olympic Games and the IOC will define “in the coming days” the approved sports.