Concept designs released for Olympic sports precinct
Brisbane City Council has revealed plans for the redevelopment of Crosby Park and the Albion Park Raceway in a vision to create a new sports precinct and centre for the…
Special Olympic athletes to compete | News, Sports, Jobs
Jill Schramm/MDN Christy Coughlin displays on Wednesday a number of competition prizes she’s received through Special Olympics. She will compete in the USA Games next week.
They’re banned from coaching Olympic sports. Why are they instructing children?
MacKenzie Loesch says she still has a clear memory of the encounter that broke her. It was 10 years ago, and Loesch was 12 — a rising taekwondo star from a…
International Olympic Committee urges sports bodies to cancel events in Russia, Belarus
The International Olympic Committee urged sports bodies Friday to cancel or move all events they plan to hold in Russia and Belarus and to stop using the countries’ flags and…
Olympic Sports Roundup: Water Polo drops four games at opening tournament
This weekend, ASU water polo dropped four games in its opening tournament, gymnastics lost another close matchup to Utah, women’s tennis swept three opponents at home, swim and dive fell…
Olympic air rifles turning heads with futuristic looks
TOKYO (AP) — Admit it: Hearing about air rifle at the Olympics conjures up images of athletes firing wooden-stocked, pump-action BB guns at ominous cowboys and targets that spin when…
Tokyo Olympics 2020: Google’s Dinosaur Game Now Features Olympic Torches, Other Minigames
Dinosaur Game on Google’s Chrome browser has been around for several years. To mark the Tokyo Olympics 2020 that are already underway, the search giant has added several tweaks to…
Quarantined Olympic athlete says lack of fresh air ‘inhuman’ | Sports
TOKYO (AP) — An Olympic skateboarder who was put in quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19 called the conditions at the hotel “inhuman” on Wednesday. Candy Jacobs has been in…
Nigeria stuns Team USA men’s basketball in Olympic tune-up for one of biggest upsets in international history
The U.S. men’s basketball team started its Olympic exhibition slate on Saturday, and it didn’t go well. In one of the most stunning international upsets in history, Nigeria defeated Team…
LeBron James’ Olympic career is likely over, Team USA’s Jerry Colangelo says
LeBron James has likely already played in his final Olympic competition. During Wednesday’s edition of ESPN’s “Keyshawn, JWill & Zubin Show,” Keyshawn Johnson asked USA Basketball managing director Jerry Colangelo…