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Brisbane mayor quits 2032 Olympic organizing committee, condemns stadium costs
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner has quit the inter-governmental committee charged with organizing the 2032 Brisbane Olympic Games, calling it a “pointless talkfest” and “dysfunctional farce.” It's the first significant split for the...
IOC lines up French Alps to host 2030 Winter Olympics and Salt Lake City for 2034 edition
Salt Lake City being preferred as a shoo-in to host the 2034 Winter Olympics was expected. The surprise was the IOC favoring the French Alps bid for the 2030 edition on Wednesday. Aiming to finalize back-to-back Winter Games hosts next year, the International Olympic Committee...
FIBA holds draw for final 4 Olympic men's basketball qualifying events
Dallas' Luka Doncic, Milwaukee's Giannis Antetokounmpo and Minnesota's Karl-Anthony Towns all still have a chance to play in next summer’s Paris Olympics. But at least two of those stars won’t get there. FIBA held the Olympic qualifying tournament draws for the...
Backers of the 2032 Olympics confirm Brisbane stadium will be demolished and rebuilt for the games
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — The cricket stadium that backers of the Brisbane Olympics pitched as the centerpiece venue for the 2032 Summer Games is set to be demolished and rebuilt. Queensland state Deputy Premier Steven Miles on Friday confirmed the 2.7 billion Australian dollar...
Bobsledder Kaysha Love pushed her way to an Olympics. She now wants to drive to another
Kaysha Love is trying to pull off perhaps the most difficult transition in bobsledding, the one where a push athlete tries to become a driver. Last year, the results weren't great. This year, so far, they are. Hard as this may be to believe, the...
Stockholm city hall backs Olympic bid ahead of key IOC meeting for 2030-2034 Winter Games candidates
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The Stockholm city council publicly supported Sweden’s latest bid to host the 2030 Olympics ahead of key meetings Tuesday for potential Winter Games hosts. An International Olympic Committee panel is taking online presentations from would-be hosts to...
The Paris Olympics scales back design of a new surf tower in Tahiti after criticism from locals
LE PECQ, France (AP) — Organizers of next year's Paris Olympics are scaling back the metal tower they plan to build for judges and television cameras at the picture-perfect surfing venue in Tahiti. They're bowing to concerns on the French Polynesian island about damage to sea life and its...
Paris mayor says her city has too many SUVs, so she’s asking voters to decide on a parking fee hike
PARIS (AP) — Does Paris have too many SUVs? The mayor is putting that question to voters in the runup to next year’s Olympic Games, the latest salvo in her long-running campaign to make the city more friendly to pedestrians and the planet, and less friendly to cars. Voters will...
Norwegian police investigate claim by Ingebrigtsen brothers that their father and coach was violent
Norwegian police launched an investigation Thursday into allegations by the three Ingebrigtsen brothers that their father, who had been their track coach at the Olympics and other events, was violent and abusive when they were growing up. On Oct. 19, the three brothers — Jakob,...
Column: Getting to the majors is tough for LIV Golf players. Making the Olympics is even harder
Eighteen players from LIV Golf competed in the Masters, a number that already has been cut in half for next year. Only past Masters champions and recent major champions are currently eligible. Everyone else is well out of the top 50 in the world. It figures to be like that at the...
