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Simone Biles to join Snoop Dogg as a guest mentor for an episode on NBC's 'The Voice'

Nov. 21, 2024 13:15 PM EST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Snoop Dogg and Simone Biles turned their Olympic bond from this summer’s Paris Games into a new challenge: The superstar tandem will team up on NBC’s “The Voice.” Biles will join Snoop for an episode on the reality competition television series, airing...

US track wants to shorten Olympic trials and put them at LA Coliseum

Nov. 14, 2024 20:22 PM EST

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The leader of USA Track and Field cut through confusion surrounding the 2028 Olympic trials, saying the preference is to hold them in the LA Coliseum several weeks before the actual Olympic track meet takes place there. Max Siegel told The Associated...

Los Angeles is on the clock for 2028 Olympics with focus turning to delivery and planning next year

Nov. 14, 2024 19:38 PM EST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The International Olympic Committee’s Coordination Commission wrapped up a three-day visit Thursday to check out selected venues and track the progress of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. “We’re four short years away,” said Casey Wasserman, LA28 chairman...

FIFA and IOC hold different track records with Trump ahead of World Cup and Olympics in US

Nov. 10, 2024 08:31 AM EST

GENEVA (AP) — The two biggest events in world sports are coming to America. And if President-elect Donald Trump is not thinking about them yet, organizers of the 2026 World Cup and 2028 Los Angeles Olympics certainly are. The World Cup and the Summer Games are rare globally shared...

Canada Soccer Association says Olympics drone-spying scandal was not an isolated misstep

Nov. 08, 2024 17:33 PM EST

TORONTO (AP) — The Canadian Soccer Association says an independent review confirmed the Paris Olympics drone-spying scandal was not an isolated misstep. Canada Soccer CEO Kevin Blue said in a statement Friday the spying “was a symptom of a past pattern of an unacceptable culture...

Notre Dame marks arrival of Paris Olympics’ iconic trackside bell as cathedral reopening nears

Nov. 07, 2024 09:03 AM EST

PARIS (AP) — Paris’s Notre Dame cathedral, whose historic bells were silenced following 2019’s devastating fire, will soon echo again with fresh chimes. On Thursday, the Gothic landmark took delivery of three new bells, including one that was used in the city’s Stade de...

Controversial Australian Olympic breaker Rachael Gunn retires from competition

Nov. 06, 2024 21:00 PM EST

SYDNEY (AP) — Australian breaker Rachael Gunn has told a Sydney radio station that she plans to retire from competition just three months after her unconventional routine at the Paris Olympics led to her being ridiculed and spawned conspiracy theories about how she qualified for the Games. ...

The Paris Olympics displaced nearly 20,000 people, local associations say

Nov. 04, 2024 13:24 PM EST

PARIS (AP) — Nearly 20,000 people were forcibly displaced in the lead-up to the Paris Olympics from tent camps or shelters in the Paris region, a coalition of more than 100 community groups said Monday. In its report, the group Le Revers de la Médaille, which translates as “the...

Standout boxing nation at Paris Olympics joins new body aiming to keep the sport at 2028 Games

Nov. 04, 2024 10:30 AM EST

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The most successful boxing nation at the Paris Olympics has joined the new governing body that aims to keep the sport in the 2028 Los Angeles Games after years of turmoil outside the ring. The boxing federation of Uzbekistan, whose fighters won five of...

LA28 hires Nike's John Slusher to lead commercial arm

Oct. 30, 2024 17:28 PM EDT

Nike executive John Slusher is moving into the Olympic world to head the commercial arm for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Slusher on Wednesday was named CEO of U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Properties, a joint venture between the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee and the LA Games...