November 23, 2024

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OLYMPICS

U.S. gymnastics team coach Bela Karolyi watches over a training session in Sydney in September 2000.

OLYMPICS

Famed gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi dies at 82

Known as a strict disciplinarian, Karolyi was a controversial figure at times.

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe is one of seven people running to become the next president of the International Olympic Committee.

OLYMPICS

Presidential hopeful Sebastian Coe says IOC needs clear stance on gender

Coe believes the IOC is a movement that needs modernizing.

South Korean shooter Kim Ye-ji demonstrates her shooting form at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, on Aug. 7.

OLYMPICS / Shooting

Paris Olympics star Kim Ye-ji takes break from shooting to spend time with family

The 32-year-old shooter rose to stardom during the Paris Olympics — where she won a silver in the women's 10-meter air pistol.

Australia's Raygun performs during the B-girls round-robin competition at the Paris Olympics

OLYMPICS / Breaking

Nov 7, 2024

Australian breaker Raygun retires from competition after Olympic backlash

Gunn previously spoke out against the "pretty devastating" hatred unleashed towards her after the Olympics.

Koki Ikeda competes in the men’s 20 kilometer race walk at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 1.

OLYMPICS

Nov 3, 2024

Olympic medallist Koki Ikeda vows to clear name after doping suspension

The Athletics Integrity Unit said Friday that the 26-year-old, who won silver at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, had been provisionally banned for suspected blood doping.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass at city hall on Thursday.

OLYMPICS

Oct 19, 2024

'Time to get busy': LA mayor says 2028 Games preparations underway

By Rory Carroll

The Paris Games were widely seen as a triumph of planning and execution and set a high bar for Los Angeles.

The French government and Paris Games organizers had promised to leave a legacy that would help tackle the problem of people spending too much time on screens and doing too little exercise.

OLYMPICS

Oct 2, 2024

Frustrated French clubs turn away players in post-Olympics sports boom

Swimming clubs have registered around 10,000 new members, while table tennis clubs are expecting around 20% more players.

Morinari Watanabe speaks during an interview on Wednesday in Tokyo

OLYMPICS

Sep 28, 2024

IOC presidential candidate Watanabe vows to update Olympics

Watanabe, 65, said he is seeking the IOC's top post with the believe that "there are things that must be done for children and the athletes who perform in Olympic Games."

The Eiffel Tower in Paris

OLYMPICS

Sep 20, 2024

Five athletes failed doping tests at Paris Olympics: agency

Around a third of Olympic athletes were drug-tested during the Paris Games this year, with only five positive results, the International Testing Agency said.

Morinari Watanabe, International Gymnastic Federation president, attends a news conference in Aigle, Switzerland, in June 2022. Watanabe is set to stand in the election for the next International Olympic Committee president.

OLYMPICS

Sep 17, 2024

IOC member Morinari Watanabe enters presidential race

Watanabe, 65, is one of the seven candidates announced by the IOC to succeed Thomas Bach as president.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.

A boom for business tourism in Japan?

By Kathryn Wortley

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