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Olympics IOC president Thomas Bach plans to leave office next year, telling the membership Saturday that the Olympics will be “best served with a change in leadership.” Election is scheduled when the 115-strong membership next meet in March in GreeceGraham Dunbar · The Associated Press · Posted: Aug 10, 2024Continue Reading

Olympics A storm of outrage about the Paris Olympics’ opening ceremony — including angry comments from Donald Trump — took a legal turn Tuesday, with French prosecutors ordering police to investigate complaints from a DJ and LGBTQ+ icon who performed. Barbara Butch said she suffered online threats in wake ofContinue Reading

On the 10th hole of the 2023 RBC Canadian Open, crowds began to swell behind Nick Taylor. Through the back nine, the roars grew louder, rowdier and increasingly partisan. By the 16th hole, Canadian Masters champion Mike Weir was back at Toronto’s Oakdale Golf and Country Club. His round hadContinue Reading

Olympics·THE BUZZER Swimming phenom Summer McIntosh is a huge favourite to win her best event on Monday. But judo star Christa Deguchi might beat her to Canada’s first gold medal of the Games. The Canadian phenom is a massive favourite in her best eventJesse Campigotto · CBC Sports · Posted:Continue Reading

Olympics French sprinter Sounkamba Sylla will be allowed to participate in the opening ceremony at the Paris Olympics wearing a cap to cover her hair, an agreement reached with the French Olympic Committee after Sylla said she was barred because of her hijab. Similar solution found during European Championships inContinue Reading

Olympics French sprinter Sounkamba Sylla says she has been barred from Friday’s opening ceremony at the Paris Olympics because she wears a hijab, and the French Olympic Committee said it is working with her to find a solution that adheres to the team’s secular requirements for athletes. French officials sayContinue Reading

Olympics Three days before the start of the 2024 Olympics, France’s interior minister said about 1,000 people suspected of possibly meddling for a foreign power have been blocked from attending the Olympics. Paris deploying 35k police officers each day for Games; 45k for opening ceremony A police officer walks pastContinue Reading

Olympics Water in the Seine River had unsafe elevated levels of E. coli less than two months before swimming competitions are scheduled to take place in it during the Paris Olympics, according to test results published Friday. Contamination levels in 1st 8 days of June beyond limits judged safe forContinue Reading

Olympics While Salt Lake City is cruising toward being named the 2034 Winter Olympics host next month, the French parliamentary elections suddenly called by President Emmanuel Macron have created a bump in the road for the 2030 edition the French Alps bid is expected to win. French elections and possibleContinue Reading