17+ hour, 6+ min ago   (1750+ words) ● Basketball ● In a re-match of the tense Paris 2024 Olympic final, the U.S. and France faced off in the gold-medal match of the FIBA Women’s World Cup in Berlin (GER). Sunday’s final was expected to be a fight to the…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (443+ words) ≡ WADA EXECUTIVE COMM. ≡ Meeting in Belgrade (SRB), the Executive Committee of the World Anti-Doping Agency approved a recommendation to limit the involvement of national anti-doping agencies in testing at the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The March 2026 report of the Working…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (439+ words) ≡ ISU SAYS “NYET” ≡ The International Skating Union has undertaken a painstaking approach to eligibility considerations for Belarusian and Russian “neutral” skaters, and on Thursday issued a statement concerning four high-profile athletes, in part: “[T]he International Skating Union (ISU) can…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (620+ words) ≡ ARAF STILL SUSPENDED ≡ “I believe this is simply his personal position. It’s not the position of World Athletics.” That’s All-Russian Athletics Federation Executive Director Boris Yaryshevsky in an interview with the Russian news agency TASS on the sidelines of the…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (1784+ words) ≡ THE 5-RING CIRCUS ≡ ● World Games 2029: Karlsruhe ● The sports program for the 2029 World Games, now an informative proving ground for potential Olympic sports, was confirmed by the International World Games Association for the 2029 edition in Karlsruhe (GER). A total of 29 sports…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (514+ words) ≡ RUSSIA ON SUSPENSION ≡ As far as the Russian Olympic Committee is concerned, the issue of doping in track & field is over and Russian athletes need to be reinstated to international competition immediately. Speaking at a conference in Vladivostok, ROC President…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1472+ words) ● Wrestling ● Politics and sport clash once again, noted in a Friday announcement from Swiss-headquartered United World Wrestling: “United World Wrestling confirms that Mikhail MAMIASHVILI has stepped down as Vice President of UWW, effective immediately, an action encouraged by the majority…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1403+ words) ≡ THE 5-RING CIRCUS ≡ ● Olympic Winter Games 2026: Milan Cortina ● The World Anti-Doping Agency posted its observer report on the 2026 Winter Games, noting the organizational structure behind the doping-control effort: ● 143 Doping Control Officers ● 39 Doping Control Station Managers ● 26 Blood Control Officers ● 48 Chaperone Coordinators…...