Keeping the Olympics in Beijing Is a Political Act
It’s become increasingly clear that the Chinese party-state has disqualified itself from hosting an international event of such importance.
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The Capital Note: Commodities, Cars & Climate
On the menu today: the unraveling of LVMH’s Tiffany acquisition, the tech selloff, and the economics of the Olympics.
Olympic Committee Announces New Dates for Summer Games
The summer games were originally scheduled to open July 24 and end on August 9 of this year.
Summer 2020 Olympics in Tokyo Postponed a Year
The International Olympic Committee announced that the 2020 summer Olympic Games in Tokyo will be postponed until next year,
Tokyo Olympics Postponed Due to Coronavirus Outbreak
Longtime International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound on Monday said the 2020 Summer Olympics will be postponed.
Olympics Officials Discuss Holding Summer 2020 Games Without Spectators amid Coronavirus Fears
Medical officers from various sports federations which run the Olympics have discussed with the World Health Organization the possibility of holding the 2020 summer Olympics without spectators.
40 Years Later, the ‘Miracle on Ice’ Still Thrills Us
A review of The Making of a Miracle: The Untold Story of the Captain of the 1980 Gold Medal–Winning U.S. Olympic Hockey Team, by Mike Eruzione.
Handmaid’s Tale-Style Repression Is Kind of Charming — So Long As It Is Practiced by a Regime Hostile to Trump
Ben Shapiro and David French have written powerfully about the media getting duly charmed by North Korea's charm offensive at the Olympics. This has included warm coverage of the North Korean cheerleading ...
L.A.’s Olympic Folly
There are a diminishing number of takers for the ruinous ‘honor’ of hosting the Olympic Games these days, so the International Olympics Committee (like the U.N., only worse, or is ...
Olympics: Brussels Grabs British Gold!
The Daily Telegraph:
The European Union has put itself at the top of an Olympic medal tracker, leading to accusations the organisation was attempting to take credit for Britain’s extraordinary Rio ...