The United States will pay half of its annual contribution to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and make the payment of the rest conditional on deeper reforms within the international body, we learned on Wednesday. “We must see a transformation of the executive committee of WADA”, said Richard Baum, coordinator of anti-doping in sport in … Read more
According to our information, the Paris 2024 Olympic Games Organizing Committee (OCOG) is studying the possibility of changing the starting point for triathlon events. For now, it is planned at the Pont d’Iéna, near the Eiffel Tower. But the OCOG is working on a scenario where the opening ceremony would take place there and not … Read more
New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo on Sunday raised the possibility of allowing sporting events to take place again, but behind closed doors to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. ” We want to allow sport to restart, so that people have an activity to watch on TV “, He explained during his daily press … Read more
Last Saturday, during the (virtual) Gala of the International Athletics Federation, Sebastian Coe had chosen to award his “President’s Prize” to three men, Tommie Smith and John Carlos with their fists raised in black gloves on the podium of the Games. from Mexico City, as well as the Australian Peter Norman, silver medalist of this … Read more