Events

— October 14, 2013

The real threat to the Sochi Games: the weather

FIFA is not the only global sports institution to get tangled up in questions of seasons and climate. The IOC could also lose... Read more "

— October 11, 2013

Roland-Garros no longer has all the rights

Stupor and tremor in French tennis. The call for tenders for television broadcasting rights to the Roland-Garros tournament for the next four years was shaping up to be a pitched battle... Read more "

— October 11, 2013

Jérôme Valcke, missionary in Brazil

Jérôme Valcke will soon know Brazil as well as the pedestrian streets of old Zurich. The FIFA Secretary General makes frequent visits there. The latest... Read more "

— October 10, 2013

“French is not threatened at the Sochi Games”

Symbolic date for the Sochi Games. This Thursday, October 10, the countdown shows D – 120 before the opening of the 2014 Winter Olympics. The opportunity to look at a... Read more "

— October 7, 2013

Smile, you are being watched

3 months before the opening of the Sochi Games (123 days, to be precise), nothing is happening as the Russians would like. While the relay of... Read more "

— October 4, 2013

FIFA decides… not to decide

We expected a decision. She didn't come, and might even be wanted. Meeting in Zurich the day before, the FIFA executive committee decided... Read more "

— September 30, 2013

Thomas Bach, feet in Greece, head in Sochi

Happy coincidence of the calendar. Less than three weeks after taking on the role of IOC President, Thomas Bach made his first “official visit” abroad. And, choice... Read more "

— September 26, 2013

Sochi, a city of mud

Problems are piling up in Sochi, where Russia is preparing without sacrificing resources for the 2014 Winter Olympics. Less than five months before the event (7 to... Read more "

— September 25, 2013

Haiti on snow

The story is fanciful, but the information is very serious. Haiti, the “pearl of the Antilles, will organize a Masters Ski World Cup. A real one, according to the rules of the art, authenticated... Read more "

— September 24, 2013

Twenty-five years later...

He went back there. Twenty-five years after the legendary 100m final of the 1988 Games, scene of one of the most spectacular doping cases in history, Ben... Read more "