— 25 April 2022
Confusing. And even, come on, totally cacophonous. Since the IOC’s “recommendation” to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials from international competitions, a certain amount of disorder has settled... Read more »
— 3 December 2021
What role does the IOC play? After being the first and only foreign organisation to be able to speak to Chinese player Peng Shuai since her revelations of sexual... Read more »
— 24 November 2021
It’s a bad time for the IOC. The Olympic body made news earlier this week by publishing a photo of a meeting between its president, Thomas Bach, and Chinese... Read more »
— 14 September 2021
The exercise has become a ritual. On the homepage of the official website of the Beijing 2022 Winter Games, a digital countdown shows the days remaining before the opening... Read more »
— 2 September 2021
Will top athletes have to be vaccinated to continue their professional careers? For the Tokyo Games, the IOC and the Japanese organisers said no. The coronavirus vaccine was “recommended”,... Read more »
