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London track champ Usain Bolt took top honors at the Laureus sports awards Monday night, earning his third Sportsman of the Year award since 2009. Bolt, who swept the 100m, 200m, and 4x100m for the second consecutive Summer Games, beat out Tour de France winner and Olympic gold medalist Bradley Wiggins, two-time gold medalist Mo…
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Following the Swiss citizens of St. Moritz shooting down the idea of bidding on the 2022 Olympics, Vienna, Austria rejected the idea of bidding for the 2028 Games in a referendum Tuesday. Voters still have a week to submit their ballots, but unlike the Swiss vote, which was vetoed by only a slim margin, Vienna’s…
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Michael Phelps was down in Rio for the Laureus World Sports Awards on Monday, but reiterated the fact that he won’t be back for the Olympics in three years. At least not as a competitor. “I am having fun. I love being retired, I can’t stress it enough,” Phelps said during a swimming event for…
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Six months after designer Gil Hanse was set to break ground on the new Olympics golf course for the Rio Games, not a mound of dirt has been moved nor a blade of grass planted. Now he feels time may be running short to get it all done. “We’re right up against the deadline,” Hanse,…
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The Association of Summer Olympic International Federations said Monday that it opposes the IOC expelling wrestling from the 2020 Olympics because, in their words, it isn’t “in the best interests of the IOC or the Olympic movement.” The group plans to send a “constructive letter to the IOC” detailing its thoughts and hoping to help…
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Following in the footsteps of USA Swimming’s extremely popular lip-sync of Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe,” the U.S. Cross-Country Ski team recently did a rendition of Taylor Swift’s “I Knew You Were Trouble,” complete with choreographed dancing on the slopes. And while I’d rather listen to pebbles being sucked up by vacuum cleaners –…
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Maze takes lead in slalom standings; looks to sweep season titles
Mar 11, 2013, 1:07 PM EDT
Alpine skier Tina Maze of Slovenia won yet another race this weekend to take the lead in the slalom World Cup standings. She aims to be the first woman ever to sweep all five disciplines as the season comes to a close this week. Maze earned her record tying 22nd podium finish of the year…
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Oscar Pistorius’s lawyers filed an appeal Friday against the bail restrictions imposed on the Blade Runner after he was charged with the murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, last month. “The conditions appealed against are unwarranted and not substantiated by the facts,” read the appeal, which was released to the Associated Press by the Olympian’s…
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U.S. Olympic Committee CEO Scott Blackmun said he’s pretty happy with the responses they’ve received in the two-plus weeks since he and his crew sent letters to 35 mayors to gauge their interest in hosting the 2024 Olympic Games. “We’ve gotten a handful of really positive responses and a handful of ‘Gee, thanks for asking,…
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Ten days before the IOC touches down for its evaluation of Madrid as a potential 2020 Olympics host city, the Spanish government announced legislation meant to tighten doping restrictions and install stricter penalties on violators. If parliament passes the legislation, the current anti-doping agency will be replaced by the agency for the protection of health…
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Atlanta Olympics badminton champ Paul-Erik Hoyer is worried his sport might be at risk of losing its Olympics status if it can’t expand worldwide. “If we are not able to develop we could find ourselves no longer a global sport,” Hoyer explained. “Then we would be unable to achieve a higher position within Olympic sports.”…
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Golf legend Greg Norman may not have won the bid to design the course for the Rio Games, but his input will still be valuable to someone in 2016. Specifically China. The country’s golf association has appointed Norman their advisory coach for the 2016 Rio Games, which means he’ll help develop the golf program and…
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While a number of retired wrestlers have turned in their medals in protest of the IOC’s decision to eliminate their sport from the 2020 Games, London freestyle champ Jordan Burroughs is using his words and stature instead, as he attempts to help save his sport from extinction. Along with giving interviews, tweeting regularly, and showing…
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Chicago and Detroit have officially bowed out from bidding on the 2024 Olympics, and Boston is probably done as well. But Los Angeles made their desire to host a third Olympics official Thursday, as outgoing Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa sent a passionate letter to USOC chief Scott Blackmun. “I am pleased to confirm our enthusiastic interest…
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Acting world wrestling chief Nenad Lalovic met with IOC president Jacques Rogge Thursday to discuss wrestling’s aim to get back in the Olympics. Lalovic said Rogge detailed the tough task ahead of the sport, which was eliminated from the Games in a vote last month, but can earn its spot back through two IOC votes…
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Polish wrestler Andrzej Supro is about to become the third Olympian to return his medal to Jacques Rogge and the IOC in protest after the sport was recommended for removal from the 2020 Olympics schedule during a meeting last month. Supron won silver in the Greco-Roman lightweight division back at the 1980 Moscow Games, which…
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The IOC evaluation commission still needs to visit Madrid and Istanbul in the coming weeks, but IOC vice president Craig Reddie is absolutely glowing after his four day inspection of Tokyo’s bid. “We have been hugely impressed by the quality of bid presentations by the bid committee,” Reddie said at a news conference Thursday. “Across…
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Well Boston, those Olympic dreams were fun while they lasted. But now: back to reality. A private group calling themselves the Boston Olympic Exploratory Committee has been showing interest in bringing the Games to New England when the USOC bids for the 2024 Olympics, and even met with City Hall officials Monday in order to…
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Australian Olympic Committee head John Coates admitted Wednesday that he is concerned about the public’s perception of the Olympic team after reports that some swimmers created a “toxic” environment at last summer’s London Games. “The last thing we want is for the mums and dads not to think of our Olympians as role models,” Coates…
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Three-time Olympic wrestling champs Saori Yoshida and Kaori Icho of Japan greeted the IOC evaluation commission Wednesday in Tokyo as the city is scouted and scrutinized for its potential as the 2020 Olympics host. The two women hope to bring the Games to their hometown for the first time since 1964, and also hope their…
