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Olympic and Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius, who was charged with the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp last month, has been granted permission to travel outside of South Africa, and no longer needs to report to his probation officer. Pistorius’s lawyers argued that the athlete was being treated like a flight risk, even though the…
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Either every potential 2020 Olympic host city has done a fantastic job of wooing IOC with their plans, or the evaluation commission is keeping their true feelings under their hats while they prepare reports for the upcoming vote in Buenos Aires. Still, IOC Vice President Craig Reedie said his group came away with an “excellent…
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ABC’s “Splash” is off and flopping… in a good way, of course. With its blend of semi-celebrities sharing their personal lives and awkwardly embracing the law of gravity in their best swim attire – and hosted by an orange-haired Joey Lawrence doing his best Ryan Seacrest, it’s exactly what you probably expected. Except who knew…
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Missy Franklin has been named one of three finalists for the AAU Sullivan Award Tuesday, which honors America’s top amateur athlete. Missy outlasted five London Olympic gold medalists including diver David Boudia, boxer Clareesa Shields, gymnast Gabby Douglas, water polo player Maggie Steffens, and wrestler Jordan Burroughs in the fan vote. Now her five Olympic…
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The Rio Stadium that will host track and field event for the 2016 Olympics, the Engenhao, has been forced closed by authorities, who say structural problems with the roof make it unsafe for public events. “I asked them if these problems posed a threat to fans and the answer was ‘Yes,’ depending on circumstances such…
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Olympic officials in Istanbul are optimistic their shortcomings in transportion infrastructure, considered the weakest line in their Olympics bid resume, will be resolved if the city is awarded the opportunity to host the 2020 Games. “In 2020, congestion-related problems will be reduced by 30 percent. We will do our best to avoid congestion,” deputy secretary-general…
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While wrestling fans are new to wondering how and why their sport was unceremoniously ousted from the Olympics, the feeling is old hat for baseball and softball aficionados, who saw their sports voted out in a similar fashion back in 2005. But with all three sports vying to reenter the Games through upcoming IOC votes,…
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UCLA Men’s volleyball coach John Speraw added U.S. Olympic head coach to an already impressive resume Monday, taking the reins after serving as an assistant during the last two Olympics. “I am honored to have been selected to coach this elite group of talented U.S. players,” Speraw said. “And I appreciate UCLA’s support in allowing…
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The U.S. Senate approved a resolution last week in an effort to convince the IOC it should keep wrestling in the Games when its members vote on which of eight prospective sports will get the lone spot available on the 2020 Olympics schedule. “The call for wrestling to remain in the Olympics is growing increasingly…
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With next year’s New York Super Bowl landing on February 2, followed quickly by the 2014 Sochi Olympics from February 7 to 23, the Oscars have officially pushed back next year’s ceremony until March 2, to avoid any conflict with the events. Of course, this isn’t really news: The same thing happened in 2006 and…
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After watching wrestling get ousted from the Olympics, the International Boxing Association is doing whatever it can to innovate its sport, including some substantial rule changes that happened over the weekend. Most notably, boxers will fight without head gear for the first time since the 1980 Moscow Games, and will compete under the professional 10-point…
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Istanbul hopes to “Bridge Together” continents with 2020 Games
Mar 25, 2013, 12:31 PM EDT
Istanbul’s bid committee got a bit ahead of itself Monday, announcing its official motto of the 2020 Games – “Bridge Together” – six months before the IOC even votes on who will host the event. The slogan was inspired by Istanbul’s Bosporus Bridge, which connects the city’s European and Asian sides, and describes the unique…
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Nine-time gold medalist Carl Lewis offered his endorsement to Tokyo’s 2020 bid when he visited the site Monday where he had the “race of my life.” Lewis was in town working with young athletes who were victims of the 2011 earthquake and Tsunami, along with former triple jump world record holder Willie Banks and current…
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Golf legend Arnold Palmer said Friday that he believes the future growth of the sport lies in how it’s embraced internationally by Olympics fans. “As the Olympics cast their influence on the world with golf becoming an Olympic sport it is going to have a great affect on the game,” Palmer told Reuters during his…
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Along with L.A., San Francisco, Dallas, Tulsa, and maybe Boston, officials in Seattle have answered the USOC’s call and, at the request of Mayor Mike McGinn, the Seattle Sports Commission plans to talk with the USOC about the city’s potential as an Olympic host for the 2024 Games. “Our answer is yes, and we’re interested…
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Turkey’s lone female gold medalist from the London Games, 1500m champ Asli Cakir Alptekin, is one of eight athletes who the World Anti-doping agency says has tested positive for banned, albeit yet unnamed, substances. The IAAF is calling for the Turkish Athletics Federation to punish Alptekin, possibly with a lifetime ban, since she already served…
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IOC vice President Craig Reedie said he was “greatly impressed” by Madrid after he and his team spent four days in the Spanish capital evaluating the city’s potential as host of the 2020 Olympic Games, and added that he think this bid is superior to the two that failed for 2012 and 2016. “I think…
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Former 200m world record holder Pietro Mennea of Italy died in a Rome clinic Thursday of an unnamed incurable disease. He was 60-years-old. Mennea ran 19.72 seconds to break American Tommie Smith’s eleven-year old record in 1979 during the lead up to the Moscow Games, in which Mannea won gold in the 200m and bronze…
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As the eight-year statute of limitations on changing Olympic results draws near, the IOC will start retesting doping samples from the Torino Games. The IOC medical commission says it will use updated techniques as a last ditch effort to discover who might have been cheating in 2006. “Science evolves continuously,” IOC medical commission chair Arne…
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Football flameout Maurice Clarett has found a new home in Rugby, and says he’s committed to making it on the U.S. team for the Rio Olympics. The 29-year-old former Ohio State star has joined up with the Tiger Rugby Olympic Development Program in Columbus, and team director Paul Holmes told Rugby Mag that he couldn’t…
