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Tokyo 2020 Bid committee guarantees safety of potential Olympics
Apr 16, 2013, 10:14 AM EDT
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In the wake of Monday’s bombing at the Boston Marathon, Tokyo 2020 bid CEO, Masato Mizuno, said he and his city can guarantee the safety of athletes, spectators, and officials if Japan is selected to host the forthcoming Olympics. “More and more IOC members want to be in safe hands, so we are emphasizing our…
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After adding two more gold medals to his already impressive list career of accomplishments, Britain’s most decorated Olympian, Sir Chris Hoy, is likely to announce his retirement from track cycling this week, according to the British Press. Hoy, 37, has six career golds and one silver in track cycling, and earned back-to-back championships in the…
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British Olympian Lawrence Okoye, who has never played a down of football but has been impressing scouts at regional combines this spring, is apparently working out with the Bears Monday for a spot on their D-line according to Dave Birkett. “I really stood out because of my size, strength and speed,” Okoye told The Daily…
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The international baseball and softball federations ratified a joint constitution Sunday to officially form the World Baseball Softball Confederation. Both sports hope it will improve their chances of getting back into the Olympic Games in 2020. “Our vision is to give every boy and girl in the world a chance to play baseball and softball…
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The U.S. Olympic Track and Field trials are returning to Eugene, Oregon in 2016 to decide who will represent the country in the Rio. “We believe bringing the trials back to Track Town will prepare the team for an equally impressive performance in Rio,” USA Track & Field CEO Max Siegel said at a news…
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The Indian Olympic Association was suspended from the Games by the IOC last year after they allowed Lalit Bhanot, an official facing corruption charges stemming from the 2010 Commonwealth Games, to be elected secretary general. The suspension not only means that no Indian athlete can participate in the Olympics, eliminates funding from the world body,…
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VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA – Though Canada’s curling success at the Vancouver Games was a highlight for the curling-crazed host nation, the biggest headliner from the Vancouver Olympic Centre came from an unlikely source – the pants of the Norwegian team. Three years later and just 60 miles away from 2010 Olympic curling venue, Norway’s pants…
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Jordyn Wieber’s comeback is officially underway. So far we’ve seen only been able to read her coach John Geddert’s Facebook post announcing her return to training, and see photos from Jordyn’s Instagram showing a few poses in her new floor routine. But now: some actual video coverage of Wieber in action. Geddert recently allowed access…
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Miami Heat star LeBron James and South Korean figure skater Yuna Kim took home USSA Athlete of the Month honors for March in an online poll. LeBron led the Heat in roughly every statistical category during the month, averaging 27.0 points, 8.1 rebounds, 8.0 assists, and shooting 57.5 percent as he and his teammates racked…
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Lindsey Vonn is in Augusta this weekend to root on Tiger Woods toward his fifth Green Jacket. All photos courtesy of Getty Images Lindsey arrives at the tradition unlike any other, The Masters. And despite the knee brace, seems to be walking around just fine in her strappy sandals. But she needed to rest the…
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Former Yankee skip Joe Torre, who coached the U.S. team to a sixth place finish at the World Baseball Classic last month, thinks the popularity and competitiveness of that event proves that his beloved sport belongs in the Olympics again. “The World Baseball Classic has showed you the three times it’s been played that other…
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It seems like half of America’s 2012 Olympic swim team from will be in the field this weekend in Mesa, Arizona for the Arena Grand Prix. All told nineteen U.S. Olympic swimmers and way more London medals than I’m willing to count (just kidding, 31) will face off in the desert, with everyone from heartthrobs…
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This just in: The NHL, NHLPA, IOC, and IIHF will meet again Friday in New York to discuss whether or not the pro hockey stars will be allowed to play at the Sochi Games next February. Previous meetings have garnered few conclusions, and the group told ESPN that we shouldn’t expect any to be made…
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UFC President Dana White joins the fight to save wrestling
Apr 10, 2013, 11:08 AM EDT
After saying in February that he can’t be the guy to “run out and save wrestling,” UFC President Dana White has apparently decided to do just that in the two months before the IOC will vote on whether the sport find its way back into the 2020 Olympics. “[Wrestling] needs to be more fan-friendly, it…
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The U.S. women’s hockey team beat Canada 3-2 on their home ice in Ottawa Tuesday night to win their fifth IIHF world championship and add another (victorious) chapter to the growing border war. “I feel like it’s revenge,” Amanda Kessel, who tied for the team points lead and scored the winner Tuesday, said. “We got…
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Despite a winter climate with averages slightly warmer than Phoenix, Pakistan announced Tuesday that is qualified for only its second ever Winter Olympics by earning enough FIS points at various Alpine Skiing events worldwide. Mohammad Abbas, who finished 79th in the 2010 men’s giant slalom event while participating as his nation’s first Winter Olympian, tallied…
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Three-time Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings introduced her new baby, Scout, on TODAY Tuesday morning, and indicated that being a mother of three won’t stop her from going for gold in Rio come 2016. “I’m not done dancing yet,” Kerri told Kotb on TODAY. “As far I’m concerned I’m just beginning. Between now and…
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The U.S. and Canada will face off in the IIHF women’s hockey world championships for the fifteenth time in fifteen tournaments. Yes, that’s all of them, prompting some to wonder if the sport might get tossed from future Olympic Games for a lack of competition from other nations. One of those people was current IOC…
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IOC officials said Tuesday they’ll consider expanding the number of disciplines of current Olympic sports in the lead up to the Rio Games. That’s right, wrestling fans, they’ve potentially dropped your event all together, but are considering 3-on-3 basketball, BMX street, and a lot more swimming. “All of [the governing bodies] believe that adding something…
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All-time Olympic basketball scoring champ Oscar Schmidt of Brazil was officially announced for induction into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Monday alongside Rick Pitino, Bernard King, Gary Payton, and UNLV coach Jerry Tarkanian. Schmidt may never have played in the NBA, and didn’t even win an Olympic medal in his five tries between 1980…
