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After making the mistake of upsetting not one, but two nations while trying to decide whether to play for Ireland or Great Britain at the Rio Olympics, Rory McIlroy is getting some assistance from the Royal and Ancient Golf Club Wednesday. Chief exec Peter Dawson said that since McIlroy competed for Ireland at previous events…
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Jordyn and McKayla appear in Thirty Seconds to Mars music video
Apr 23, 2013, 2:24 PM EDT
Fierce Fivers Jordyn Wieber and McKayla Maroney recently appeared in the latest Thirty Seconds to Mars video, Up in the Air, which already has more than two million views in its first week on YouTube. Lead singer Jared Leto (who every girl my age still refers to as Jordan Catalano) called the girls movements “spellbinding,…
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We’re all getting a little closer to the dream of seeing 3-on-3 basketball in the Olympics – possibly as soon as Rio in 2016 – so the sport’s governing body, FIBA, announced Tuesday that they’ve picked Moscow to host the 2014 world championships. “We support FIBA’s efforts to make 3×3 an Olympic discipline,” Russian Sports…
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Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte was on the TODAY show Monday to talk about the premiere of his new E! Entertainment show What Would Ryan Lochte Do? and to explain what sets him apart from his teammates. “I’m not your average Olympian,” Lochte offered. “You know when you think about Olympians, you think about [how] they…
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Joining the already enthusiastic citizens of Los Angeles, Dallas, San Francisco, Seattle, and possibly Tulsa and Boston, the city of Philadelphia is considering a bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Mayor Michael Nutter took his sweet time responding to a letter from the IOC that was sent to 35 potential American host cities back in…
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The Australian Sports Commission is cutting 5.8 percent out of the national swimming program’s 2013-14 after their worst Olympic showing in two decades and a scandal involving banned sleeping pills and other “toxic incidents.” The cuts are in-line with the ASC’s ten year Winning Edge plan, which aims to make Australia a top-five team at…
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Olympic bid officials from Tokyo, Istanbul, and Madrid were all in Fiji over the weekend to make their official 2020 pitches to the general assembly of the Oceania National Olympic Committee. The delegation includes 17 pacific nations, including Australia, New Zealand, Guam, Samoa, and yes, the Federated States of Micronesia. All three committees offered the…
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London Olympic gymnastics champ Arthur Zanetti of Brazil is threatening to switch nationalities ahead of his upcoming hometown Games in Rio unless the nation’s Olympic Committee is willing to invest in his sport going forward. “When I won the gold medal in London everybody said my life was going to change, but it hasn’t changed…
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London gold medalist Mo Farah of Great Britain, who’s set to make his marathon debut in London Sunday, said he’s comfortable with the security measures in the wake of the Boston bombings. “For me, this is home, this is a great city… and for what we did at the London Olympics you shouldn’t be worried…
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Athens Olympics 200m champ Shawn Crawford has been suspended for two years by the U.S. Anti-doping Agency for not providing information about his whereabouts for out-of-competition drug testing. The USADA said Crawford, who last competed at the U.S. Olympic Trials and apparently filed retirement paperwork earlier this year, committed three “whereabouts failures” in the last…
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This year’s London Diamond League meet, taking place at Olympic Stadium and featuring world record sprinter Usain Bolt and British gold medalists Mo Farah and Jessica Ennis, sold out 75 minutes after going on sale Friday morning, organizers said. The two-day event, July 26-27, is being billed as the “Anniversary Games” and will take place…
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Great Britain’s most decorated Olympian, track cyclist Sir Chris Hoy, officially retired at a news conference in Edinburgh Thursday. Hoy was set to compete at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in his home country of Scotland, at the velodrome in Glasgow that bears his name, but decided to call it quits because he was still “good,…
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Swedish retailer H&M is getting all patriotic heading into Sochi, and will design Opening and Closing Ceremony outfits, training uniforms, and apparently loungewear for the Swedish national team’s next two Olympic appearances, according to WWD. The company has released some photos of the outfits, which, if we’re being honest, look pretty great. They’re streamlined, have…
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World record Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has finally confirmed that he’ll race at the London Grand Prix in July at the Olympic Stadium, where last year he became the first man ever to win the 100m and 200m double at consecutive Games. “I’m looking forward to coming back to the UK, especially with it being…
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Brazil to draw up new security measures for World Cup, Olympics
Apr 17, 2013, 12:47 PM EDT
Brazilian officials said Tuesday that they’ll use conclusions drawn from the Boston Marathon bombings to determine whether to change security plans for the upcoming World Cup and Olympics. “We will start understanding if there is something that Brazil can learn from the case and incorporate it into our strategy ahead of the upcoming events,” spokesperson…
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London swimming phenom Missy Franklin took home the Sullivan Award, given to America’s top amateur athlete each year by the AAU, at a ceremony in Florida Tuesday night. “This award means a lot to me because of how much I’ve given up to be amateur,” Missy said during her acceptance. “I absolutely love being an…
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This Sochi Winter Olympics Torch Relay begins October 7 in Moscow, and sometime in November the Flame will take a trip into the vacuum of Space. Said Flame, which will travel to the International Space Station aboard the Russian vessel Soyuz TMA-11M, will be simulated because, you know, science. The Torch will be taken outside…
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Russian sports officials to speak with Boston Marathon organizers about security
Apr 16, 2013, 2:50 PM EDT
Russian sports officials said Tuesday that they plan to increase security at the World Athletics Championships in Moscow this summer, and at the Winter Olympics in Sochi next February in the wake of Monday’s explosions in Boston. “Our security measures are tough as they are,” Secretary General Mikhail Butov told The Associated Press. “But when…
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South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius, who was charged with murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp back in February, won’t be welcome at this July’s London Grand Prix in Olympic Stadium, even though he’s been cleared to travel for competition. “It would overshadow every other athlete that was there,” UK Athletics Chair Ed Warner told BBC Radio. “It’s…
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Ennis, Farah, and Rutherford set to return to Olympic Stadium
Apr 16, 2013, 12:12 PM EDT
British Olympic champs Jessica Ennis, Mo Farah, and Greg Rutherford have confirmed they’ll compete in the London Grand Prix this July, which will take place in Olympic Stadium to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the London Opening Ceremony. “I have amazing memories of competing in the Olympic Stadium and it will be good to step…
