November 30, 2023

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OLYMPICS

Gold medalist Laura Kenny of Britain on the last day of the cycling track events at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, at the Izu Velodrome, in Shizuoka Prefecture, on Aug. 8, 2021

OLYMPICS / Cycling

British cycling great Laura Kenny sets sights on Paris

Time is ticking for the 31-year-old to force her way back into the British team, but five-time Olympic gold medal winner Kenny says she is determined.

Ukrainian Olympic artistic swimmers Vladyslava (left) and Maryna Aleksiiva on April 6. The sisters are training ahead of the Paris Games in the city of Kharkiv, despite regular bouts of shelling there.

OLYMPICS

Ukrainian artistic swimmers train for Paris Olympics near front

By Anna MALPAS

After Russia invaded, the team moved to Italy and then Kyiv, before returning to Ukraine's second largest city.

Venezuela's Leonel Martinez poses on the podium with his silver medal after the men's trap final shooting event at the Pan American Games in Santiago on Oct. 27.

OLYMPICS / Shooting

After a 40-year wait, a trap shooter returns to the Olympics

By Eduardo Medina and Victor Mather

Leonel Martínez, now 60, qualified by finishing second in men’s trap shooting at the Pan American Games in Santiago.

Nour El-Sherbini, the top-ranked women's squash player, has won seven World Squash Championships.

OLYMPICS

Oct 17, 2023

Squash stronghold Egypt celebrates sport's inclusion in 2028 Games

Egypt dominates squash, with five players currently in the top ten in the men's world rankings as well as the top three in the women's rankings.

Estimated costs to rebuild the closed Eugenio Monti sliding sports track in Cortina, Italy, had risen to €80 million ($84 million).

OLYMPICS

Oct 17, 2023

Sliding events at 2026 Winter Olympics to be held outside Italy

By Julian Guyer

Austrlia's Innsbruck, one of the nearest possible alternatives, has been suggested as a venue for the luge, skeleton and bobsleigh competitions.

The 2028 Los Angeles Games are set to feature cricket, flag football, lacrosse, squash and baseball-softball, following approval from the International Olympic Committee.

OLYMPICS

Oct 16, 2023

Cricket, flag football, lacrosse and squash make 2028 Games cut

By Sudipto Ganguly

Each host city, under IOC rules, can request the inclusion of several sports for their edition of the Games.

A man walks past the entrance of the 141st International Olympic Committee Session venue, in Mumbai, on Friday.

OLYMPICS

Oct 16, 2023

IOC session backs double award of 2030 and 2034 Winter Games

A preliminary study by the IOC's future host commission had found that by 2040 only 10 nations would be able to host the snow events.

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach speaks on the first day of the 141st IOC Session in Mumbai on Sunday.

OLYMPICS

Oct 16, 2023

IOC members call on Bach to stay on past 2025

Elected in 2013, Bach is due to step down in 2025 in line with current Olympic Charter rules.

IOC President Thomas Bach says the organization is keen to embrace esports as well as the use of artificial intelligence at future Olympic Games.

OLYMPICS

Oct 15, 2023

IOC to explore Olympic Esports Games

By Julian Guyer

Estimates suggest over 500 million of those are interested specifically in esports, which include virtual sports and sport simulations.

Sebastian Coe speaks at a news conference during an International Olympic Committee session in Mumbai on Saturday.

OLYMPICS

Oct 15, 2023

Sebastian Coe says IOC made 'only decision' in banning Russia

By Julian Guyer

The IOC's move came after the Russian Olympic Committee recognized regional organizations from four annexed Ukrainian territories.

An official shot for this year’s lineup for NHK’s annual “Kohaku Uta Gassen.”

Things get warmer with Xi; Johnny’s get the cold shoulder

Yoshiko Koide sits in a classroom at Nagoya College where she teaches a Japanese-language observation seminar.

How a dictionary came to spark outrage among the web’s otaku

By Thu-Huong Ha and Yukana Inoue

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