An Olympic Vote for Moscow 50 Years Ago
This week in Vienna 50 years ago, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) chose Moscow to host the 1980 Olympics. Judged in purely sporting terms it was a decision which seemed entirely justified. Yet political and military developments in the […]
Beamed Across the World: Tokyo 64 – The First “TV” Olympics
On a clear afternoon in Tokyo 60 years ago, the Olympic Flame burned to set in motion Games that were symbolic in many ways. For the host nation, it represented a new chapter after the horrors of the second world war and this was even […]
Athens 20 Years After
The 2004 Greek Olympic and Paralympic teams and the side which won the 2004 UEFA European Championship have been reunited at “Athens 20 years after “a celebratory event at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens which also honoured the competitors at Paris 2024. […]
The Race for the IOC Presidency Begins
Two double Olympic gold medallists are among the seven candidates for President confirmed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the election of a successor to Thomas Bach. Bach confirmed during the Paris Olympics that he planned to stand down next […]
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