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Bach's successor needs cool head to guide Olympics through stormy seas: experts
AFP, Published on 18/03/2025
» PYLOS (GREECE) - Whoever succeeds Thomas Bach as president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday will need to be "cool under fire" with some members believing the very existence of the Olympic Movement is at stake.
Patama signals readiness for top Thai sports role
Sports, Published on 18/02/2025
» Khunying Patama Leeswadtrakul, a member of the International Olympic Committee, has said she will be ready to take over the helm of the National Olympic Committee of Thailand if she receives support from sports associations.
ONE Championship: Elias Mahmoudi says medication prescribed for bronchitis caused doping fail, accepts blame
Nicolas Atkin, Published on 31/01/2025
» Elias Mahmoudi has taken full responsibility for a six-month suspension by ONE Championship after a doping fail, but insisted he was prescribed medication for bronchitis which he did not know included a banned substance.
Coe defends Budapest as worlds venue and hails doping case
AFP, Published on 01/08/2023
» PARIS - World Athletics president Sebastian Coe has defended the choice of Hungary's capital Budapest to host this month's world championships and also said the sport's latest doping case was actually a reason to celebrate.
'Bangkok Post' honours exceptional women
News, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 08/03/2023
» To mark International Women's Day today, 12 extraordinary personalities have been named as the Bangkok Post's Women of the Year.
Paris Olympics face tough hurdles with two years to go
AFP, Published on 22/07/2022
» PARIS: As he left the Tokyo Olympics last August, Tony Estanguet, head of the Paris 2024 organising committee, told AFP he was "prepared to run a marathon at 100-metre speed."
Covid proves to be 'El Dorado' for matchfixers: expert
AFP, Published on 10/03/2022
» PARIS - The Covid-19 pandemic has been an "El Dorado" for match fixers due to the negative impact the virus has had on the finances of individual sports, a leading sports technology company has told AFP.
Russian skater Valieva cleared to continue at Olympics: CAS
AFP, Published on 14/02/2022
» BEIJING: Russian teenage figure skating sensation Kamila Valieva was on Monday cleared by the Court of Arbitration for Sport to continue competing in the Beijing Olympics despite failing a doping test.
Russian skater Valieva to learn Beijing Olympics fate on Monday
AFP, Published on 14/02/2022
» BEIJING: Russian figure skating sensation Kamila Valieva will learn Monday if she can compete again at the Beijing Winter Olympics when sport's top court gives its decision on a doping test she failed in December.
Questions swirl as Russian skater awaits doping fate
AFP, Published on 12/02/2022
» BEIJING: Questions grew on Saturday over why it took six weeks for Kamila Valieva's failed drug test to come to light, as the 15-year-old Russian figure skater fights to stay at the Beijing Olympics.