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The cost-benefit analysis of hosting the Olympics
The Week via Yahoo Finance· 1 day agoAthens, Greece, home of the first-ever modern Olympics, spent $15 billion in 2004, while Sydney spent $4.6 billion in 2000 and Rio de Janeiro spent $20...
Soccer tournament for players with disabilities kicks off in Beijing
China Daily· 5 hours agoA grassroot soccer event for disabled players featuring 36 teams from across China for a five-day tournament kicked off in Beijing on Monday. Sponsored by Japan's Mitsubishi ...
Lang Lang: ‘The late Queen told me she would’ve liked to have my fast fingers – she was very funny’
Daily Telegraph· 6 days ago“You have to be an open person to appreciate classical music,” explains Lang Lang. At one point in...
'Ban them all.' With Paris Games looming, Chinese doping scandal rocks Olympic sport
WUSF 89.7· 4 days agoLess than a hundred days before the opening ceremony of the Paris Summer Games, a new doping...
Chinese generosity in lead-up to cleared doping tests reflects its growing influence on WADA
seattlepi.com· 4 days agoIn the two years before the World Anti-Doping Agency signed off on clearing 23 Chinese swimmers of...
China Doping-Money
Idaho State Journal· 4 days agoFILE - The Chinese and the Olympic flag wave during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Feb. 4, 2022 ...
How can brands effectively reach the Olympic audience with connected TV advertising?
The Drum· 3 days agoWith Paris 2024 just around the corner, Martin Wexler, (SVP channel partnerships at Acxiom),...
Chinese doping case sparks unusually harsh spat between global and US drug-fighting agencies
Associated Press· 6 days agoThe allegation was made after WADA acknowledged it had cleared 23 Chinese swimmers who had tested positive for a banned heart medication to compete at the Tokyo Olympics in ...
With Winter Olympics host options fading, Salt Lake City in line for 2034 — and beyond?
The Athletic· 2 days agoLindsey Vonn was 17, awestruck by her competition and feeling the weight of her first Olympic Winter...
WADA defends its actions in Chinese swimming scandal. Its loudest critic raised the volume: 'It's a...
Yahoo Sports· 3 days agoIn the end for the anti-doping officials, all their scientific and legal justifications for allowing...
