It has been a bad week for British Olympic sport. Further statements from female gymnasts detailing abusive and coercive behaviour within the British Gymnastics system have been compounded by yesterday's report in the Mail on Sunday of dubious and potentially harmful conduct by UK Sport regarding its athletes in the run-up to the London 2012 Games.
The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) has had a fine second week of Wimbledon, despite no matches being played at the Grand Slam event this year.
It is understandable that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is likely only focusing on one thing right now.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) are set to meet virtually next week for the first time "to respect the measures being implemented to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic."
If I cast my mind back to the eventful, enriching, often tumultuous, period of time that I spent handling media relations for the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) from 2013 to 2017 there are a number of standout memories that spring to mind.
Fifteen years ago this week, London 2012 was declared victorious after a five-way bid battle that amounted to the most ostentatious demonstration of Olympic power and glory since the dedication of the Temple of Zeus in 457 BC.
I have no idea whether Tyson Fury and Ben Stokes are bosom buddies or have even met. But they would certainly be able to compare notes being two of a kind, both having survived earlier chequered careers to become national icons now at the top of their respective games.
In recent weeks and months the words from the John Lennon song – "All I want is the truth, just give me some truth" – have rung ever more loudly in my head. Politicians, eh?
Be careful what you wish for. Designed to protect clean sport, the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act will have the opposite effect.
Streaming service Netflix has been a key feature of lockdown. The vast array of films and television shows on offer have been an effective way of keeping away the boredom caused by endless hours indoors.
In any normal year, Edinburgh would be preparing for its world famous festival but 50 summers ago, the "Athens of the North" had a further attraction to offer.
Practically every update from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Tokyo 2020 on the postponed Olympic Games provides more questions than answers.
For the past couple of weeks, I have been immersed in the rowing scene of the 1950s and 1960s - a minority pursuit, no doubt, but the reasons should become plain to insidethegames readers very shortly.
Football is alive and kicking again in the United Kingdom – at least in a fashion. Welcome to soccer’s sound of silence, apart from the low buzz of pre-recorded crowd murmuring. But at least it’s something.
The good news. Exercise is booming in lockdown. Up by 88 per cent, according to one recent set of research figures which had running and walking – the two most basic modes – leading the way.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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Fifty years ago this week, the 1970 British Commonwealth Games began in Scottish capital Edinburgh. Brian Oliver explains how a cricket cave-in, the Highland Games and a drunk high jumper were all part of the story.
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