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HONOLULU, United States (AFP) – The United States and South Korea are going to keep tightening the screws on Pyongyang so that the hermit state gives up its nuclear program, Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said Friday. “As two peace-loving nations, the Republic of Korea and America welcome the Olympic Games talks between the ROK and DPRK while at the same time remaining steadfast with the international economic pressure campaign to denuclearize the Korean peninsula,” Mattis said in […]
by Ben Sheppard Agence France-Presse JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) — At the 2012 London Olympics, before 80,000 roaring fans and a constellation of camera flashes, it took Oscar Pistorius 45.44 seconds to become a global icon. The South African’s sprint around the 400-meter track was the first time in history that a double-amputee had raced at the Olympic Games. The race capped an Olympian triumph over adversity for Pistorius. His journey from disabled child to […]
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND (Reuters) — With a winning time of under 7 seconds, speed climbing can claim to be the Olympic Games’ fastest sport. Sport climbing is one of five sports that have been included in the programme for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics along with baseball/softball, bowling, karate, surfing and skateboarding. On Sunday (September 24), Edinburgh hosted the latest round of the 2017 IFSC World Cup. Italy’s Ludivico Fossali won the men’s event after Russian Stanislav […]
TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) — The International Olympic Committee (IOC) held on Monday (November 28) a debriefing of the Rio De Janeiro 2016 Olympics for Tokyo 2020 Olympic officials in Japan. The event was joined by prominent Games officials and affiliates including IOC’s Games Director Christophe Dubi and Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori. The IOC will be debriefing for the Tokyo 2020 organization over the next three days in Tokyo. IOC President Thomas Bach wasn’t able […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (August 22) – The modern Olympic Games have been one of the most highly-supported sporting events in the world, with many countries sending their athletic delegates to compete since 1932. Every four years, athletes from all over the world show off the skills that they honed and perfected through training and hard work. The Olympic Games was modeled after the ancient Greek sporting event of the same name. The classical game was […]
(REUTERS) Egyptian judoka Islam El Shehaby has been sent home from the Rio Olympics after refusing to shake the hand of Israeli Or Sasson following the end of their bout, the International Olympic Committee said on Monday. El Shehaby, who was sent home by his own team, lost the fight on Friday and was reprimanded by the IOC for his actions. The athlete said he did not want to shake hands with an Israeli, […]
BEIJING (Reuters) – The risk of Zika virus infections at the Olympic Games is both low and manageable, the chief of the World Health Organization said on Friday, a week before the event kicks off in Rio de Janeiro. Nearly half a million people are expected to visit for the Games, many from the United States. Worries about security, the Zika virus and an economic crisis could deter travelers, with just under a third […]
A chronology of some of the major events that have marked the history of the Olympic Games.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) — The Brazilian healthy minister said on Tuesday (July 12) that the chance of being infected by the Zika virus during the August Olympic Games in Rio is less than one in 500,000, ensuring that all guarantees are in place for visitors’ safety. “Rio de Janeiro is not the centre for Zika proliferation. People have been orientated by the World Health Organisation which has supported us in the measures […]
by Sebastian Smith RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — Rio de Janeiro hosts the Olympic Games in less than four weeks, but crime and economic crisis mean the party-loving Brazilian city is glum and struggling to find its vibe. Stadiums are just about ready and local businesses, hammered by Brazil’s deep recession, look forward to the arrival of an estimated 500,000 tourists. For an already sports-mad city, the Games — the first ever held in […]
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — Rio state authorities declared a “state of public calamity” Friday over a major budget crisis, in order to release emergency funds to finance the Olympic Games due to begin in August. The decree authorizes the state to “adopt all necessary emergency measures to ration essential public services in order for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games to take place.” “Any institutional instability would hurt the country’s image,” said […]
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — There is a “very low risk” of the Zika virus spreading further internationally as a result of the Olympic Games in Brazil, the World Health Organization’s emergency committee on the disease said Tuesday. The statement came as worry mounted that the mosquito-borne virus, which has spread across much of Latin America and which can lead to severe birth defects in babies, might spread further when the Olympics begin in August. “The […]
