The British government has Computing to the Olympics’ large sponsors urging them to pressure the International Olympic Committee over its stance of letting athletes from Russia back into competition.Most Olympic sports have kept out sportswomen from Russia and its ally Belarus since directly after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. The IOC initially recommended keeping them out on...
There was a moment, two and a half hours into the greatest men’s high jump competition in Olympic history, where no one had the foggiest idea what was going on. A second earlier, the Italian Gianmarco Tamberi and the Qatari Mutaz Barshim had been calmly talking to an official. Now they were high-fiving, leaping into each other’s arms, and pogoing in pure delirium. Tamberi then collapsed and began...
When Stars on Ice, uh, hits the ice Friday night in Estero, Florida, it will be for the first time in two years. Spicing up the tour: an Olympic gold medalist and two world champions. The 24-city tour was idled by the COVID-19 pandemic, but it returns with Beijing winner Nathan Chen and pairs world champs Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier in the cast. The skaters are as eager to entertain as...