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Poor water quality of French river has cast doubt over games next summer
Deal with luxury group will help bridge budget gap for organisers of 2024 games
A group of athletes has launched their own #MeToo movement
Police raids offices of organising committee and Solideo construction group
Officials say some higher rates are needed to balance budget and that only 5% will be sold at more than €400
As Paris 2024 approaches, the debate over Russian and Belarusian participation has split the sporting world
Belarusian competitors also barred as part of sanctions over Ukraine war
Advertising giant says five executives will hand back pay after indictments
Rise in active adults in England since 2012 Games is ‘paltry’, Labour MP says
Plus, the uncertain future of the Winter Olympics, DFL’s leadership switch, and more.
Rota of IOC-approved cities would have to meet temperature criteria as games face cost concerns
Widening probe into alleged sponsorship-related bribery has led to high-profile arrests
Plus, the Tokyo Olympics corruption probe, Disney’s sports empire, and much more
Prosecutors allege Haruyuki Takahashi received bribes ahead of 2020 Games
The Eiffel Tower’s paint job for Paris 2024 Olympics will not be enough to protect it
The city of Sapporo wants to host the 2030 Winter Games despite hard lessons from last year’s sporting festival
A decade after the 2012 Games, the writer Iain Sinclair walks through the Lea Valley to Stratford to find that ‘much has changed and everything is the same’
A UN-backed ETF designed to fight climate change was launched as part of COP26. Now it’s about to fail
Beijing 2022 has been saved by the dignity of individual athletes
Norway tops medal table in ‘safe’ Games but event was tarnished by a Russian doping scandal
Plus, the unknowns of Olympic investment, Silver Lake’s big bet on rugby and more
Games will be best remembered for the furore over the teenage Russian figure skater
Great Britain has struggled to meet expectations after investing millions to back winter sports
Thomas Bach issues unusually frank criticism after teenager who failed drug test was berated
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