Enhanced Games: Swimmer Magnussen says money key but not deciding factor to join doping Olympics April 8, 2024 Swimmer James Magnussen, the first athlete to sign up for the Enhanced Games, admits that a $1m prize was the “tipping point” to agreeing to take part in the so-called doped Olympics but insists his decision was not just about money. Magnussen, a former world champion and Olympic medallist, is coming out of retirement to [...]
Could Thierry Henry and France force Real Madrid to release Kylian Mbappe for Olympics? March 22, 2024 Real Madrid are not keen to let their French players compete at Paris 2024.
‘A cynical attempt’ and ‘blatant violation’: Olympic chiefs blast Russia over rival event March 19, 2024 Russia is trying to rally support for its alternative to Paris 2024.
Ed Warner: Why invest in hosting sport? Mainly because it’s bloody fun March 14, 2024 Our columnist gives his take on the sport business world.
Sadiq Khan and Tory mayoral rival ‘stand ready’ to bring Commonwealth Games to London March 11, 2024 London Mayor Sadiq Khan “stands ready” to step in to support the capital in a bid to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games should a new plan to take the next staging of the multi-sport tournament to Malaysia fail. The Asian nation, who hosted the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, have been offered £100m to [...]
London club AFC Wimbledon to host international rugby at Plough Lane March 6, 2024 AFC Wimbledon is set to host international rugby this year with the likes of the USA set to descend on Plough Lane in London, it is to be confirmed on Thursday. Hosted by LIT7s, the event will feature the likes of the United States, Ireland, Germany, Jamaica and Uganda across men’s and women’s sevens tournaments [...]
Russians BANNED from Paris 2024 Paralympics opening ceremony March 6, 2024 Russian and Belarusian athletes have been banned from the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Paralympics this summer. Their achievements will also be erased from the medal table. It comes as athletes from the two nations will compete as neutrals in France after being vetted by the International Paralympic Committee. The move comes in response [...]
GB Wheelchair Rugby issue rallying cry to big business that other sports should follow March 2, 2024 On the 33rd floor of the the Fenchurch Building (the Walkie-Talkie) last week names from big business and the City of London gathered to engage in what was effectively a soft pitch for funding by GB Wheelchair Rugby. But it wasn’t a Dragons’ Den-esque room of bigwigs scolding GBWR chief executive Jason Brisbane, rather a [...]
Doped Olympics, the Enhanced Games, is “bollocks”, says Seb Coe February 29, 2024 World Athletics chief Seb Coe has rubbished plans for a doping Olympics, the Enhanced Games, as “bollocks”. The former Olympic champion was speaking ahead of this weekend’s World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow. “It’s bollocks. I can’t really get excited about it,” Coe said. “There’s only one message and that is if anyone is moronic [...]
Ed Warner: On bad actors and their pernicious influence on so many sports February 22, 2024 Our columnist on rogues who taint sport, plus FA Cup maths, Rwanda, Tracey Crouch MP and Jilly Cooper.