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Daigneault, Bickerstaff, Few confirmed as USA Basketball assistant coaches for Olympic cycle
4+ hour, 12+ min ago (604+ words) Oklahoma City coach Mark Daigneault's only previous experience with USA Basketball was a couple of stints as a video coordinator for younger-division teams more than a decade ago. And Detroit coach J.B. Bickerstaff has never been part of the national program....
FIFA's Infantino targeted by complaint to Olympic ethics body after Trump lobbying on Balogun ban
1+ week, 1+ day ago (381+ words) Trump took credit Monday for FIFA’s decision — unprecedented in modern World Cup history — to let United States forward Folarin Balogun play Monday against Belgium despite getting a red card in the team’s previous game. A Belgium team clearly fired up…...
From the 2010 Olympics to the World Cup, Vancouver has pioneered Indigenous inclusion
1+ week, 1+ day ago (603+ words) The First Nations have been involved in more than just the fan fest, however. They are partners with the local World Cup organizing committee, drawing on a tradition started at the 2010 Winter Olympics. It's the latest example of how Indigenous…...
IOC eases path toward Russia returning with full team at 2028 LA Olympics
1+ week, 2+ day ago (815+ words) The International Olympic Committee on Tuesday provisionally lifted a suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee and advised Olympic sports bodies to end a three-year program where Russian athletes had to be vetted for permission to compete as neutrals. The IOC…...
Russian and Belarusian skaters can return to international events with approved neutral status
2+ week, 2+ day ago (255+ words) The International Skating Union said Tuesday it was lifting a ban since February 2022 on skaters and officials from Russia and Belarus taking part in its events, though without their national symbols of flag and anthem. Still, athletes could face issues…...
Denmark urges IOC to recognize Greenland and Faroe Islands as independent Olympic teams
2+ week, 2+ day ago (212+ words) The parliament published a letter urging the International Olympic Committee to recognize the semi-autonomous territories as “independent National Olympic Committees and to participate in the Olympic Games under their own flags.” The revival of a longstanding Olympic proposal previously made…...
Olympic athletes to get cash grants from new $100M fund created by IOC
3+ week, 1+ day ago (662+ words) The International Olympic Committee pledged Wednesday to pay up to $140 million to athletes through the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Games by creating a fund for $10,000 grants for which they can apply after competing. The IOC's cash commitment came after growing calls…...
Alysa Liu and Ilia Malinin to return at Skate America as Grand Prix lineups revealed
1+ mon, 12+ hour ago (248+ words) Laredo Morning Times The International Skating Union published the lineups Tuesday for the new season's Grand Prix events, listing Skate America in Everett, Washington, on Nov 13-15 as the first event on the circuit for Liu, U.S champion Amber Glenn and…...
Jaccob Slavin joins Ken Morrow as only Americans to win Olympic gold, NHL title in same year
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (478+ words) He and the Carolina Hurricanes winning the Stanley Cup on Sunday night put him in an exclusive club. Slavin became the second American and eighth player to hoist the Cup and take home an Olympic gold medal in the same…...
Shaun White's Snow League opening its second season with a team halfpipe event in New Zealand
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (170+ words) Laredo Morning Times Shaun White's Snow League opening its second season with a team halfpipe event in New Zealand The opener will take place Sept. 18-20, the heart of winter in Cardrona, a longtime Southern Hemisphere training locale for action sports…...