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US sprint star's path to LA leads through Stawell

US sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson has a laser-like focus on the LA Olympics and will use the Stawell Gift as part of her long road back to the global showpiece.

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The new LA Olympics branding is blooming beautiful

LA28’s identity is inspired by the natural landscapes of Los Angeles.

Creative Bloq

Schooling shortfall at Olympic venue's housing project

The home of the 2000 Olympics is set for a huge housing project in the next quarter of a century, but details about potential schools are vague.

AAP

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Chang Ung, North Korean ex-IOC member who brokered Olympic joint marches with South, dies

Chang Ung, a former North Korean member of the International Olympic Committee who once led sports exchanges with rival South Korea including joint marches of their athletes at the Olympics, has died at 87

The Independent UK

Is the Fitzroy River a suitable venue for the Brisbane Olympics, given it’s home to crocodiles?

Quite a few crocodile tears have been shed on the issue of the rowing and canoeing venue of the 2032 Brisbane Olympics and Paralympics.

The Conversation

Princess Royal ‘fascinated by Gladiators’, original 90s TV show star says

Kate Staples – known as Zodiac in the original series – was made an MBE in a ceremony at Windsor Castle.

Evening Standard

Olympics Make a Disappointing Decision for the Los Angeles Games

A generalization that hurts all women.

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Adam Gemili retires from athletics: ‘I missed an Olympic medal by less time than it takes to blink’

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: One of Britain’s fastest men is calling time on his career, aged 32. He tells Lawrence Ostlere about his favourite night at the World Championships, his one Olympic regret and his new job at Chelsea

The Independent UK

Sex test used in IOC’s new transgender ban more likely to exclude from Olympics intersex women who were assigned female at birth

The International Olympic Committee announced a new policy on March 26, 2026, for women’s competitions: Every athlete must be tested for a gene called SRY, usually found on the Y chromosome. Males typically have a Y chromosome and females typically don’t, so the IOC says this requirement will exclude “biological…

The Conversation

After First Olympic Gold, Elana Meyers Taylor Is Eager to Take on Politics

The most decorated Black Winter Olympian of all time struck gold at Milan Cortina. For her next act, she has political office—and more bobsledding—in mind.

Sports Illustrated

LPO/Tan Dun review – a full battery of drums, dramatic inhalations and hints of Mongolian throat singing

The Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Beijing Olympics composer premieres his immediately appealing choral concerto with the London Philharmonic Orchestra

The Guardian - UK

‘Quad god’ Ilia Malinin bounces back from Olympic nightmare with world championships win

Malinin shouted and punched the air with relief after finishing the skate

The Independent UK

Amber Glenn Shares ‘Exhausted’ Message After Missing Podium Again at 2026 World Championships

Glenn fell short of medaling again just a month after her Olympic heartbreaker.

Sports Illustrated

Mary Rand, first British woman to win Olympic athletics gold, dies aged 86

Mary Rand, the British track and field athlete who blazed a trail for women by winning three Olympic medals at the Tokyo Games in 1964, has died at the age of 86

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France calls Olympic gender testing a 'step backwards' as other nations support policy

France on Friday called the International Olympic Committee's new policy on gender testing to determine eligibility to compete in women's events a "step backwards", but other countries welcomed the move.

The Independent UK

Human rights experts raise concerns over IOC gender eligibility ruling

The Sport & Rights Alliance, along with over 100 other allied organisations, has called on the IOC to abandon its plans to mandate genetic sex testing

The Independent UK

Lindsey Vonn refuses to rule out return to skiing after horror crash at Winter Olympics

Vonn crashed out of the downhill in Cortina d’Ampezzo after attempting to race with a ruptured ACL

The Independent UK

Inside Kirsty Coventy’s transformation of the IOC – and the Trump problem looming over the LA Olympics

ONE YEAR ON: A year after she was sensationally elected as the first woman and first African to hold the most powerful office in sport, the IOC president retains plenty of internal support, writes Lawrence Ostlere. But far bigger challenges lie ahead

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Croc and elephant fears lurk over Olympic rowing venue

A government has been slammed for sticking to its guns to host 2032 rowing at a crocodile habitat, with critics claiming the course will be a white elephant.

The Conversation

The Olympics’ transgender athlete ban is a legal and moral minefield

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed it is introducing a controversial new policy that will ban transgender athletes from competing in women’s events.

The Independent UK

Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych, banned from Olympics, speaks at United Nations

Vladyslav Heraskevych was shunned by the Olympics, then invited to the United Nations

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IOC Bans Trans Women From Competing In All Future Olympics Over Apparent Safety Concerns

The IOC will require a gene test for women’s events at the Olympics, a move critics say effectively bans most trans women from competing.

Sports Illustrated

How Ilia Malinin and Amber Glenn Performed at World Championships After Olympic Setbacks

The two American stars are podium hopefuls after the short program events.

The Guardian - UK

From Laurel Hubbard to sex testing in five years: why the Olympics U-turned on transgender rules

The IOC’s shift in position on trans women in elite sports is seismic, but new president Kirsty Coventry is reflecting a changed political climate

The Independent UK

Lindsey Vonn says she nearly went ‘insane’ after her Olympic crash

US skier Lindsey Vonn has spoken about her recovery from a broken leg in an interview with Vanity Fair after crashing out of the Olympics last month. Vonn revealed how she was in “extreme pain” during an initial CT scan before heading to the hospital in Treviso, Italy, and that…

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