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Never mind the cost, host cities must have an unwavering commitment to #Olympics http://www.france24.com/…/20161128-ioc-urges-unwavering-com…

28 November 2016 - 06H05IOC urges 'unwavering commitment' by Games' hosts Tweet © AFP | Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike is leading a cost-cutting fight for the city's 2020 Olympic Games TOKYO (AFP) - Tokyo and other upcoming Olympic host cities must make an "unwavering commitment" to achieving a succes...
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The “Total protection project.” codename for alleged doping cover-up at #London2012 #Olympics
http://www.foxsports.com.au/…/32171bc314e791148aebfda020f1d…

AN alleged doping cover-up that enabled Russian medallists to compete at the 2012 London Olympics even had a codename: The “Total protection project.”
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Russian athletes are believed to have been blackmailed by #IAAF dignitaries http://www.sportschau.de/…/leichtathletik-korruption-schutz…

Research conducted by French daily newspaper Le Monde and German broadcaster ARD suggests that extortion, dubious financial transactions and other mafia-style practices have been employed in international athletics over a period of many years.
sportschau.de|By /By Hajo Seppelt and Daniel Bouhs

Research by #LeMonde and German broadcaster #ARD suggests extortion, etc, in international athletics http://www.sportschau.de/…/leichtathletik-korruption-schutz…

Research conducted by French daily newspaper Le Monde and German broadcaster ARD suggests that extortion, dubious financial transactions and other mafia-style practices have been employed in international athletics over a period of many years.
sportschau.de|By /By Hajo Seppelt and Daniel Bouhs

http://www.sportschau.de/…/leichtathletik-korruption-schutz…
#IAAF believed to have deliberately ignored highly suspicious blood test results for at least six top athletes since 2011

Research conducted by French daily newspaper Le Monde and German broadcaster ARD suggests that extortion, dubious financial transactions and other mafia-style practices have been employed in international athletics over a period of many years.
sportschau.de|By /By Hajo Seppelt and Daniel Bouhs

'extortion, dubious financial transactions and other mafia-style practices.. in international athletics'

http://www.sportschau.de/…/leichtathletik-korruption-schutz…

Research conducted by French daily newspaper Le Monde and German broadcaster ARD suggests that extortion, dubious financial transactions and other mafia-style practices have been employed in international athletics over a period of many years.
sportschau.de|By /By Hajo Seppelt and Daniel Bouhs

South Korea’s figure-skating icon Kim Yu-na dragged into scandal surrounding president Park hyehttp://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/2048921/south-koreas-biggest-sports-star-kim-yu-na-and-olympic-swimmer

The figure-skating icon was supposedly blacklisted for not taking part in a bizarre calisthenics event, while swimmer Park Tae-hwan says he was blackmailed ahead of Rio Olympics
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Former Brisbane Lord Mayor warns Gold Coast 2018 venues will "never pay their way" #commonwealthgames
http://www.insidethegames.biz/…/former-brisbane-lord-mayor-…

A former Lord Mayor of Brisbane has claimed that Gold Coast 2018 facilities could become a burden on the public purse after the Commonwealth Games.
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Questions for #IAAF president’s son over $5m request to Doha amid 2017 bid
https://www.theguardian.com/…/questions-for-iaaf-presidents…

Exclusive: Emails seen by the Guardian suggest Papa Massata Diack made a request for cash during the Qatari capital’s failed bid to host the 2017 world athletics championships
theguardian.com|By Owen Gibson

Video: For many #Rio residents, #Olympic dream turns into a nightmare - France 24
http://m.france24.com/…/20161116-focus-brazil-rio-de-janeir…

FOCUS : It's been three months since the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro hosted the Summer Olympics, but the euphoria generated by the event is...
france24.com|By FRANCE 24 English

#Olympics Borough Newham second-least ‘vibrant’ borough in London economy, study claims
http://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/…/newham_second_least_vibra…

Newham has the second-least vibrant economy in the country, a new report by an international accountancy firm has claimed.
newhamrecorder.co.uk|By Iain Burns
Former Olympic swimmers Nikki Dryden and Alison Wagner have given details at the Web Summit of a new petition they have launched in an effort to clean up international athletics.
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Qatar World Cup 2022: Amnesty hits out at UK silence on human rights
https://www.theguardian.com/…/qatar-world-cup-2022-amnesty-…

Organisation criticises Greg Hands for failing to highlight abuse of migrant workers during visit to Doha trade event
theguardian.com|By Peter Walker

interesting #Olympics book review - 'His ambitious chronicles deliver the goods on how policies were concocted...'
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/…/gold-1964-tokyo-games-set-c…/…

From humble roots growing up in a coal mining camp in Wise County, Virginia, Ollan Cassell built a successful, inspiring career in track and field. After f
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After four years of megaevents culminating in the 2016 Olympics, the party ended for Rio de Janeiro on Friday, when the state government unveiled a draconian austerity package aimed at unwinding years of fiscal profligacy.
wsj.com|By Paul Kiernan and Benjamin Parkin

#Pyeongchang2018 - the Forgotten #Olympics - remember its destruction of Mount Gariwang protected forest

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