BREAKING BARRIERS Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry becomes first woman and first African president of International Olympic Committee 6 min 5 By Craig Ray
LET THE BIDDING BEGIN Sascoc expresses interest in hosting the 2036 Olympics, but can South Africa afford it? 5 min 8 By Craig Ray
ANALYSIS Behind the facade — how the International Olympic Committee fails the world’s athletes 5 min 12 By Andrew Breetzke
PARIS 2024 Gender row embroils Olympic boxing after Italian woman abandons fight over safety concerns 7 min 72 By Reuters
2024 OLYMPICS Paris Games set for spectacular opening amid global political and sporting tension 5 min 7 By Craig Ray
CLIMATE CHANGE AGREEMENT Olympians call on IOC to replace Toyota as Paris 2024 Games sponsor over ‘misleading’ EV advertising 6 min 9 By Julia Evans
UKRAINE UPDATE: 13 OCTOBER 2023 Moscow mounts heavy attacks in Donetsk; US imposes first sanctions over Russian oil price-cap violations 7 min 0 By Bloomberg
SHUT DOWN UNDER Australia’s Victoria pulls out of 2026 Commonwealth Games over cost concerns 3 min 0 By Ian Ransom for Reuters
THE CONVERSATION How world sport got into a mess over trans athletes – and how it can get out of it 5 min 4 By Jon Pike
UKRAINE UPDATE: 31 MARCH 2023 Turkey approves Finland’s Nato membership; Blinken condemns Russia’s detention of US reporter 6 min 0 By Bloomberg
ATHLETICS MINEFIELD IOC issues proposals for Russian athletes’ return to competitions — but few are happy 5 min 1 By Karolos Grohmann
FAIR OR FOUL? Transgender athletes’ participation in women’s sport divides opinion 5 min 1 By Rohith Nair, Gene Cherry and Nick Mulvenney
BANNED SUBSTANCES Olympic Games age limits debated in bid to protect young athletes from doping 4 min 0 By Sarah Teetzel
WAR IN EUROPE From football to F1, Russia stands to lose after invasion of Ukraine 3 min 0 By Rohith Nair, Manasi Pathak and Dhruv Munjal
WINTER OLYMPICS After fraught Games run-up, Beijing turns to opening ceremony 3 min 0 By Tony Munroe and Muyu Xu
DM168 SPORT The ‘Pandemic’ Games in Tokyo are set to start amid public resistance in extraordinary times 4 min 0 By Craig Ray
2020 OLYMPICS Simone Biles set to shine through dark gymnastics cloud for ultimate test in Tokyo 3 min 0 By Reuters
TOKYO 2020 NZ weightlifter Hubbard to become first transgender athlete to compete at Games 3 min 7 By Praveen Menon
GAMES CHANGER Tokyo Olympics organisers to apply strict Covid-19 protocols to athletes 3 min 0 By Craig Ray
COVID-19 To athletes' relief, Tokyo 2020 postponement decision due any day -sources 3 min 0 By Reuters
