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The Difference Between Weightlifting and Weight Lifting (and Why It Matters)
By the time the first (modern) Olympics rolled around in 1896, there was enough interest in weightlifting as a competitive sport that it was one of the sports contested. It took decades after that ...
Yahoo! Sports7d
Could the United States host Milano Cortina Winter Olympic events next year?
With less than a year before the Games begin, the sliding center has not yet received final approval from the International Olympic Committee to host competitions. Built in the 1920s and named for ...
USA Today25d
NBC agrees to new $3 billion deal to remain Olympic broadcaster through 2036
NBC and the International Olympic Committee announced Thursday that they have reached a $3 billion deal to extend and expand their long-running partnership. The new deal, which was approved by the ...
The New York Times28d
Republicans Call on Olympic Committee to Bar Transgender Women From Women’s Sports
More than two dozen G.O.P. members of the House and Senate called on the International Olympic Committee to align its eligibility rules with President Trump’s transgender sports ban. By Robert ...
The Press28d
York teenager breaks into Team GB for Olympic Weightlifting
Six years later, she is hoping to make the Olympics in her chosen sport of weightlifting. "Maya started training with us when she was nine, her dad was a member of the gym and was doing classes ...
Deadline.com26d
Comcast Extends Olympics Through 2036, Paying $3B And Going From Rights Holder To Strategic Partner
Comcast is paying $3 billion to extend its Olympics rights deal through 2036. The renewal with the International Olympic Committee will give two more Olympic Games to NBCUniversal, including the ...
Sky Sports19d
Olympic boxing saved as IOC Session votes to bring the sport back into the 2028 Games in Los Angeles
Boxing will feature in the Olympic Games in 2028. After the executive board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recommended that boxing be included in the Los Angeles schedule ...
Reuters19d
Kirsty Coventry: From Olympic champion to president of the IOC
First African and female IOC president Focus on transparency and new sports for youth Aims to enhance athlete representation PYLOS, Greece, March 20 (Reuters) - Kirsty Coventry, an Olympic ...
People5d
Jordan Chiles Wasn't 'Able to Move’ After ‘Devastating’ Olympics Medal Controversy: ‘I Still Struggle to Talk About It’
The U.S. gymnast was stripped of the bronze medal after taking the podium at the 2024 Paris Olympics Naomi Baker/Getty Jordan Chiles is opening up about the “devastating” impact of having the ...
Sky Sports8d
Will Sebastian Coe be elected to 'most powerful position' in sport as president of International Olympic Committee?
Sebastian Coe delivered the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, restructured and reinvigorated athletics' ailing governing body, took on Russian state doping cheats and on Thursday hopes to ...
Sky18d
New Olympic president elected as Britain's Lord Seb Coe discovers fate
A new president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been elected. Kirsty Coventry, the two-time Olympic gold medallist and Zimbabwe sports minister, has become the first woman and ...