NEW YORK—U.S. prosecutors charged a Texas man on Wednesday with providing performance-enhancing drugs to athletes competing in last summer’s Olympics in Tokyo, including the star Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare. Eric Lira, 41, of El Paso, is the first person to be charged under a new U.S. anti-doping law governing international sports competitions. The U.S. Attorney’s…
Man Charged With Giving Olympic Athletes Performance Drugs
January 13, 2022
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Trinidad and Tobago Sprinter Lendore Dies Aged 29
Trinidad and Tobago’s Olympic committee said sprinter Deon Lendore has died in the United States at the age of 29. U.S. media reports said the three-time Olympian, who anchored his country to the 4x400m bronze medal at the 2012 London Games and also competed at Rio and Tokyo, was involved in a car crash in Texas….
2-Time US Champ, Olympic Hopeful Alysa Liu Out With COVID-19
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Two-time champion Alysa Liu withdrew from the U.S. Figure Skating Championships after testing positive for COVID-19 on Friday, less than a day after a third-place finish in the short program put her in position to make the Olympic team. The 16-year-old Liu is at least the fifth competitor to test positive for the virus…
Special Panel: Canada’s Experts Weigh In on the Response to China and Relationship With the US
December 27, 2021
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What is Canada’s role as a democratic nation alongside the United States? In the recent hostage exchange involving two Canadians and Huawei’s CFO, how have Canadians and Americans learned about China’s ruthless aggression? Plus, as Beijing aims to kick off the Winter Olympics next year, how can free democratic nations respond? Meanwhile, the unspoken border…
South Korean Olympic Champion Suspended Over Text Messages
SEOUL, South Korea—Two-time Olympic short-track champion Shim Suk-hee has been suspended for two months over her text messages that authorities say “marred the dignity of athletes,” a decision that could bar her from attending the Beijing Winter Olympics. The Korea Staking Union said Wednesday it decided to suspend Shim from the national team during a…
Peng Changes Her Story of Sexual Assault Allegations; Interview on Marxism in American Education
December 22, 2021
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Tennis star Peng Shuai is backtracking her sexual assault allegations against a former Chinese Communist Party ranking official in a new video showing her speaking to the media for the first time. People are not satisfied by her answer and worry she is forced to lie, as new evidence contradicts the narrative. We take a…
China’s Olympic ‘Glory’ Slips on Diplomatic Boycotts
December 15, 2021
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News Analysis The Winter Olympic Games in Beijing is fast approaching. The issue of Beijing’s triple genocide, mixed with diplomatic snubs and corporate omerta, are the order of the day. In response to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) atrocious human rights abuse, the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, and now Japan, are imposing…
IIHF Meets to Review Olympic Eligibility of Chinese Players
The International Ice Hockey Federation council held a call Friday to review the Olympic eligibility of Chinese men’s national team players, though no decisions were made about the host country’s status for the upcoming tournament in Beijing, Officials are set to review information from the Chinese Ice Hockey Association about players on the host country’s…
Pistorius up for Parole, but He Must Meet Victim’s Parents
CAPE TOWN, South Africa—Eight years after he shot dead his girlfriend, Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius is up for parole, but first, he must meet with her parents. Pistorius, a world-famous double-amputee athlete who competed at the 2012 Olympics, has been eligible for parole since July after he was convicted of murder for shooting model Reva…
Russian Olympic Chief Says Young Unvaccinated Athletes Not Expected to Quarantine
MOSCOW—Russia’s Olympic Committee chief said on Wednesday he did not expect minors in the country’s Olympic team to be subjected to three weeks of quarantine if they are unable to get vaccinated against COVID-19 before next year’s Beijing Winter Games. China, where measures to tackle COVID-19 are among the strictest in the world, requires athletes…
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