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Why the Olympic Games are a ‘civil religious’ ceremony with a global congregation
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 48 minutes agoIn my 2024 book, “Religions and Sports,” I discuss...words, sporting spaces operate as sacred civil...
Why Olympic men’s soccer is a JV event (in which the U.S. could contend for a medal)
Yahoo Sports· 9 hours agoFor all of these reasons, men’s Olympic soccer can be something of a crapshoot. Whereas the women’s...
L.A. Olympic organizers about to face their toughest task: Delivering on promises
LA Times via Yahoo Canada Sports· 3 hours agoThere is one more issue that could prove troublesome: In the four years before the Games, organizers...
Paris Olympics 2024: USWNT soccer group and medal schedule
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Canada Sports· 19 hours agoShould the USWNT push...difficult field to reach the gold medal game, its final contest at the Olympics will come on August 10, a day before the Closing...Marseille. Should ...
World decathlon record holder Kevin Mayer crashes out of Diamond League meeting in Paris
The Canadian Press via Yahoo Canada Sports· 22 hours agoPARIS (AP) — World decathlon record holder Kevin Mayer of France was forced to withdraw from the Paris Diamond League meeting after crashing to the ground ...
Ukraine's Mahuchikh breaks women's high jump world record | CBC Sports
CBC.ca· 21 hours agoYaroslava Mahuchikh of Ukraine set a new world record in the women's high jump at the Diamond League...
U.S. Olympic men's soccer team roster announced ahead of first appearance since 2008
AOL· 53 minutes agoThe U.S. men's soccer team is Olympics-bound for the first time since 2008, with the roster of players representing the nation announced Monday morning, under a month before ...
Lausanne, Where the Olympics Never End
New York Times· 4 hours agoA new arts district, stylish restaurants and a museum that pays homage to the Games greet visitors to this Swiss city, home to the International Olympic...
Summer's Games: Canadian teen swimming sensation set for big Olympic splash
National Post· 23 hours agoSummer McIntosh is a TikTok-watching, Drake-listening, mall-shopping teen who is being compared to...
