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Why the Olympic Games are a ‘civil religious’ ceremony with a global congregation
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 47 minutes agoIn my 2024 book, “Religions and Sports,” I discuss...words, sporting spaces operate as sacred civil...
U.S. Olympic men's soccer team roster announced ahead of first appearance since 2008
AOL· 52 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 ...
L.A. Olympic organizers about to face their toughest task: Delivering on promises
Los Angeles Times· 3 hours agoCasey Wasserman responds immediately — “1,487 days” — no need to think it over. As chairman of the...
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...
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...
In an Olympic tuneup, Ukraine’s top high jumper breaks the 37-year-old world record
The Globe and Mail· 9 hours agoYaroslava Mahuchikh erased a mark that had stood for 37 years at a Diamond League meet in Paris,...
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 ...
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...
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...
Paris looking at Plan B if River Seine remains unfit for Olympic swimming - National | Globalnews.ca
Global B.C.· 1 day agoWith three weeks to go until the Paris Olympics, organizers are making contingency plans as...