Op Ed
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July 23, 2018
(ATR) When Tokyo bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics it promised “a safe pair of hands” to the IOC.
ATR Editor Ed Hula in Tokyo with a TV news crew (ATR)
With two years to g...
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June 21, 2018
by Michael Pirrie
Fifty years on, the often forgotten man at the center of one of the most controversial, dramatic and transformational moments in the history of the modern...
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June 21, 2018
By Janez Kocijančič, EOC President
21 June 2018
EOC president Janez Kocijančič (EOC)
One year from today, over 4,000 of the best athletes from all 50 European National ...
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April 17, 2018
(ATR) The Commonwealth Games come to a controversial close April 15 in Gold Coast, Australia.
Michael Pirrie
Around the Rings Opinionist Michael Pirrie says the storm of ...
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April 09, 2018
By Donna de Varona
Donna de Varona (Twitter/@devarona64)
The United Nations (UN) International Day of Sport For Development and Peace (April 6) reminds us of the unifyin...
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March 29, 2018
By Michael Pirrie
The scandal that has engulfed Australia in recent days doesn’t involve the publication of national security secrets on Facebook; a new international repor...
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March 23, 2018
By Michael Pirrie
The politics and speculation surrounding the attempted murder of former Russia double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter with a crippling nerve agent i...
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March 05, 2018
Roger Bannister in 2003 at the launch of the bid for London 2012. (ATR)
Michael Pirrie is an international Olympic and major events communications advisor and commentator who...
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February 12, 2018
By Michael Pirrie
Michael Pirrie
South Korea – with a lot of help from the North - delivered a joyous and inspiring opening ceremony that transcended the traditional sport...
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February 08, 2018
Jim Walden, legal counsel to former Moscow Anti-Doping Laboratory director Grigory Rodchenkov who blew the whistle on Russia's doping manipulation scheme during the Sochi 2014...
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January 23, 2018
(ATR) There are those watching the détente unfold between North and South Korea who scoff at the idea that the Olympic Movement is truly responsible for this unexpected peac...
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