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	Op Ed: No Regrets from Chicago for Clean Olympic Bid July 12, 2019 (ATR) Testimony in a Brazilian court last week said the winning bid from Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Olympics was fueled by bribes to IOC members. The testimony from the fo...
	World Sports Journalists Day, July 2: Let's fight those who want to silence an unaligned media July 02, 2019 Written by Gianni Merlo, AIPS President Gianni Merlo (ATR) LAUSANNE, July 2, 2019 - This 2nd of July invites us to reflect on what our future will be if we do not react to...
	OpEd: New Sports Disrupt Olympic Program March 01, 2019 (ATR) A wave of new sports is about to sweep over the Olympics across the next 10 years. Tony Hawk shows his skills during Buenos Aires 2018 (ATR) In an age when disrupto...
	OpEd: London Conference Amplifies Athlete Voice February 28, 2019 (ATR) Para powerlifter Ali Jawad endorses the Partnership for Clean Competition conference in April. Ali Jawad competes at the 2018 Commonwealth Games (Getty Images) The B...
	The Opinionist: Winning Isn't Everything - Counting the High Price of Cheating in Sport December 18, 2018 By Michael Pirrie Sport has long helped to anchor Australia’s place in the world, and the nation’s cricket team has been its most successful sporting export in recent times...
	OpEd: Olympians must speak up to preserve values of Olympism November 10, 2018 Joel Bouzou, president, World Olympians Association (ATR) Olympians are part of a special community within the Olympic Family, giving them the unique opportunity to harness t...
	The Opinionist: Why Everyone's Just Wild About Prince Harry and His Invictus Games October 22, 2018 “Winning can be about a lot more than winning medals. Winning is about just doing better, and doing something that you have not done before - that’s when you see the spirit of...
	OpEd: Two Years Out, Tokyo 2020 Keeping Its Promise 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...
	OpEd: Remembering Peter Norman 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...
	OpEd: Minsk 2019 One Year to Go 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 ...
	Commonwealth Games Furor -- The Opinionist 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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