Op Ed
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March 12, 2021
The selection of a new Olympic host city generates worldwide interest and speculation. Michael Pirrie, a founding member of London’s bid of the 2012 Games, looks at the elusiv...
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February 25, 2021
By Ben Nichols
In an often bewilderingly bureaucratic industry for one that, on the surface at least, should stand to be modern, progressive and forward-thinking, the Olymp...
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February 22, 2021
Exclusive OpEd for Around the Rings
By Ursula Papandrea
As the doping issues of recent years have turned into crises and full-blown scandals, it has been a catchphrase to...
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February 18, 2021
The IWF is the new benchmark and I’m with the IOC – a new reformist presidency is desperately needed.
by Callum Skinner
Exclusive to Around the Rings
Callum Skinner w...
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January 31, 2021
by Viktor Huszar
Teqball is the brainchild of three Hungarians – Gábor Borsányi, Gyuri Gattyán and me.
Our teqball journey was inspired by the memories of growing up pla...
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January 25, 2021
by Everen T. Brown
Last week’s simple and bold IOC press release stating the Games will take place “regardless” is not enough for people who have money invested in tickets,...
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January 15, 2021
By Ben Nichols, former Senior Media Relations Manager for WADA
It was during my morning commute to Montreal’s Stock Exchange Tower on the second day of my WADA tenure in Ju...
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January 01, 2021
After a year like no other, Michael Pirrie charts the devastating impact of the coronavirus on world sport and the postponed Tokyo Olympic Games, and outlines the sporting hig...
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December 20, 2020
#ICYMI -- In Case You Missed It ... Sometimes the best stories don't get the attention we think they deserve. Here are our staff picks for articles this week they really want ...
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December 15, 2020
George Washington University student Filip Vachuda offers this analysis of changes to the 2024 Olympic sport program and what they could mean for the future of the Games.
B...
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December 01, 2020
From a meeting with Sebastian Coe to the Invictus Games for wounded veterans, Michael Pirrie has observed the way U.S. President elect Joe Biden has found links to sport.
M...
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