Swedish retailer H&M is getting all patriotic heading into Sochi, and will design Opening and Closing Ceremony outfits, training uniforms, and apparently loungewear for the Swedish national team’s next two Olympic appearances, according to WWD.
World record Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has finally confirmed that he’ll race at the London Grand Prix in July at the Olympic Stadium, where last year he became the first man ever to win the 100m and 200m double at consecutive Games.
Brazilian officials said Tuesday that they’ll use conclusions drawn from the Boston Marathon bombings to determine whether to change security plans for the upcoming World Cup and Olympics.
London swimming phenom Missy Franklin took home the Sullivan Award, given to America’s top amateur athlete each year by the AAU, at a ceremony in Florida Tuesday night.
Russian sports officials said Tuesday that they plan to increase security at the World Athletics Championships in Moscow this summer, and at the Winter Olympics in Sochi next February in the wake of Monday’s explosions in Boston.
South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius, who was charged with murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp back in February, won’t be welcome at this July’s London Grand Prix in Olympic Stadium, even though he’s been cleared to travel for competition.
British Olympic champs Jessica Ennis, Mo Farah, and Greg Rutherford have confirmed they’ll compete in the London Grand Prix this July, which will take place in Olympic Stadium to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the London Opening Ceremony.
British Sports Minister Hugh Robertson told BBC Radio 4 that Sunday’s London Marathon will go on as scheduled this weekend to show “we won’t be cowered by this sort of behavior.”
In the wake of Monday’s bombing at the Boston Marathon, Tokyo 2020 bid CEO, Masato Mizuno, said he and his city can guarantee the safety of athletes, spectators, and officials if Japan is selected to host the forthcoming Olympics.
After adding two more gold medals to his already impressive list career of accomplishments, Britain’s most decorated Olympian, Sir Chris Hoy, is likely to announce his retirement from track cycling this week, according to the British Press.
British Olympian Lawrence Okoye, who has never played a down of football but has been impressing scouts at regional combines this spring, is apparently working out with the Bears Monday for a spot on their D-line according to Dave Birkett.
The Indian Olympic Association was suspended from the Games by the IOC last year after they allowed Lalit Bhanot, an official facing corruption charges stemming from the 2010 Commonwealth Games, to be elected secretary general.
VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA – Though Canada’s curling success at the Vancouver Games was a highlight for the curling-crazed host nation, the biggest headliner from the Vancouver Olympic Centre came from an unlikely source – the pants of the Norwegian team.
Former Yankee skip Joe Torre, who coached the U.S. team to a sixth place finish at the World Baseball Classic last month, thinks the popularity and competitiveness of that event proves that his beloved sport belongs in the Olympics again.
This just in: The NHL, NHLPA, IOC, and IIHF will meet again Friday in New York to discuss whether or not the pro hockey stars will be allowed to play at the Sochi Games next February.
After saying in February that he can’t be the guy to “run out and save wrestling,” UFC President Dana White has apparently decided to do just that in the two months before the IOC will vote on whether the sport find its way back into the 2020 Olympics.
The U.S. women’s hockey team beat Canada 3-2 on their home ice in Ottawa Tuesday night to win their fifth IIHF world championship and add another (victorious) chapter to the growing border war.
