Capitalists and Athletes

I visited the World Track & Field Championships last month. Americans adore their football and basketball, but track and field and Olympic sports hold a unique place in my heart. These sports are carnivals of excitement, inspiration, and positive national pride at the world championship level...

Olympic Athletes Catching the Covid-19 Virus

Athletes and officials from international teams arriving in the country for the Beijing Olympics are testing positive for the Covid-19 at a very fast pace.

Local organizers revealed that 11 out of 379 athletes that arrived in China on Monday tested positive. All those who were infected ...

US dignitaries might not attend Beijing Winter Olympics

President Joe Biden said that the United States was thinking of a diplomatic boycott of Winter Olympics to be held in Beijing in February next year. This action might be taken because of China's human rights abuses. This boycott would keep American dignitaries from attending the games no...

WADA to review their cannabis status

Highlights

• World Anti-Doping Agency will review the status of marijuana
• Sha’Carri Richardson gets a 30-day suspension in Olympics

The World Anti-Doping Agency will review the status of cannabis as one of the banned substances, as US sprinter Sh...

TOKYO OLYMPICS ATHELETES VACCINATED IN JAPAN

Highlights –

• Tokyo Olympics athletes vaccinated in Japan.
• About 200 athletes were vaccinated at a training center on the first day of the rollout.
• The vaccination of young athletes would not affect distribution to the general populati...

AUSTRALIA MADE COVID-19 VACCINATION MANDATORY FOR PARALYMPIC ATHLETES

Highlights:

• Australia has made it mandatory for the Paralympic athletes to get the corona virus vaccinations
• The Australian Olympic Committee has made the covid-19 vaccination mandatory for the Paralympic athletes

On Tuesday, Kate Mc...

TOKYO OLYMPIC WORKERS NEED TO REGULARLY CHECK FOR COVID-19

Highlights –

• Tokyo Olympic workers need to regularly check for COVID-19.
• The workers will do so by self-collecting saliva samples regularly.
• Organizers plan to distribute containers for submission at one of around 60 locations.
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AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT PRIORITIZED OLYMPIC-BOUND ATHLETES FOR COVID-19 VACCINES

Highlights:

• the government of Australia has prioritized the Olympic-bound athletes for the novel corona virus vaccines
• The contingent of around 2,000 are going to be eligible for being vaccinated in the second highest priority group of Australia
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TEMASEK FOUNDATION SINGAPORE TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ATHLETES

HIGHLIGHTS

• Temasek Foundation on Wednesday (Jan 13) announced it will support athletes who are not receiving the government’s grant

The Temasek Foundation Inspire Fund introduced last year intends to give an advantage to promising competi...

ATHLETES TO UNDERGO COVID-19 TESTS EVERY 4-5 DAYS DURING TOKYO OLYMPICS 2021

Highlights –

• Athletes to undergo COVID-19 tests every 4-5 days during Tokyo Olympics 2021.
• The policy will apply to all people staying at the athletes’ village in principle.
• Japan is also considering allowing the attendance of s...

JAPAN PLANNING TO ALLOW FOREIGN ATHLETES INTO THE COUNTRY UNDER CONDITIONS

Highlights –

• Japan planning to allow foreign athletes into the country under conditions.
• The athletes will be allowed to enter if they contribute to Japan’s success at the Tokyo Olympics.
• The athletes will be required to hand i...

TEXAS FOOTBALL PLAYERS & ATHLETES DEMAND CHANGES TO CHALLENGE RACISM IN TEXAS

Highlights:

• The changes demanded from the athletics department is in keeping with the motto of “What starts here changes the world”

• Football players march in honor of George Floyd  

The recent death o...

Why New York sports in the 2020s could grow again

In and around New York, I spent a lot of my life. It's gotten to where I can't go through a single paragraph without going into some sort of sky-fallen narrative about how bad things have been around here recently. He hasn't been a 10-year-old New York sports fan. Ah, but now a new da...

Russia facing a risk of ban from all sporting events

Russia is looking at a four-year ban from all sports at all sporting events after reports of deleted drug tests surfaced. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is investigating the data handed over by Russia in January. The panel has also accused Russia of handing over false data to the investigato...

A partnership between MetLife Gulf Partners & Special Olympics in the UAE to Give Back to the Community

Recently, MetLife Volunteers got the opportunity of partaking in numerous athletic & art activities with Special Olympians in Dubai, UAE. As part of the Community Week of Metlife which is an initiative sponsored by MetLife Foundation, 33 MetLife volunteers united 2 with 5 Young Athletes, for ...