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Ten years ago in Sochi, it was all smiles as Russia hosted the Olympic Games. A decade later, things are very different.

Touchy on Sochi: Russian bear off the (costly) Olympics wagon

After eye-watering sums were spent to host the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Russia was banned, first for state-sponsored doping, then for invading Ukraine. A decade on, it is still licking its wounds

Nazareth Seferian 11 August 2024

French artist and performer Abraham Poincheval stands in a closed giant glass bottle on a canal near the Stade de France in Paris on July 25, 2024.

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Message in a bottle: social isolation via human installation

By confining himself in a narrow, transparent space near the main stadium for the Olympic Games, Abraham Poincheval tried to highlight an under-highlighted problem. Did he succeed, or is he mad?

Sawsan Jamil Hasan 09 August 2024

Jordan’s most decorated sportswoman, Maha Al-Barghouthi (Courtesy: Maha Al-Barghouthi)

Maha Al-Barghouthi: Jordan’s First Gold Medalist in an Olympic Event

Since the establishment of the Jordanian state in the twenties of the last century, the national sports movement has been active, progressed, and accomplished. This occurred despite various…

Sarah Gamal 13 October 2022

A view of the city skyline and River Nile from Cairo tower building in the capital of Cairo, Egypt December 5, 2019. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Egypt to Apply to Host 2036 Olympic Games

Egypt will apply to host the Summer Olympic Games in 2036, the Egyptian youth and sports minister said in a statement on Saturday, a bid that if successful would make it the first Arab or African…

25 September 2022

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