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What’s happening this week: September 27-October 3, 2026 (opens the original)
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Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly events calendar, a special bonus for paid subscribers.The aim is to make this diary as comprehensive a guide as possible to what is happening in the Olympic Movement both on and off the field of play. Read more
How Giovanni Malagò has gone from Olympic glory to being accused of foul play after taking over Italian football (opens the original)
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After the success of Milan Cortina 2026, a Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games that exceeded many people’s expectations, few would have begrudged it if its local organising committee president, Giovanni Malagò, had sat back and basked in the adulation after a seven-year journey he described as “long, arduous, and complex”.Instead, the 67-year-old International Olympic Committee member took on an even greater challenge: fixing Italian football.A country once the absolute masters of international
What’s happening this week: September 13-September 19, 2026 (opens the original)
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Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly events calendar, a special bonus for paid subscribers.This diary aims to be as comprehensive a guide as possible to what is happening in the Olympic Movement, both on and off the field of play. Read more
Valieva could have been the greatest skater in history, but has been sacrificed by Mother Russia (opens the original)
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Before any story about Kamila Valieva was required to contain the description “controversial,” some experts predicted that she would one day be remembered as the best women’s figure skater in history.Then came the positive drug test - the biggest Olympic doping scandal since Ben Johnson in 1988. It was followed by a long appeals process, including the claim that the 15-year-old had unwittingly ingested a banned substance prescribed to her grandfather after it mistakenly found its way into a stra
Tsunami of scandals in South African sport leaves Olympic bid in jeopardy (opens the original)
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South Africa’s bid for the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Games looks set to be ruined by a series of governance crises, involving top leaders undermining confidence in the country’s sport bodies.The latest scandal has seen the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee suspend its president, Barry Hendricks, following a series of anonymous emails about his behaviour, including excessive drinking. Hendricks is the latest big name to face questions about his conduct after the earlier s
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