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15/07/2025

LOS ANGELES 2028: The LA28 organizing committee marked three years to go with its first release of the detailed, day-by-day and session-by-session sports schedules. The giant charts underscored the immense size of the Games, and the crowd pressures that will be brought to the downtown Los Angeles and Exposition Park areas. (Pictured: artist’s rendering of the 2028 Olympic opening ceremonies at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum and SoFi Stadium, from the LA2024 bid book.) Olympics City of Los Angeles SoFi Stadium Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Exposition Park
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LOS ANGELES 2028: LA28 marks three years to go with first release of sports schedule and session times - The Sports Examiner - Your all-in-one coverage of Olympic-sports news, views, previews and results.

14/07/2025

LOS ANGELES 2028: With exactly three years to go, LA28 organizing committee chief Reynold Hoover reported to new State Senate Committee on Olympic preparations, saying of LA28's efforts now are showing “significant progress.” He gave many more details on what to expect on the road to 2028. LA28
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LOS ANGELES 2028: LA28 CEO Hoover’s report to new State Senate Committee highlights LA28's preparations right now: “significant progress" - The Sports Examiner - Your all-in-one coverage of Olympic-sports news, views, previews and results.

10/07/2025

TheSportsExaminer.com's updated calendar of 699 international and U.S. events for 2025, 2026 and beyond, is now available FREE! https://bit.ly/4ktZfM0

TSX SPECIAL: It’s here! Our updated, 699-event International Sports Calendar for 2025, 2026 and more now posted! - The Sports Examiner - Your all-in-one coverage of Olympic-sports news, views, previews and results.

10/07/2025

TRANSGENDER: U.S. Justice Department has sued California Department of Education and California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) on lack of Title IX compliance on transgenders, asks for permanent injunction against transgenders in girls sports.
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TRANSGENDER: U.S. sues California on lack of Title IX compliance, asks for permanent injunction against transgenders - The Sports Examiner - Your all-in-one coverage of Olympic-sports news, views, previews and results.

05/07/2025

The 2025 Tour de France starts July 5 in Lille with comprehensive viewing options including NBC/Peacock in the US, ITV4 free-to-air in the UK, and FloBikes in Canada for all 21 stages.
https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france/how-to-watch-the-2025-tour-de-france
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Watch the 2025 Tour de France live on television or streaming via NBC Sports, Flobikes, Discovery+, and more.

04/07/2025

The UCI unveiled comprehensive anti-doping programs for the 2025 Tour de France including 600 in-competition samples, 350 out-of-competition tests, and enhanced technological fraud detection with over 600 X-ray checks planned.
https://www.uci.org/pressrelease/the-uci-reveals-its-programmes-to-combat-doping-and-technological-fraud-at/30pxlVPuoTro51T7eNZxFQ?utm_source=brevo&utm_campaign=ESW%20Thursday%20732025&utm_medium=email
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The UCI reveals its programmes to combat doping and technological fraud at the 2025 Tour de France The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) today reveals its programmes to combat anti-doping and technological fraud that it will implement for the upcoming Tour de France (5-27 July).The comprehensive a...

02/07/2025

AUCTION OF OLYMPIC MEMORABILIA: Paris gold and torch offered together, three Louganis medals available among 67 Olympic medals up for bid from RR Auction
Auctions of Olympic memorabilia often offer Olympic medals and Olympic torches, but it’s unheard of to offer a package of both in the same lot. RR Auction’s latest program, which closes on 17 July, has them both in lot 3120, including a Paris 2024 Olympic torch, a Paris 2024 Olympic gold medal from track & field and an athlete-edition Games poster, given to the medal winners on the victory stand. The estimated sale price is $75,000, with bidding already at $12,100 with more than two weeks to go.
https://www.rrauction.com/auctions/details/722-olympics/?page=1&itemQty=96&view=gallery&sort=time&cat=0&mc_cid=20a9dfb663&mc_eid=36c963d540
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02/07/2025

TRANSGENDER: The U.S. Education Dept. announced an agreement with the University of Pennsylvania, with records removed in the Lia Thomas case from 2022, and no transgenders allowed on current or future women’s teams.
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TRANSGENDER: U.S. Education Dept. announces agreement with Penn, with records removed and no transgenders allowed on women’s teams - The Sports Examiner - Your all-in-one coverage of Olympic-sports news, views, previews and results.

02/07/2025

LA28 An Olympic city is at war, with Los Angeles fighting against itself – labor vs. business – and now with the Trump Administration in Washington, D.C. Where does this end up? (TSX photo above: the Olympic and Paralympic flag display at Los Angeles City Hall.)
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LANE ONE: An Olympic city is at war, with Los Angeles fighting against itself, and now with Washington, D.C. - The Sports Examiner - Your all-in-one coverage of Olympic-sports news, views, previews and results.

01/07/2025

Not Olympics ready!

Footage of three-a-side game shows humanoids struggling to kick the ball or stay upright

28/06/2025

Lance Armstrong's sponsorship of George Hincapie's Modern Adventure Pro Cycling team is currently outside of UCI jurisdiction meaning his lifetime ban from the sport is "not implicated" as things stand, the US anti-doping agency U.S. Anti-Doping Agency has said. Lance Armstrong George Hincapie UCI Cycling Weekly

Armstrong’s The Move podcast is a sponsor of George Hincapie’s Modern Adventure Pro Cycling

28/06/2025

TRANSGENDER: U.S. Education Dept. finds California Dept. of Education and the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) out of compliance with Title IX on transgenders in sports, demands corrections within 10 days ... or else!
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TRANSGENDER: U.S. Education Dept. finds California out of compliance with Title IX on transgenders in sports, demands corrections ... or else! - The Sports Examiner - Your all-in-one coverage of Olympic-sports news, views, previews and results.