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PtG Article 16.02.2024
IOC member: No Taliban flag at the Olympics in Paris
PtG Comment 27.03.2023
Coe and Bach: United in history, divided by history
PtG Article 02.02.2023
A thought experiment: Estimating global sports’ total carbon emissions
PtG Article 27.10.2022
The Saudis in sport: Ambitions much larger than sportswashing
PtG Comment 22.02.2022
Child athletes are too valuable for the Olympic system to set age limits
PtG Comment 19.01.2022
The political power of the Olympic opening ceremony: Lessons from Beijing and Sochi
PtG Article 14.10.2021
Beijing 2022: Olympic boycott battle over China’s ‘Genocide Games’
PtG Comment 19.05.2021
Beijing 2022: To the moon and back
PtG Comment 23.02.2021
The unpredictable financial costs of hosting the Olympic Games
PtG Comment 15.12.2020
Olympic finger-wagging at Europe’s last dictator
PtG Comment 09.11.2020
To stand up for Olympic values it may be necessary to kneel as well
PtG Comment 21.08.2020
Athletes should not be gagged in exchange for Olympic dream
PtG Comment 11.05.2020
A leaked list discloses how much cash the IOC paid for the 2016 Olympics in Rio
PtG Article 03.04.2020
How federations share the revenues from the Olympic Games
PtG Comment 03.04.2020
IOC President holds on to power while federations face financial problems
PtG Comment 20.03.2020
Growing pressure as the IOC and Japan play for time
PtG Comment 11.02.2020
A fist of freedom or a fist of iron? Rule 50 and the Olympic paradox
PtG Comment 03.12.2019
NOlympics Anywhere: A transnational movement to stop the Olympic Games is gathering strength
PtG Article 08.11.2019
Mixed-blood athletes challenge old myths in Japan
PtG Article 05.11.2019
IOC-President calls for sanctions of athletes’ entourage
PtG Comment 07.11.2018
Opposition to the Olympics in American cities
PtG Comment 24.10.2018
Hamburg’s bid for the 2024 Games: Political misconceptions of citizens’ concerns
PtG Comment 08.10.2018
A cautious game: Protesting mega-events in Russia
PtG Comment 08.10.2018
Civil society, contestation, and the games