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2014 Olympics & Anti-Gay Sentiment In Russia

Discriminatory behavior and recent anti-gay laws are sparking controversy in Russia, who is set to host the 2014 Olympics in Sochi. Human rights activists are outraged at the horrific outpouring of violence culminating gay rig...

by Bre Cruickshank

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Let’s Kick North Korea Out of the Playground

I do not believe that North Korea should be allowed into the Olympic Games. Period. I have voiced this opinion to many people in the last two weeks, and it seems like I am the only person who feels this way. To be clear, it i...

by Yoonah Je

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LGBT Russians Urge Us Not To Boycott The Sochi Olympics

Backlash against LGBT discrimination in Russia is gathering strength, with calls for boycott against the 2014 Winter Olympics. But what do Russian LGBT activists have to say on the matter? We have seen that violence against the...

by Josie Poulter

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WATCH: Rainbow Nails Spark Debate in Moscow

The worldwide condemnation of Russia’s recent bill banning gay “propaganda” has now sparked debate among athletes. Among calls for boycott of the 2014 Olympics that are to be held in Russia, the 14th World Championshi...

by Boel Marcks von Würtemberg

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No Easy Game to Play: Nationalist Incentives from War to the Olympics

Nation-states have recently come under attack, as several scholars have argued that a global world requires novel forms of governance that will eventually make old nations a relic of the past. For the time being, however...

by Lorenzo Piccoli

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Romance & History in Exchange for the Swank of Modern Football: The Intriguing Debate Surrounding West Ham’s Stadium Move

It is now official. The deal for West Ham to own the 2012 London Olympic stadium has been completed (subject to an ambitious legal challenge from disgruntled Leyton Orient chairman Barry Hearn). On first looks, there seems to b...

by Jack Gregory

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Tokyo’s Hope for Improvements by 2020 Olympics

On 7 September 2013, Tokyo was awarded the 2020 Summer Olympics after the members of International Olympic Committee voted to select the host city from Tokyo, Madrid and Istanbul. As Tokyo celebrates its win, opinion leader...

by Keiko Tanaka

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A Funding Body as Competent as Its Athletes: Why UK Sport Got its Rio 2016 Funding Strategy Just Right

Few would have been envious of UK Sport towards the back end of last year. As the official body solely tasked with allocating Team GB its funding for Rio 2016, their decision was never going to be universally popular. Indeed it...

by Jack Gregory

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Brazil Violently Ousts Indigenous Village Ahead of World Cup

Brazilian riot police violently evicted a group of indigenous people from a former museum they had occupied in Rio de Janeiro to make way for 2014 World Cup construction. Baton-wielding police agents stormed the one-time Museum...

by Global Voices

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2014 Olympics & Anti-Gay Sentiment In Russia

Let’s Kick North Korea Out of the Playground

LGBT Russians Urge Us Not To Boycott The Sochi Olympics

WATCH: Rainbow Nails Spark Debate in Moscow

No Easy Game to Play: Nationalist Incentives from War to the Olympics

Romance & History in Exchange for the Swank of Modern Football: The Intriguing Debate Surrounding West Ham’s Stadium Move

Tokyo’s Hope for Improvements by 2020 Olympics

A Funding Body as Competent as Its Athletes: Why UK Sport Got its Rio 2016 Funding Strategy Just Right

Brazil Violently Ousts Indigenous Village Ahead of World Cup

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