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Kirsty Coventry has been elected as the 10th President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), becoming the first woman and African to ever be elected to the position. Coventry, 41, will also be the youngest ever to assume the role and came through a field of seven contenders in the seaside resort of Costa Navarino in Greece to land the most powerful job in world sport. Coventry will officially take up the role on June 24, after incumbent Thomas Bach steps down following a 12-year spell in charge. Coventry will arrive at a time of heightened geopolitical uncertainty around the...

I’m done with the Democrats. I voted for Kamala Harris — but left the party I’d belonged to for decades after witnessing its unhinged reaction to the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, as I explained in these pages last month. The Democratic position on transgender rights is part of a larger problem: the Democratic embrace of being “woke.” To be woke means to accept without question the claims of the myriad identity groups that demand special treatment. The Democrats were once the party of working people and unions. They were committed to bridging the gap between rich...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Liberals expressed outrage today after President Trump signed an executive order this afternoon that men cannot punch women in the face for sport. The order further states that mediocre male athletes have to hit the gym and try harder if they want to win. "It is a sad day in America when men cannot punch women in the face," said ESPN executive James Pitaro. "We at ESPN are appalled that we cannot televise men kicking the crap out of women while we cheer. President Trump has gone too far." Trump announced the executive order to a room...

President Donald Trump said Wednesday the U.S. will not grant visas to transgender women athletes trying to enter the country to participate in the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. Trump made the declaration at the White House during a signing ceremony of an executive order aimed at prohibiting transgender women and girls from competing in women's sports and directing agencies to withdraw federal funding for any schools that refuse to comply. Trump said he will direct Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem "to deny any and all visa applications made by men attempting to fraudulently enter the United States while identifying...

President Trump will sign an executive order Wednesday delivering on a key campaign promise to ban transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s sports, a directive that will also extend to trans athletes visiting the U.S. from abroad, a White House official said. The order, which Trump will sign at a ceremony in Washington, will target visas issued to transgender professional and elite athletes traveling to the U.S. to compete in women’s athletic competitions. Among other events, the U.S. is set to host the Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 2028. “If you are coming into the country and you...

DEI: LA Mayor Karen Bass is hiring an ‘outside consultant’ to rebuild the Pacific Palisades in a more equitable and environmentally sustainable way. She intends to award the contract without authorization from the property owners. ... CORRUPTION: California updated the law to allow Mayors like Karen Bass to take contributions from contractors and consultants to the city if they are award via competitive bid starting on Jan 1, 2025. This exemption is significant because it means that vendors winning contracts through competitive bids can still donate to political campaigns of officials overseeing the contract process—potentially leaving room for continued influence...

rt 22 m 44 s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg0xExQIy6k California leaders are speaking out about the LA Fires redevelopment plans, and we've got the latest updates. From rebuilding efforts to coastal building concerns, we're diving into the details of the proposed plans and what they could mean for the state's future. Stay informed about the latest developments in the LA Fires and what California leaders are saying about the tragedy going on right now. Get the inside scoop on the proposals, controversies, and more.

The LA fires are unprecedented in the number and size of the fires that have broken out in and around the second largest city in the US. Over 1000 structures and 45 square miles are destroyed. More than 380,000 people have been under warnings or orders to evacuate. Over 450,000 people are without power. More than 24 school districts are partially or totally closed. Fire hydrants have run dry. Arsonists in Santa Monica have been caught on camera setting fires. The LA County Sheriff says some areas look like ‘a bomb was dropped.’ President Biden commented on the fires while...

(The Center Square) - Los Angeles City council voted to pass a $30 minimum wage for hotel and airport workers, along with an additional healthcare benefit starting at $8.35 per hour for employees of businesses that do not provide health insurance. Businesses say the large spike in wages will lead to closures, scaling back employees, and hotels backing out of agreements put in place for the 2028 Olympics — and could threaten the city budget.... Hotels say the new wage increase is unaffordable, especially with income for many hotels flat as other costs rise, and could leave some with no...

President-elect Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he has nominated Monica Crowley for Ambassador, Assistant Secretary of State, and Chief of Protocol of the United States of America. Trump wrote that Crowley "will be the Administration Representative for major U.S. hosted events, including America’s 250th Birthday in 2026, the FIFA World Cup in 2026, and the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 2028." "During my First Term, Monica did an incredible job as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Public Affairs," he added. "For her exceptional service, she received the Alexander Hamilton Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Department.

California is about to become home to the nation’s second electric vehicle-charging roadway — with construction due to be completed ahead of the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. The multimillion dollar UCLA project, funded with state grant moneys, will concentrate on a half-mile stretch of road in Westwood, according to the Los Angeles Times. And it will come as the university prepares to host the Olympic Village — where all of the competing athletes stay during the games. “A wireless inductive option is a game changer,” Clinton Bench, director of the UCLA Fleet and Transit, told the Times. “When a...

Olympia, the Sanctuary of Zeus and venue of the Olympic Games in Ancient Greece, was probably destroyed by tsunamis that reached far inland, and not as previously believed, by earthquakes and river flooding... Paläotsunamis that have taken place over the last 11,000 years along the coasts of the eastern Mediterranean. The Olympic-tsunami hypothesis has been put forward due to sediments found in the vicinity of Olympia, which were buried under an 8 metres thick layer of sand and other debris, and only rediscovered around 250 years ago. "The composition and thickness of the sediments we have found, do not fit...

The Trump presidency will oversee the World Cup, the Olympic Games and the 250th anniversary of the USA.During the next four years, the spotlight will be on America because the US is hosting a series of international events and marking a major milestone in the nation's history.

Australian breakdancer Rachel “Raygun” Gunn is hanging up her sneakers. The 37-year-old’s routine went viral during the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris and she was mercilessly mocked. She competed in three battles and was shut out 18-0. In a recent interview on Australian radio’s Jimmy & Nath Show, on 2Day FM, she revealed she doesn’t want to endure the criticism that could possibly come with future performances. “I’m not going to compete anymore, no,” she revealed to the Sydney station. “It’s just not going to mean the same thing,” she said. “It’s not going to be the same experience...

France’s new crackdown on cyberbullying sees seven charged in “first wave” of arrests against those who trolled the creator of the Paris 2024 Olympics LGBT-themed opening ceremony. Seven people have been arrested across France this week, accused of making death threats, insults, and of cyberbullying of figures involved with the 2024 Paris Olympics including most prominently the artistic director of the much-criticised opening ceremony, Thomas Jolly. The opening ceremony grabbed headlines globally for its overt political and social themes, with many decrying it as ‘woke’ and extravagantly anti-Christian. Those arrested are six men aged between 22 and 79 years old,...

Disgraced Australian Olympic swimming coach Dick Caine has died just weeks after being found guilty of raping and sexually abusing underage students. Caine was previously charged with 39 offenses committed against teenage girls in the 1970s and 1980s. During his conviction hearing in August District, Judge Paul McGuire stated, “Caine took an interest in pre-pubescent and pubescent girls.” The youngest of Caine’s victims was just ten years old. Caine reportedly died of terminal lung and throat cancer.

A Post analysis of audio and visual evidence shows the U.S. gymnast’s coach initiated the inquiry into her score within the required one-minute timeframe. For more than a month, debate over who finished third in the women’s floor final at the Paris Olympics has roiled the gymnastics community. On Aug. 5, Jordan Chiles received the bronze medal in Paris after her coach successfully appealed her score. Upon review, the judges increased Chiles’s mark by one-tenth, which moved her ahead of Romania’s Ana Barbosu. Nearly a week later, Chiles was stripped of her medal after the Court of Arbitration for Sport...

A tearful Jordan Chiles opened up to a live audience on Wednesday about the Court of Arbitration for Sport's decision to strip her of her bronze medal from the floor routine at the Paris Olympics. 'The biggest thing that was taken from me was the recognition of who I was, not just my sport, but the person I am,' Chiles told the Forbes Power Women's Summit. Chiles initially finished fifth in the eight-woman final before Team USA coach Cecile Landi appealed Chiles' score, asking to receive credit for a maneuver that would boost her score by .1. The appeal was...

Police say Rebecca Cheptegei, who recently competed at Paris Olympics, was doused with petrol and set ablaze on Sunday during dispute with her partner Dickson Ndiema MarangachUgandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegei, 33, who recently competed in the 10,000-meter race at the Paris Olympics, died in a hospital on Thursday, five days after her partner set fire to her home in western Trans Nzoia County, Kenya. Owen Menach, director of Clinical Services at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in Eldoret, confirmed her death to the media on Thursday morning. Jeremiah Ole Kosiom, Trans Nzoia County police commander, told the media...

The six-day bank siege that inspired the controversial Stockholm Syndrome theory began on 23 August 1973. In 1980, a BBC documentary featured two pioneering New York police negotiators who had built their careers on the lessons they had learnt from hostage situations past, including this bizarre robbery attempt. "But Sven, it's only in the leg." Those were the words of Kristin Enmark, 23, who was one of four people being held hostage at gunpoint in a Swedish bank. It was day two of the siege, and robber Jan-Erik Olsson wanted to show the police he meant business by shooting her...