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Olympic archery event ends by the smallest of margins

South Korea continues to dominate in the women’s archery team event at the Olympics. The South Korean team beat China to win the gold medal on Sunday, marking their 10th consecutive victory in the event. South Korea has won the women’s team archery event since it was introduced in 1988, but the match has never […]

Olympic Officials Punish Canada Over Spying Scandal, Send Coach Home

Canada’s women’s national soccer team has sent soccer coach Bev Priestman home after complaints that the team was using drone technology to record an opposing team’s training sessions, according to a report released Sunday. FIFA has ordered Canada Soccer to suspend Priestman for one year, fine him $226,000 and strip Canada of six points in […]

Will the Trump assassination attempt change the Olympic security?

At the Olympics, French authorities will likely take no lessons from disgraced U.S. Secret Service chief Kimberly Cheatle. They don’t want any surprises. But if Cheatle’s incompetence resembles the sloppy routines of Third World police, the French approach resembles the nervous preparations of a paranoid wartime dictator. The fears are largely understandable: For our baguette-loving […]

Olympic Flag Raised Upside Down During Opening Ceremony

If you thought the ineptitude and ignominy of the Olympic opening ceremony was limited to a grotesque parody of the Last Supper and some strongly bisexual threesome sex, you’d be wrong. On top of that, they flew the Olympic flag upside down. From BBC Sport It’s a shame the Olympic flag was flying upside down […]