Posts Tagged ‘athletes’

2 Afghan Athletes Arrive in Tokyo to Compete in Paralympics

TOKYO—Two athletes from Afghanistan have arrived in Tokyo to compete in the Paralympics, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said Saturday. The two-person team of Zakia Khudadadi and Hossain Rasouli had flown from Kabul to Paris before continuing on to Tokyo, the IPC said. Khudadadi will be Afghanistan’s first female athlete to compete at the Paralympics […]

Soviets use doped athletes to trick world into believing socialism trumps capitalism

A statue of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin stands in front of the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow on December 6, 2019. – The executive committee of the World Anti-Doping Agency will meet in Lausanne on December 9 to consider a recommendation for the ban, which would exclude Russians from major sports events including the 2020 Tokyo […]

Black women athletes ruptured destructive and limiting beliefs at the Tokyo Olympics

Image Credit: Jeff Hahne / Stringer, John Lamparski, Michal Cizek/ AFP, AFP Contributor, Peter Parks As the 2020 Tokyo Olympics approached, fans around the world struggled to balance their excitement with a general uneasiness surrounding the Games. These included high-profile firings, volunteers quitting, abnormally high temperatures, low vaccination rates as well as a declared state […]

First positive COVID tests for athletes in Olympic Village

Two athletes living in the Olympic Village have tested positive for COVID-19, the first to do so with the Tokyo Games opening on Friday. Organisers confirmed the positive tests on Sunday and both were listed as non-Japanese. No names or other details were provided. Organisers on Sunday also said another athlete had tested positive but […]

The No-Fun Olympics: How Athletes Are Preparing For Tokyo And Its Strict COVID-19 Rules

Sydney McLaughlin turns 22 three days after the final of the 400-meter hurdles, in which she might win Olympic gold and may even lower her current world record. Her big birthday plans? “Try and find a cupcake and then blow out the candles by myself,” McLaughlin said. Welcome to the no-fun Olympics, where celebrations and […]

NCAA Caves, Will Allow States Who Place Restrictions on Trans Athletes to Host Events

The NCAA made loud proclamations in April that it could pull events from states with limits on transgender athletes. Still, now the college sports governing body has caved and will allow tournaments in states including Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas despite their laws restricting trans athletes. The NCAA sided with transgender athletes only last month, saying they […]

Female Athletes Told To ‘Be Quiet’ About Transgender Weightlifter Ahead of Olympic Qualification

Former Olympic weightlifter Tracey Lambrechs claims that female athletes have been told to “be quiet” about transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard who will be taking part in the women’s competitions. Hubbard, a 43-year-old biological male is making his Olympic debut as a woman. If Hubbard passes the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) fitness and performance standards, she […]

Pfizer And BioNTech To Donate Vaccines For Olympic Athletes

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Vaccine developers Pfizer and BioNTech will donate doses to inoculate athletes and officials preparing for the Tokyo Olympics, the IOC said Thursday. Delivery of doses is set to begin this month to give Olympic delegations time to be fully vaccinated with a second shot before arriving in Tokyo for the games, […]

Iran hit with four-year judo ban for ordering athletes to avoid Israelis

Judo’s world body issued a four-year ban against the Iranian Judo Federation over Tehran’s demands that its athletes refuse to face Israeli opponents. The ban was backdated to begin in September 2019, when Iranian judoka and former world champion Saeid Mollaei left the Iranian team during the World Championship in Tokyo, saying he was ordered […]

High School Track and Field Coach Fired for Refusing to Make Athletes Wear Masks Outdoors

Bradley Keyes coached track and field at Pembroke Academy in New Hampshire until he was recently fired because he would not make his student athletes wear masks while exercising outdoors. He has called the outdoor mask policy of the school “senseless, irrational, cowardice bullsh*t.” Keyes wrote a letter to the school’s athletics director, where he […]

Olympic Committee To Buy Athletes COVID-19 Vaccines From China

The International Olympic Committee announced Thursday that it is buying COVID-19 vaccines from China so it can distribute doses to all participants of the upcoming summer and winter games. At his announcement, IOC President Thomas Bach praised China as acting “in the true Olympic spirit of solidarity” by providing the vaccines. Additionally, for every dose […]

Iran’s Khademalsharieh named as FIDE Athletes Commission

TEHRAN – Sarasadat Khademalsharieh from Iran has been named as FIDE Athletes Commission. The International Chess Federation announced the composition of the newly created Athletes Commission.      By the deadline of Dec. 21, FIDE had received nine candidacies for the 10 elected positions. Therefore, as decided by the FIDE Council, voting was not required and […]

Transgender Athletes Now Dominate Women’s Sports

As the world’s ruling class become more “woke,” growing numbers of transgender athletes are entering female sports and conquering women’s events. One of Joe Biden’s first acts after becoming President was to sign an executive order on “Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation.” The order declares that “children should […]

Zach Banner, Black athletes hold online panel about fighting antisemitism

Prominent Black athletes Zach Banner, Josh Bell and Alysha Clark came together with the rabbi of Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue for a panel about fighting antisemitism on Wednesday night. Banner, an offensive lineman for the Pittsburgh Steelers, has been outspoken about antisemitism spread by athletes, including fellow NFLer DeSean Jackson last year. “We preach […]

NFL star Zack Banner to host virtual Athletes Against Antisemitism event

Pittsburgh Steelers offensive lineman Zach Banner, Washington Nationals first baseman Josh Bell and Israeli-American Washington Mystics basketball player Alysha Clark will host Athletes Against Antisemitism, a virtual event to combat antisemitism and promote racial justice and unity. The event will be moderated by Dr. Lauren Apter Bairnsfather, from the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh. The event […]

Four States Advance Laws Banning Transgender Athletes from Competing Based on Gender Identity

Four states are in the process of advancing laws that would ban transgender student-athletes from competing in the categories they “identify” with, according to reports. The Mississippi state senate, for instance, just overwhelmingly passed Senate Bill 2536 to send their “Mississippi Fairness Act” to the statehouse to consider, the New York Post reported. The bill […]

Jen Psaki Defends Transgender Athletes in Women’s Sports: ‘Trans Rights Are Human Rights’

White House press secretary Jen Psaki defended Tuesday President Joe Biden’s executive order that opens up women’s sports to men who say they are transgender. “The president’s belief is that trans rights are human rights, and that’s why he signed that executive order,” Psaki said when asked by a reporter to react to the issue […]

Oklahoma Senator Files ‘Save Women’s Sports Act’ Requiring Athletes to Compete as Birth Sex

Photo Credit: Vlad Vasnetsov/Pixabay OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — An Oklahoma state senator has filed a bill that would prohibit biological males from joining school sports teams specifically designated for women and girls. “Athletic teams that are sponsored by a school or sponsored by a private school whose students or teams compete against a school shall be expressly […]

North Dakota Lawmakers Propose Bill Requiring Student Athletes to Compete as Birth Sex

Photo Credit: Remaztered Studio/Pixabay BISMARCK, N.D. — 10 Republican lawmakers in North Dakota have proposed a bill requiring student athletes to compete as their birth sex in order to protect fairness in sports. “The state, a political subdivision of the state, or an entity that receives public funding from the state or from a political subdivision of […]

Chelsea launches exhibition about Jewish athletes and the Holocaust

Chelsea Football Club, in partnership with the Jewish News and renowned British Israeli street artist Solomon Souza, on Wednesday launched the exhibition “49 Flames – Jewish Athletes and the Holocaust”.WWII-ear Jewish athletes featured on a mural Last year, Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich commissioned Solomon Souza to create a commemorative mural of Jewish soccer players who […]

Candace Owens on LASD Ambush: BLM, Media, Athletes, Entertainers to Blame

Conservative firebrand and BLEXIT founder Candace Owens reacted to the ambush of two Los Angeles sheriff’s deputies on Saturday by proclaiming that Black Lives Matter (BLM), the media, athletes, and the entertainment industry are to blame. “Why else does this happen? Because when pea-brained athletes put the name of an alleged RAPIST on their helmets […]

WATCH: Al Sharpton Praises Pro Athletes for ‘Kicking Serious Ass’ on Social Justice

Speaking after the recent ‘”March on Washington,” MSNBC host Al Sharpton praised pro athletes for boycotting games and speaking out for “social justice” issues. Sharpton was in Washington on Friday for the “Commitment March: Get Your Knee Off Our Necks” held by Sharpton’s National Action Network. Afterward, Sharpton was asked for comments on the boycotts […]

“Gene-Edited” Future Justified By COVID-19 & France Admits Athletes Infected At Wuhan Military Games

Robbie Martin speaks to investigative journalist and writer Whitney Webb about her incredible in-depth new series about a group of sketchy individuals who weave a thread of anthrax, bio-terror fear mongering and ‘pandemic preparedness’ through the Bush Sr, Clinton, George W Bush administration and now the Trump administration. Source

Israel wounded 30 Palestinian athletes in Gaza

Israeli occupation forces shot, wounded 30 Palestinian athletes in besieged Gaza Strip since start of Great March of Return demonstrations on 30 March, Palestinian sports ministry said on Sunday. Several were shot in the head and were in a critical condition, the ministry added. “A number of the wounded had their lower limbs amputated such […]

Acupuncture found to calm heart rate, increase stamina in athletes engaging in high-intensity training

(Natural News) Acupuncture can normalize heart rate as well as increase the stamina of athletes undergoing high-intensity training, a study published in the Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine has found. Prolonged and high-intensity training sessions typically cause athletes to accumulate fatigue and show a decline in performance which increases the risk of […]

High-profile actors, artists, athletes, and activists join Dream Defenders in supporting Ahed Tamimi

Editor’s Note: Today, the civil rights organization Dream Defenders released the following open letter in support of Ahed Tamimi, who trial starts tomorrow. The signatories include prominent actors Danny Glover, Rosario Dawson, Grey’s Anatomy star Jesse Williams, and The Practice’s LisaGay Hamilton; musicians Vic Mensa, Talib Kweli and Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello; civil rights leaders Patrisse Cullors and Alicia Garza (co-founders of Black Lives Matter), Angela Davis, Michelle Alexander, and Alice […]

Iranian athletes reject smartphones offer: Envoy

IRNA – Iran’s ambassador to Seoul said that Iranian athletes participating in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics have rejected the offer to receive smartphones. Mohammad Hossein Taherian told the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) that Iranian athletes in Pyeongchang have said the International Olympic Committee has announced that they could receive Samsung smartphones that they were […]

A doctor who molested young female athletes was just sentenced to 175 years in prison… how many other doctors MOLEST patients and get away with it?

(Natural News) The guy who was responsible for overseeing the health of the United States Gymnastics Team has been handed what amounts to a life sentence in prison for sexually abusing scores of his female team members – including one victim who was only six years old at the time. As he […]

WOA Calls For Athletes To Be Fitted With Microchips

The debate about the fitting of microchips raises the issue of whether it would be an invasion of athletes’ privacy. Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo Athletes need to be fitted with microchips, in a similar way that dogs are, in the fight against drug cheats in sport, according to a leading representative of international sports […]

Olympic Athletes Could Soon Face Being Microchipped ‘Like Dogs’ To Compete

By Mac Slavo While some say microchipping humans is the wave of the future, others think it could be the Biblical “mark of the beast.” Regardless, the next group to face the potentiality of being microchipped like dogs are Olympic athletes. According to WND, the head of an association of Olympic athletes wants to require […]

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