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Hungary's plagiarising president: Schmitt quits
Apr 2nd 2012, 2:47 from Eastern approaches
He's finally gone(112)
Inside story: Can the scientists keep up?
Mar 1st 2012, 4:00 from Print edition
Drugs and sport: The twists and turns of the long-running race between drug-taking athletes and boffins trying to catch them(5)
Who runs snowboarding?: We are the championships
Feb 21st 2012, 5:15 from Game theory
More bad blood between professional snowboard tours and the skiers who lord it over Olympic snowboarding(1)
Bad luck for London...: The curse of the ZILs
Jan 11th 2012, 12:24 from Cassandra
The British (and indeed the many non-Brits who live on this fair isle) have a remarkable appetite for pomp and pageantry.(0)
Snowboarding and the Olympics: FIS off
Nov 22nd 2011, 4:32 from Game theory
Professional tours and riders fall out with the International Ski Federation over the Olympics(14)
Drugs and the London Olympics: To ban, or not to ban, at London's Olympic games
Nov 21st 2011, 3:38 from Cassandra
Consider the “Goldman dilemma”, named after a researcher who asked elite athletes whether they would take a drug that guaranteed sporting success but would also kill them in five years’ time.(4)
Britain's new Olympic sports: New balls, please
Mar 17th 2011, 11:53 from Print edition
The host nation extends its sporting repertoire(2)
London's Olympics: Field of dreams
Jul 22nd 2010, 11:21 from Print edition
Two years before the Olympics, Britain is doing well. But it’s what happens after the games that matters(13)
The president's rocky fortnight: Down in the valley
Oct 8th 2009, 10:47 from Print edition
The man who can is suddenly looking unsure of himself(95)
The Olympic games: Rio's sporting carnival
Oct 2nd 2009, 1:19 from Web-only article
Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Olympic games, the event’s first visit to South America(144)
Accountability: Held to account
Dec 11th 2008, 8:32 from Web-only article
Which big organisations and companies are accountable(19)
The environment: Green games
Nov 19th 2008, 6:28 from Print edition
Sports compete to save the planet(1)
The Beijing Olympics: Let the games begin
Aug 15th 2008, 9:03 from Web-only article
The city behind the spectacle(410)
A survey of the business of sport: Fun, games and money
Jul 31st 2008, 12:10 from Print edition
Sport has become a global business as well as a recreation for billions, says Patrick Lane (interviewed here). But how to make it faster, higher, stronger?(38)
The Beijing Olympics: Five-ring circus
Jul 31st 2008, 12:10 from Print edition
News from the Forbidden Citius, Altius, Fortius(3)
A survey of the business of sport: How do you view?
Jul 31st 2008, 12:10 from Print edition
Sport and the media are natural bedfellows(3)
The Economist debate: China and the Olympics: The Opposition's closing statement
Jun 4th 2008, 7:00 from Print edition
Despite the emotional charge that the question now debated clearly carries, the issue we address is ultimately very narrow.The IOC’s mission is to use the spirit of athletic competition to bring people together in peace.(0)
The Economist debate: China and the Olympics: The Moderator's rebuttal
May 30th 2008, 7:01 from Print edition
The debate is producing strong views, as might be expected. A few participants have expressed themselves a little too strongly, so a gentle reminder of our debating rules is in order.(0)
The Economist debate: China and the Olympics: The Opposition's rebuttal
May 30th 2008, 7:01 from Print edition
The Olympic Games are not a carrot given by one government to another to reward good behaviour.(0)
The Economist debate: China and the Olympics: Featured guest's comments
May 27th 2008, 8:02 from Print edition
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) did not “make a mistake in awarding the Games to Beijing”.(0)
The Economist debate: China and the Olympics: The Proposition's opening statement
May 27th 2008, 5:57 from Print edition
It was a mistake to award this summer’s Olympics to Beijing.First, the city is not technically ready to host the event. Second, the Games are making the political system more repressive.(0)
The Olympic movement's triple China defence
May 5th 2008, 10:48 from Certain ideas of Europe
Worth a medal(0)
Telecoms in China: Olympic hurdle
Jun 14th 2007, 12:53 from Print edition
After years of delay, China has yet to award 3G mobile licences. Why?(0)
London Olympics: Think of a number
Nov 23rd 2006, 12:16 from Print edition
Predictably the costs of staging the games are spiralling up(0)
London pips Paris at the finishing line
Jul 6th 2005, 11:46 from Print edition
In one of the closest contests in the history of the modern Olympics, London has been chosen to host the 2012 games, edging out Paris in the final round of voting. After Athens’s soaring costs and its struggles to get the venues ready in time for the 2004 games, should Londoners really be celebrating?(0)