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Multicultural Man: On Keely Hodgkinson
The women’s 800m final causes our writer to pose some awkward questions around race
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Multicultural Man: On the Olympics
All Olympics opening ceremonies that offer kulturkampf instead of pure spectacle suffer from the same regression to the tacky
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Letters: Tory rhetoric is to blame for this disorder
Who is going to tell this now extremely nasty party that they are responsible for the riots on the streets of towns and cities up and down the country?
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Critical Mass.. on Imane Khelif
The furore surrounding the Algerian boxer, who may have Swyer syndrome, highlights complex issues around gender and sport
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The illegals who built Paris 2024
The Olympic torch is ready to be lit. But this Games would not be happening without the efforts of undocumented, low-paid workers
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Paris in the Olympic spring
The 1924 Olympics featured a future Tarzan, the men who inspired Chariots of Fire and a farewell to the man who created the modern Games.
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The cost of dirty gold
East German athletes cheated at three Olympics and won more than 300 medals. But the price they paid was immeasurable
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Europe is walking the terror tightrope
As tensions rise, Islamist groups are once again quietly preparing attacks in Europe – with the Olympics and Euro 2024 as possible targets
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A shaken Paris needs a golden Olympics
The farmer blockades show that Emmanuel Macron and the City of Light must put on a winning show this summer for a deeply divided country
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How the Winter Olympics took off, 100 years ago
A thawing ice rink, frosty relations between some competitors and a distinct lack of fans couldn’t stop the success of Chamonix 1924
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Multicultural Man: On booze in Paris
France is on a mission to ensure its capital is ready to host the 2024 Olympics – which means a clampdown on alcohol and its associated issues
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Digby Jones’ attack on Alex Scott’s accent wasn’t just snobbish, it was wrong
Why Lord Digby Jones's claims that Alex Scott's commentary ruined the Olympics are ill-founded
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30 Europeans to watch at the Olympics
A 13-year-old skateboarder, a German policewoman, an Afghani woman cyclist attacked for daring to ride her bicycle... some of the most absorbing European stories at this Olympic Games.
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Why the Japanese want their country to cancel the Olympics
With over 84% of Japan still waiting for their first jab, why are the Olympic Games being held there? Is the sporting world, and compliant politicians, playing fast and loose with the pandemic? The European football tournament across 11 countries, the Copa América in Brazil, the fast-approaching Tokyo Olympics, might all be seen as brave defiance […]