Category: Organization

Ursinus College has canceled the remainder of the swimming season for both men’s and women’s teams following a hazing scandal. In a lengthy statement released by the college on Friday, officials did not get into specifics about what exactly happened but stated, “… the men’s and women’s swimming teams had committed violations of the college’s…

The Big School Swim 2019 was the most successful so far, with more schools and pupils participating than ever before.

Professor Peter Clough, head the Psychology department at Huddersfield University who carried out the research, found that contrary to what some parents believe, “sport involvement does not appear to have any negative implications” on results. He told The Daily Telegraph: “Overall, taking part in sport appears to have a lot of positive impact. There is…

French hotel owners assailed Airbnb on Wednesday over its new partnership with the International Olympic Committee, warning they would stop working on the planning for the Paris 2024 summer Games to protest against what they call an unfair competitor. French hotels have long accused home rental platform Airbnb of taking advantage of minimal oversight to…

When the next Summer Olympics are held in July 2020 in Tokyo, expect to see more than the world’s greatest athletes. There will also be missiles standing guard. Japan’s Defense Ministry is considering whether to deploy U.S-made Patriot missile defense interceptors to protect the games. “To ensure the security of Tokyo, where the Summer Games…

From NOlympics’ view, the Games not only fail to “realize a more peaceful vision of the future,” but actively sow division, widening the gap between the working poor and monied elite. For the past two years, the group has mounted a campaign with a simple mission: kick the Olympics out of Los Angeles. Recently, as…