Category: Organization
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Brazil Is Unraveling Before Our Eyes
Brazil is in crisis. The economy has sunk into its biggest slump in a century and political instability surrounding President Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment is paralyzing the country. Bloomberg QuickTakes explains how it’s been a slow unraveling for the world’s fifth largest country.
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FINA Responds to Russian Swimming Allegations
These are very serious allegations and we urge anyone with relevant evidence to bring it forward to FINA so that we can share with all appropriate authorities and take immediate disciplinary action if required. FINA is monitoring all developments in the world’s fight against cheating and doping in sport and is taking decisive action to…
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Juror to judge in Stanford swimmer rape case: Sentence ‘ridiculously lenient’
A juror who helped convict a former Stanford University student-athlete of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman complained to the judge about his “ridiculously lenient” six-month jail sentence, which the juror said made a mockery of the panel’s verdict, a newspaper reported Monday. The Palo Alto Weekly published a letter that the juror sent Santa Clara County…
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Sportleaks.com Launches Platform for Sports and Doping Whistleblowers
SportsLeaks.com and DopingLeaks.com are one and the same website. It is a secure global platform which enables you to drop off information and files to investigative sports journalists working around the world. We have all received leaked data in the past from whistleblowers. That spawned the idea of creating a secure platform in order to…
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Parents, students fight to keep swimming in Harford County Schools
Harford County parents and students are trying to save local swimming and diving programs.
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Brazil’s Struggles Will Be Front and Center at Rio Olympics
When Rio won the rights in 2009 to host the summer Olympics, Brazil planned a blitz of projects to showcase how far it had risen. But when tourists start showing up in 2 months to attend the games, it will be the bust and not Brazil’s best that will be on display. Bloomberg’s David Biller…
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Stanford Graduates Use Commencement To Show Support For Rape Victim
Graduates and women’s rights activist took a stand against injustice during the 2016 Stanford University Commencement. Graduates used the graduation as an platform to broadcast their anger over the light 6-month prison sentence that former Stanford University swimmer received after raping a unconscious female student. During the schools “Wacky Walk”, a procession of graduates dressed…
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Efforts grow to remove Stanford judge from the bench
In California, efforts are underway to remove a judge from the bench after he sentenced a former Stanford University swimmer to six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman. More with Carter Evans. https://youtu.be/qkg1DjXSsQk
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Swim Ireland – Year in Review
For up to the minute news on Swimming, Water Polo and Diving around Ireland