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UNCOVERED: Olympic stadium - The Untold Story

Athens’ historic Olympic stadium gets first deep clean in over 100 years

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The Independent UK

Sydney to host 2027 Rugby World Cup final as Melbourne settles for last-16 games

The eyes of the rugby world will again fall on Sydney, 24 years after the Wallabies’ heartbreaking defeat to England at the city’s Olympic Stadium

The Guardian - AU

NFL Expanding International Series to Brand-New Location in 2025

The Olympic Stadium will play host to the NFL's first-ever regular season game in Berlin.

Sports Illustrated

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Investigation launched as England fans suffer heavy-handed treatment in Greece

Lee Carsley’s side was backed by 3,500 travelling supporters in Thursday’s key Group B2 encounter at the sold-out Olympic Stadium in Athens.

The Independent UK

Olympiastadion: From Nazi Past To European Championship Venue

Explore the history and transformation of Berlin's Olympic Stadium, a venue with a dark past and a commitment to learning from history.

Top News

Euro 2024 in a super election year: how the Olympic Stadium is putting Germany’s past front and centre

Germany is hosting the Uefa Euro 2024 men’s football tournament right in the middle of what has been called the country’s “super election year”. People are voting at local, state and European levels, amid renewed contests over Germany’s relationship with its Nazi past.

The Conversation

Olympic Stadium in Athens closed for urgent repairs after iconic roof found riddled with rust

Government officials say a new inspection has been ordered at the stadium that hosted the 2004 Athens Olympics after rust was found along the iconic arched roof

The Independent UK

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Greece forced into ‘painful’ shutdown of country’s biggest stadium due to safety concerns

The Olympic Stadium in Athens faces questions over the stability of its steel dome and has been closed indefinitely

The Independent UK

CJ Ujah interview: I was ashamed after my drugs ban ... but now my conscience is clear

The former Olympic Stadium looms large over its athletics warm-up track, a reminder of the high point of CJ Ujah’s career.

Evening Standard

Football fan filmed snorting white powder off man's bald head in packed West Ham stadium

The video - filmed inside West Ham's packed Olympic Stadium - shows one shameless fan sprinkling a white substance on another man's head before appearing to snort it

Daily Mirror

Anything is possible through sport

There are only two times in my life that I've cried: when my mother left me, and when I received the news that I would be on the first-ever IOC Refugee Olympic Team. When I walked into the Olympic Stadium with my teammates for the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic…

The Times of India

Symbolism, Empty Seats: Football Returns to Ukraine amid War

With two teams playing in an empty stadium hundreds of miles away from their hometowns, the Ukrainian football league started its new season Tuesday after a poignant ceremony paying tribute to those fighting in the war with Russia. The opening match at Kyiv’s 65,500-seat Olympic stadium — where spectators were…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Football returns to war-torn Ukraine as Shakhtar draw with Metalist 1925

Shakhtar Donetsk and Metalist 1925 played out a 0-0 draw in Kyiv’s empty Olympic Stadium on Tuesday as competitive football returned to war-torn Ukraine with the start of the country’s new Premier League season.

Reuters

European Championships 2022: Laura Muir on why her 1500m title defence was the 'hardest race' she's ever run

Muir, 29, clocked a red-hot time of 4:01.08 to finish 1.48s clear of Ireland’s Ciara Mageean - who ran a bold race to seal silver – and Poland's Sofia Ennaoui in front of a bumper crowd at Munich's 1972 Olympic Stadium

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Reynold Banigo makes admission after European Championships qualification in Munich

Banigo, 24, leapt 7.75m on Monday morning to qualify in fifth for Tuesday’s finale at the Olympic Stadium

USA Today Sports Media Group

Real Madrid vs. Eintracht Frankfurt, UEFA Super Cup live stream, time, TV channel, lineups, how to watch

Real Madrid will meet Eintracht Frankfurt in the UEFA Super Cup on Wednesday at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki.

The Independent UK

As it happened: A look back at London 2012’s Super Saturday, 10 years on

There was glory at Eton Dorney and at the Velodrome before an electric night in the Olympic Stadium.

Evening Standard

London 2012: 10 years on, what is the true legacy of the Olympic Games?

It is often forgotten in the euphoria which followed that Team GB were slow starters at London 2012, day five producing the first gold medal, from rowers Helen Glover and Heather Stanning.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Tokyo to Host 2025 World Athletics Championships

The 2025 World Athletics Championships will return to Tokyo, the sport's global governing body announced Thursday. The World Athletics Council confirmed that Tokyo would stage the championships for the second time after beating out competition from Kenya, Poland and Singapore, AFP said. It means Tokyo's Olympic Stadium will get the…

Daily Mirror

Barcelona dealt fresh financial setback as decision to play away from Camp Nou confirmed

Barcelona are about to embark on a project to renovate their Camp Nou home and will play in the city's Olympic Stadium for the 2023-24 campaign while upgrades are carried out

The Guardian - UK

‘It would be bizarre’: Coe warns against athletics quitting 2012 Olympic Stadium

Sebastian Coe, the World Athletics president, said: ‘We have to maintain a world-class presence in London,’ amid reports that UK Athletics has been offered £15m to cut ties with the stadium

The Guardian - UK

Dina Asher-Smith urges UKA to stick with London amid exit reports

Dina Asher-Smith has urged UK Athletics to keep a London base amid reports that it is in preliminary talks over a £10-15m deal to quit the Olympic Stadium

Asharq Al-Awsat

BTS to Hit the Stage in South Korea for First Time since COVID Began

South Korean boy band BTS are to put on their first shows for their home fans since the coronavirus pandemic began, with three concerts in the capital, Seoul, next month, their agency said on Wednesday. The concerts, part of their "Permission to Dance on Stage" tour that has been disrupted…

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