It took Russia’s invading Ukraine for sport governing bodies such as the IOC and FIFA to suggest banning the country from events. Let that sink in, and then ask yourself why it took so long.
Over the last year, as the world’s top 200-meter sprinter dealt with depression, he found that the medication he was taking limited his emotions—and created a possible impediment to his dream of gold.
On Thursday night, the Japanese men's soccer team played its opening match in an empty stadium. The scenes were memorable, but not in the way host city Tokyo imagined.