olympiabewerbung
Der DOSB hat eine Kampagne für eine neue deutsche Olympiabewerbung gestartet. Nach sieben meist peinlich und krachend gescheiterten Bewerbungen, inklusive der Verschwendung von Steuermitteln, will man alles irgendwie besser machen – teilweise mit denselben Beratern, die auch für das IOC arbeiten.
fifa
Fatma Samoura tritt als FIFA-Generalsekretärin ab. Es gibt keinen Grund, das zu bedauern. Es gibt keinen Grund, Samoura für irgendetwas zu feiern. Die Frau aus Senegal ist ein fürstlich bezahltes Maskottchen des FIFA-Diktators Gianni Infantino. Sie hat dessen schmutzigen Geschäfte stets gedeckt.
fifa
Fatma Samoura is stepping down as FIFA's General Secretary. There is no reason to regret that. There is no reason to celebrate Samoura for anything. The woman from Senegal is a princely paid mascot of FIFA dictator Gianni Infantino. She has always covered up for his dirty dealings.
investigative journalism
The most important investigative Olympic journalist has died in the year of the sporting rogue states, with mega events in China and Qatar, with propaganda on a gigantic scale. We honor the legacy of Andrew Jennings by not letting 2022 go unchallenged.
propaganda
Under the guise of COVID, a thousand things are tightened up and arbitrarily adapted in China, just as it suits the state and party leader Xi Jinping, holder of the Olympic Order, and his IOC business partners. Of course, freedom of the press is not guaranteed there.
personality cult
Thomas Bach has been re-elected as IOC President for a final term without any opponents or opposition. Using Bach’s doctoral thesis as a departure point, Jens Weinreich describes how constantly planning for the future has provided Bach with an unprecedented hold on power in the Olympic system.
confidential
For the first time ever it can be revealed in detail how much cash the IOC paid to an Olympic host. Investigative journalist Jens Weinreich publishes the list of 117 payments to Rio 2016 in a worldwide exclusive in his magazine SPORT & POLITICS.
exclusive
Most of the international Olympic sports federations are financially heavily dependent on their share of the revenues from the Olympic Games. The IOC traditionally does not publish how it will distribute the revenues from the Olympic Games among the 28 permanent summer sports federations.