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Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games, also British Empire Games, quadrennial multi-sport event for Commonwealth nations since Hamilton 1930; Glasgow 2026 rescued after Victoria's withdrawal; Amdavad hosts 2030 centenary.
Concerns and controversies at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Concerns and controversies at the 2024 Summer Olympics (Paris 2024): opening-ceremony Last Supper backlash, Seine E. coli postponements, Khelif/Lin boxing eligibility row, AIN Russian neutrality, AI surveillance, and €11.8bn cost, 15% over budget.
Diving at the 2026 Asian Games
Diving at the 2026 Asian Games was the diving competition of the 20th Asian Games, held at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre from 26 to 30 September 2026.
Dunk of Death
Dunk of Death (le dunk de la mort): Vince Carter's dunk over 7'2" Frédéric Weis, USA vs France, Sydney 2000 Olympics, September 25, 2000; French media coined the name.
Equestrian events at the 2026 Asian Games (年アジア競技大会)
Equestrian at the 20th Asian Games (第20回アジア競技大会), Aichi-Nagoya 2026: dressage, jumping, and eventing at Tokyo's Equestrian Park, 19 September–4 October 2026, with first team golds for China and Thailand and a typhoon-forced schedule change.
Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Eurovision Song Contest 2017 (62nd edition, Kyiv) was won by Portugal's Salvador Sobral with "Amar pelos dois" at 758 points; held at the International Exhibition Centre, reached over 180 million viewers, and Russia's Julia Samoylova was banned.
Flag football at the 2028 Summer Olympics
Flag football at the 2028 Summer Olympics, also LA28 flag football, makes its Olympic debut with men's and women's 6-team 5-on-5 tournaments at Exposition Park Stadium, July 15-22, with NFL players eligible.
Golden Girls (gymnastics)
Golden Girls: nickname of the 2024 US women's Olympic gymnastics team (Biles, Lee, Carey, Chiles, Rivera), which won team gold at Paris 2024 with 171.296 points; named for the oldest US roster since 1952, average age 22.2.
Greece (organization)
Hellenic Olympic Committee (Ελληνική Ολυμπιακή Επιτροπή), Greece's National Olympic Committee, founded Athens 24 November 1894; organized the 1896 first modern Olympics, runs the Olympia flame ceremony and International Olympic Academy; president Isidoros Kouvelos since 2025.
Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics, held July-August 2021 at Tokyo's Ariake Gymnastics Centre, covered artistic, rhythmic, and trampoline disciplines; ROC won both team golds, Hashimoto and Lee took all-around titles, and Simone Biles withdrew citing mental health.
Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's floor
Women's floor exercise final, Paris 2024 Olympics, 5 August 2024: Rebeca Andrade won gold (14.166) over Simone Biles (14.133); Jordan Chiles's inquiry-based bronze was stripped by CAS and later appealed to the Swiss Federal Tribunal.
Handball at the 2026 Asian Games
Handball at the 2026 Asian Games (Aichi-Nagoya), 19–29 September 2026 at Kasugai City Gymnasium and ENTRIO, Inazawa. Bahrain won men's gold 33:32 over Qatar; South Korea took a eighth women's title.
Hrvatski olimpijski odbor
Hrvatski olimpijski odbor (Croatian Olympic Committee, HOO) is Croatia's national Olympic committee, founded 10 September 1991, IOC-recognized 1992–1993, the country's roof sports association with 113 members, based in Zagreb.
India at the 2014 Asian Games
India at the 2014 Asian Games (XVII Asiad, Incheon, 19 Sep-4 Oct 2014): 541 athletes in 28 sports won 57 medals (11 gold, 10 silver, 36 bronze), ranking 8th; men's hockey gold after 16 years earned a 2016 Olympic berth.
India at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
India at the 2022 Commonwealth Games: Birmingham, 28 July-8 August 2022. India finished 4th with 61 medals (22 gold, 16 silver, 23 bronze), led wrestling, weightlifting, badminton, and table tennis, without shooting.
India at the Commonwealth Games
India at the Commonwealth Games: participation since 1934; all-time 602 medals (215 gold), fourth behind Australia, England, Canada; best edition Delhi 2010 with 101 medals; Glasgow 2026 fourth with 39; Ahmedabad hosts 2030.
International Four Days Marches Nijmegen
International Four Days Marches Nijmegen (Nijmeegse Vierdaagse), the Walk of the World: annual four-day walking event in Nijmegen since 1909; 45,000+ walkers cover 30, 40, or 50 km daily for the Four Days Marches Cross.
Invictus Games
Invictus Games: biennial international adaptive sports competition for wounded, injured and sick service personnel and veterans, founded by Prince Harry in 2014; first held in London, latest edition Vancouver Whistler 2025, next Birmingham 2027.
Iran at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Iran at the 2016 Summer Olympics (Rio de Janeiro): 63 athletes, 8 medals (3 gold, 1 silver, 4 bronze), 25th place. Golds by Rostami and Moradi in weightlifting and Yazdani in wrestling; Kimia Alizadeh won Iran's first female Olympic medal.
Iran at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Iran at the 2020 Summer Olympics (Tokyo, held 2021): 65 athletes, 7 medals (3 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze). Golds by Javad Foroughi (10 m air pistol), Sajad Ganjzadeh (karate >75 kg), Mohammadreza Geraei (Greco-Roman wrestling); four Iranians also competed on the IOC Refugee Team.
Kabaddi at the 2026 Asian Games
Kabaddi at the 2026 Asian Games (カバディ), Aichi-Nagoya: men's and women's tournaments, 21-26 September 2026, Tokai Citizen Gymnasium. Ten men's and eight women's teams; India beat Iran in both finals for a golden double.
Lebanon (organization)
Lebanese Olympic Committee (Comité Olympique Libanais, اللجنة الأولمبية اللبنانية), Lebanon's National Olympic Committee, founded by decree 1350 on 28 December 1946, IOC-recognized, headquartered in Baabda; sends Lebanese teams to the Olympic Games and administers national anti-doping.
Libyan olympic committee
Libyan Olympic Committee (اللجنة الاولمبية الليبية, LOC), Libya's National Olympic Committee, founded 1962, IOC-recognized 1963. Summer Games only since 1968, no medal, HQ Tripoli, president Jamal Al-Zarrug since 2014.
List of 2024 Summer Olympics medal winners
Paris 2024 Summer Olympics medal winners: medalists in 329 events across 32 sports, 1–11 August 2024. United States topped the table with 40 golds ahead of China; medals contained Eiffel Tower iron.
List of 2028 Summer Olympics broadcasters
2028 Summer Olympics broadcasters: NBCUniversal (US, through 2036), EBU and Warner Bros. Discovery (49 European territories), BBC (UK free-to-air), beIN (MENA), Sky (New Zealand), and MMS (sub-Saharan Africa); IBC at Hollywood Park Studios, Inglewood.
London 2012 (video game)
London 2012: The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games is Sega's official 2012 Summer Olympics sports game by Sega Studios Australia for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360, with 30-plus events, rhythmic controls, and mixed reviews (Metascore 64).
Maccabiah Games (המכביה)
Maccabiah Games (המכביה), the "Jewish Olympics": quadrennial multi-sport competition in Israel for Jewish athletes, first held 1932; next edition postponed to June 30–July 14, 2026.
Malaysia at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Malaysia at the 2016 Summer Olympics (Rio de Janeiro, 5-21 August): 32 athletes in 11 sports won 4 silver and 1 bronze, the country's best haul, via badminton (Lee Chong Wei, doubles pairs), diving, and cycling keirin.
Malta olympic committee
Malta Olympic Committee (MOC), Maltese Olympic Committee, Malta's National Olympic Committee founded 1928, IOC-recognized 1936; funds Maltese participation in Olympic, Commonwealth, Mediterranean, and Small States of Europe Games; president Julian Pace Bonello since 2013.
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games is a Sega-Nintendo Olympic sports party game series (2007-2019, Beijing 2008 through Tokyo 2020), the first joint appearance of Mario and Sonic, ending before Paris 2024.