Olympic Charter

Owen Gibson 's article, “Olympic Anti-Discrimination Clause Introduced After Sochi Gay Rights Row,” discusses the International Olympic Committee 's (IOC) new anti-discrimination clause in its host city contract. The IOC introduced this new clause due to the controversy around Russia 's anti-gay laws before the Sochi 2014 Winter Games. They informed the prospective bidders for hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics of the changes to the contract, which acts as a binding agreement between the IOC and…

up in support of each other and turn out to be nearer on a cozy level. Ken Jones expresses that game advances great in people and great in the public arena and this is a long custom. He says, "Control 1 of the Olympic Charter takes after this custom when it expresses: The point of the Olympic Movement is to instruct youngsters through game in a soul of better shared comprehension and of fellowship, in this way fabricating a superior and more serene world” (Sport and…

world, the majority of the profits would not be possible without marketing and advertisements. Every two years the Olympics games take place and businesses all over the world want to be included in the large profits associated with sponsorships of these games. The Olympic Games are the most watched sporting events that create profitable global media events. The International Olympic Committee uses Olympism, “a philosophy of life, exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body,…

In the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, the entire Russian track and field team was suspended and at least 120 athletes at the Rio Olympics were previously suspended for doping, and 31 of these athletes won medals in Rio (Halchin & Rollins, 2016; Aisch &Lai, 2016). The Rio Olympic Games was hosted during August 5th to August 21th in 2016. Although the Olympics was a celebrating event for the people all over the world, doping issues still aroused widespread concerns. The aim of the paper is to explain the…

an alternative from the modern day Olympics, for lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender, and queer athletes (LGBTQ). These games provide a significant and supportive environment without concern for homosexual prejudice and or discrimination. This making the Gay games an opportunity for athletes, coaches, consumers an opportunity to partake in the shift for social equality in society. This paper is not meant to criticize the Olympics and or the International Olympic Committee, rather…

participation in the Olympics, media coverage of women’s sports and the recent women’s FIFA world cup will show that the 2000’s are the golden age for women’s sports. It wasn’t long ago that women first joined the Olympics. It was on May 14 Oct. 28 1900 that 22 women first got to partake in the Paris Olympics, in only five sports: tennis, croquet,…

The 2016 summer Olympics will be in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on August 5. This tradition started in 776 BC in ancient Greece (“The Real Story”). The final games of the ancient Olympics ended in 393 AD because of the fact that a Greek ruler named Theodosios decreed that all cult practices, including the Olympics, be ended (Cartwright). Barron Pierre de Coubertin, a French aristocrat, suggested 1503 years later the idea of bringing back the Olympics in 1804 because he thought the more physical…

Hosting the Olympic games is not advantageous for the host city is because of how incredibly expensive the games are. The cost of hosting the games has been rising and now it costs a country billions of dollars. The games cost cities and countries billions of dollars to fund and produce. The 2008 Beijing Games, and the 2014 Sochi Winter Games cost each country around 50 billion dollars. This translates to an average of $120 million per event in Beijing, and $520 million per event in Sochi (Why).…

ran for the city-state of Syracuse instead of his home city-state of Croton, the city of Croton tore down a monument that had been dedicated to his athletic prowess and confiscated his house for use as a public jail. Sparta was once banned from the Olympics because of a peace treaty violation, but one of their athletes entered the chariot race as a representative of Thebes. Unfortunately, he won the race and during his celebration he inadvertently revealed his true heritage. He was flogged in…

In 1901, Australia became an independent nation. Though, it still had a close connection with its origin, the British. According to realism, state is the highest authority, power is crucial, war is endemic so wishing for peace is utopian (Bisley, 2013). The best way to maintain security is to maintain alliance between states. At that point of time, Australia believed that its security was heavily dependent on the stability of major powers in the Europe. Thus, from 1900s to pre-World War 1, it…