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THE 5-RING CIRCUS
Olympic Games 2028: Los Angeles The LA28 organizers kicked off their community volunteer effort on International Volunteer Day on Friday with a clean-up of the Venice Beach area that will be the start for the 2028 marathons and triathlon.
The effort was coordinated with Heal The Bay, a long-time advocate for beach health and water safety. Said LA28 chief executive Reynold Hoover:
“Today’s beach cleanup is the beginning of a multi-year volunteer initiative in honor of the 2028 Games that will uplift Los Angeles and engage people across our region in meaningful, service-driven moments.”
Olympic Games: Television Friday’s announcement of the purchase of Warner Bros.-Discovery by Netflix for $72.0 billion in equity and an “enterprise value” of $82.7 billion means that the streaming service will also acquire Olympic television rights.
Warner Bros.-Discovery’s Sports Europe unit holds the streaming rights for the 2026-32 Olympic and Olympic Winter Games, with the European Broadcasting Union holding the over-the-air and cable rights.
World Anti-Doping Agency Three days after International Olympic Committee chief Kirsty Coventry (ZIM) asked for unity in the anti-doping community, The Associated Press reported on a letter sent by four members of the U.S....
Actor Nana, formerly of the group After School (birth name Lim Jin-a), filed a complaint for false accusation against the robber who had countersued her on an attempted murder charge. On the 23rd,...