L.A. Confidential #5: Wasserman hoping start of Olympic ticket sales will take pressure off him Tickets for LA28 set to go on sale, the “Look of the Games” is released, doubts emerge over who pays the bill for the security budget and Australia chooses Venice Beach for its hospitality house

All that and much more in the latest edition of the #ZeusFiles at
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Back to the future: Gender testing to be reintroduced to the Olympics Screening for athletes in female events is to be mandatory from Los Angeles 2028, more than 30 years after it was dropped, when the IOC’s own Medical Commission chair called it “flagrant abuse”

More details in the #ZeusFiles at duncanmackayveritas.substack.com/p/back-to-th...

Back to the future: Gender testing to be reintroduced to the Olympics Screening for athletes in female events is to be mandatory from Los Angeles 2028, more than 30 years after it was dropped, when the IOC’s own Medical Commission chair called it “flagrant abuse”

The decision comes 30 years after universal screening was dropped following Atlanta 1996 when even the IOC's own Medical Commission chair called it “flagrant abuse”. My take on Olympic-sized flip-flop by IOC in latest edition of the #ZeusFiles at
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The Southern Cross #4: Rockhampton rowing row highlights cost fears over Brisbane 2032 regional Olympics Controversy continues over the Brisbane 2032 venues, an Australian legend retains a key position, bowls continues its Olympic drive and a small Scottish town is hoping to play a role in the Games

All in the latest edition of The Southern Cross from the #ZeusFiles at
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Has World Boxing let the fox into the henhouse after allowing Russia to join? Russian boxers can compete at LA28 after their federation joined the new governing body, and it looks likely the two athletes at the centre of the gender row during Paris 2024 will also be there

My latest #ZeusFiles at
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Why are the IOC and FIFA so scared of taking any action against Iran? As Iran blackmails women footballers who had sought asylum in Australia to return home, the IOC again ignore calls for action from the country’s athletes

Why? My latest #ZeusFiles at
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"Disunity Games" leaves sour taste in the mouth for Ukraine IPC President Andrew Parsons claimed to be “super emphatic” about situation Ukraine faced at Milan Cortina 2026 after Russia's return, but it didn't sound like it to country bombed throughout Games

My latest #ZeusFiles at duncanmackayveritas.substack.com/p/disunity-g...

Iranian footballers seeking political asylum join a long history of athletes to use the opportunity of event in Australia to flee oppression Hungarian athletes used the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne to escape and make new lives for themselves, but for Iran, this is just another instance when football has got caught up in political turmoil

This, and how football in Iran has always been inexorably linked with massive upheaval in Iran, in the latest edition of the #ZeusFiles at duncanmackayveritas.substack.com/p/iranian-fo...

There's lots of pressure on #CaseyWasserman to step down as chair of the #Olympics Organising Committee at @la28games.bsky.social due to links with #JeffreyEpstein and #GhislaineMaxwell but his position is secure while retains support of the top executives, #ZeusFiles can reveal ⬇️

Russia's return under their own flag and the war in Middle East meant it was another politically charged Winter @paralympics.org Opening Ceremony at #MilanCortina2026. Philip Barker reports for the #ZeusFiles at (no paywall) duncanmackayveritas.substack.com/p/spectacula...

IPC President frustrated at war again overshadowing Paralympics, but remains proud of how movement can help change the world Andrew Parsons has had to defend a decision to allow Russia to compete at Milan Cortina 2026, but does not want it to overshadow celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the Winter Paralympic Games

Exclusive interview in this *Free Friday* edition of the #ZeusFiles at duncanmackayveritas.substack.com/p/ipc-presid...

Don't mention the war! The IOC response to US attack on Iran could have come straight out of Monty Python sketch IOC avoid using “W” word in statement, nations join Paralympics Opening Ceremony boycott, candidate for key French Alps 2030 role emerges and Kenya doping crisis expands with more sports dragged in

Read the latest edition of the #ZeusFiles at
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The 12-year term of @sebcoe.bsky.social as the President of @worldathletics.org is not due to end until September 2027 but candidates to replace him can start campaigning from tomorrow. The #ZeusFiles looks at the potential contenders to replace him duncanmackayveritas.substack.com/p/on-your-ma...

Lighting of Paralympic Flame for Milan Cortina 2026 fans Ukrainian anger over Russian return IPC President Andrew Parsons urges Ukraine to “show to the world their strength” as defends decision to allow back country that invaded them to compete while they are still attacking their neighbours

Read more in this *free* edition of the #ZeusFiles at duncanmackayveritas.substack.com/p/lighting-o...

I travelled to Stoke Mandeville to attend the #Paralympics lighting ceremony for #MilanCortina2026 and to try to investigate what Ludwig Guttmann, founder of the Paralympics, would think about Russia being allowed to compete at the Games. The answer might surprise you. Read more in #ZeusFiles ⬇️

For the French Alps 2030, the clock is ticking faster than they think There are only 205 Mondays left until the Opening Ceremony of the next Winter Olympics, but the list of things French organisers still need to sort out is worryingly long

My analysis in the latest issue of the #ZeusFiles at duncanmackayveritas.substack.com/p/for-the-fr...

Little time, little money, still searching for its first sponsor. No hope? It's not looking good for French Alps 2030 at the moment, but don't write them off yet. After all, few people expected #MilanCortina2026 to be the massive success it was. Read more in latest issue of the #ZeusFiles ⬇️

The cappuccino edition #16: Bobsleigh out, volleyball in? Coventry plotting Olympic revolution that will leave Winter Games looking VERY different The IOC President has warned difficult conversations must take place to ensure the Olympics continue to inspire future generations, but her plans go far beyond those reported so far

The #ZeusFiles has all the details in this *exclusive* report at duncanmackayveritas.substack.com/p/the-cappuc...

The cappuccino edition #15: Former NBA star elected to lead IOC Athletes Commission until LA28 Two-time NBA championship winner Pau Gasol will join the IOC Executive Board after taking over from Emma Terho

Read more in the latest edition of the #ZeusFiles (no paywall) at duncanmackayveritas.substack.com/p/the-cappuc...

New chair of the IOC Athletes Commission is @paugasol.bsky.social, a genuine basketball legend having won three #Olympics medals and two @nba.com championships with the Lakers. His election means that he will sit on the IOC Executive Board until @la28games.bsky.social. More in latest #ZeusFiles ⬇️

There are 2 new IOC members after South Korean bobsledder Won Yun-jong & Estonian biathleteJohanna Talihärm were elected to join the IOC Athletes Commission during the #Olympics at #MilanCortina2026. More in this Free Friday edition of the #ZeusFiles duncanmackayveritas.substack.com/p/the-cappuc...

The #Paralympics is facing a global backlash after announcing it was allowing Russian and Belarus athletes to compete at #MilanoCortina2026. But Russia is growing increasingly confident that the IOC will lift its ban in time for the Olympics at @la28games.bsky.social . Read more in the #ZeusFiles ⬇️

The Epstein Files has left @la28games.bsky.social chair #CaseyWasserman battling to save his position. But with LA Mayor Karen Bass calling for him to step down that could ensure Donald Trump rallies behind him, leaving the #Olympics in the middle of a row between two enemies. Latest #ZeusFiles ⬇️

There's been controversy around the IOC selling a tee-shirt commemorating the Nazi #Olympics at Berlin 1936. But the tee-shirt for the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen is even more controversial, appearing to show an athlete giving a Nazi salute. More in the #ZeusFiles (no pay wall) ⬇️

Thomas Bach and Kirsty Coventry, both future Presidents, first became involved with the IOC after joining the Athletes Commission. So, the election to choose 2 IOC members taking place during the #Olympics at #MilanCortina2026 could be an important moment. Find out who's standing in the #ZeusFiles ⬇️

Now that Casey Wasserman has agreed to sell his music and sports talent agency after being named in the #Epsteinfiles, will his position as chair of @la28games.bsky.social and role in the olympics come under more intense scrutiny, I ask in the latest edition of the #ZeusFiles (no paywall) ⬇️

They are 2 of Ukraine's greatest athletes, but Sergey Bubka and Valeriy Borzov, both IOC members, have offered little or no support to #VladyslavHeraskevych after he was DQ'd from #Olympics at #MilanCortina2026 in a row over his helmet, as I report in free to read edition of the #ZeusFiles ⬇️

There's a developing story in the Winter #Olympics at #MilanCortina 2026 where the IOC has stripped #VladyslavHeraskevych of his accreditation in row over helmet he planned to wear in the skeleton commemorating Ukrainian athletes killed by Russia. Full details in *free to read* edition #ZeusFiles ⬇️

Since the #ZeusFiles revealed exclusively that revenue generated by Olympic worldwide sponsorship programme in 2025 had fallen to $560m, several insiders have told us situation is “far more critical”. Is Kirsty Coventry facing the first major test of her IOC Presidency, @dodo938.bsky.social asks? ⬇️

US Vice-President #JDVance has been booed at the #Olympics in #MilanCortina2026 and the ICE team in Italy protecting him the target of demonstrations. But the IOC President Kirsty Coventry has shared “very good chemistry” with him, Olympic officials have revealed. Latest in the #ZeusFiles ⬇️