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Six refugee judokas "living our dream" after Tokyo 2020 selection

By Geoff Berkeley

Six judokas are set to fulfil their dreams when they represent the Olympic Refugee Team (EOR) at this year’s Tokyo 2020 Games.

The Refugee Olympic Team - ten individuals with grief and courage in common, ready to make Games history in Rio

By Mike Rowbottom

The 2016 Rio Games are already unique. No other Games in modern history has had its build-up vexed by such a bewildering mass of political frictions, economic shocks and doping controversies. But as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad shift into delivery mode with Friday’s Opening Ceremony, there is the guarantee of something beautiful being presented to the watching world.

Congolese judokas seeking spot on refugee team for Rio 2016

By Liam Morgan

Congolese judokas Popole Misenga and Yolande Mabika have stepped up their attempt to secure a place in the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) designated refugee team for Rio 2016 by signing a letter of intent to participate in the Olympic Solidarity programme.

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When British skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean won the Olympic gold medal in ice dance at Sarajevo 1984 with 12 perfect 6.0s from every judge, for their interpretation of Maurice Ravel's Boléro, an important member of their team was singer-actor Michael Crawford. Crawford, who had played Frank Spencer in British sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em and the title role in the musical The Phantom of the Opera, had become a mentor to the pair in 1981 and went on to help them create their Olympic routine. Crawford said he “taught them how to act". He was present with their trainer Betty Callaway at the ringside at Sarajevo as they created one of the most iconic moments in Olympic history.

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Pierre de Coubertin once said cricket has "practically no appeal for those who are not British". While he expressed doubts about the Olympic viability of cricket, lacrosse and baseball, Philip Barker wonders how the man who helped revive the modern Games would have reacted to new sports at Los Angeles 2028.