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In an unusual move: Olympic Committee disqualifies Israeli Team

Israel National News 22 Feb 2026
The Olympic Committee decided to disqualify the Israeli bobsleigh team from participating in the Winter Olympics after it was revealed that members acted in violation of the rules ....
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Canadian Olympic Committee, MNA, concerned after Marie-Philip Poulin barred from speaking French with press

CBC 22 Feb 2026
The Canadian Olympic Committee says it's concerned after Team Canada's women's hockey team captain Marie-Philip Poulin was forbidden from speaking French at a press conference following her team's gold-medal loss to the U.S ... .
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Olympics committee defends sale of T-shirt commemorating 1936 Nazi-era Games

Jewish Herald Voice 20 Feb 2026
A spokesperson for the International Olympic Committee acknowledged the GamesNazi connections but said the 1936 design fit with its lineup of historical apparel marking “130 years of Olympic art and design.”.
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LA mayor wants Casey Wasserman to step down from '28 Olympics committee

The Brunswick News 18 Feb 2026
Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass wants Casey Wasserman to resign as chairman of the committee overseeing the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics over his ties to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal ... .
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LA Mayor Karen Bass Calls On Head Of 2028 Olympics Committee To Resign Over Epstein Ties

Huffington Post 18 Feb 2026
Bass knocked the committee's "unfortunate" decision to keep Casey Wasserman, whose name appeared in the Jeffrey Epstein files, on board for the 2028 Los Angeles Games ... .
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Will the International Olympic Committee stand with athletes or Big Oil (Greenpeace International)

Public Technologies 18 Feb 2026
The campaign to end fossil fuel sponsorship of the Olympic Games has escalated rapidly in recent weeks, placing the International Olympic Committee ...
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Colorado senators urge International Olympic Committee to add Women’s Nordic combined

Aspen Times 18 Feb 2026
Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper of Colorado have sent a letter to the International Olympic Committee urging the body to add women’s Nordic combined to the Olympic games and dissuading them from cutting the sport as a whole.
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L.A. mayor calls for Casey Wasserman to step down from 2028 Olympics committee

The Athletic 17 Feb 2026
Karen Bass’ comments come after LA28 board’s executive committee last week gave Wasserman a vote of confidence ....
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L.A. Mayor Karen Bass Wants Casey Wasserman Out of the Olympic Committee

New York Magazine 17 Feb 2026
Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass doesn’t agree with the 2028 Olympic Committee’s decision to keep Casey Wasserman on as the chairman after it was discovered that he is in the Epstein files ... Karen Bass Wants Casey Wasserman Gone From Olympic Committee.
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L.A. mayor calls for Casey Wasserman's resignation from 2028 Olympics committee

NBC Bay Area 17 Feb 2026
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Monday called on Casey Wasserman, chairman of the Los Angeles Organizing Committee for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic games, to step down from his position, two weeks after saying the decision is not up to her.
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Olympic Committee accused of 'Nazi propaganda' for selling Nazi-era 1936 t-shirt: 'Tone deaf'

The Times of India 17 Feb 2026
The International Olympic Committee is being called 'tone deaf' and accused of 'normalising Nazi propaganda' over the sale of a t-shirt that features artwork from the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, an ...
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