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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Connexions LibraryBan of Russian Olympic Team: Cold War at its "Best"! Vltchek, Andre Article 2016 The West is using both old and new tactics to demonize and discredit all of its opponents, in what is becoming a new Cold War. The Biased Report that led to Banning Russians at the Olympics Sterling, Rick Article 2016 Canadian lawyer Richard Mclaren's report infuenced the World Anti-Doping Agency to call for the banning of all Russian athletes from the Rio Games. Canadian Information Sharing Service: Volume 1, Number 2 - July 1976 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1976 Canadian News Synthesis Project - June 1976: Volume IV Number 4 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1976 The Canadian News Synthesis Project journal presents current news coverage to show major trends in Canada and Latin America. Human Rights: in a time of terror: New Internationalist January/February 2008 Serial Publication (Periodical) 2008 A look at human rights in various countries including women's and sex rights. Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - August 13, 2016: Sports and Politics Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2016 Sports and politics have always been intertwined, though perhaps never as much so as in the current era. In the modern sports era, survival and success depend largely on the favour of corporations, wh... '68: The Year of the Barricades  Caute, David Book 1988 Caute's book looks at the explosive year 1968 (while situating it in the context of what had led up to it). One of the great strengths of this excellent book is that it looks at what was happening aro... Sources LibraryGoing for Gold: A History of Olympic Controversies 2009 While the Olympics serve to contribute to mutual understanding and finding commonality in difference, from its inception as a religious festival in ancient Greece to the huge celebrations in the twent... Letter to the World Anti Doping Agency and International Olympic Committee Regarding the McLaren Report and the Politicization of Doping in Sports Sterling, Rick 2017 Russian track and field athletes, plus the entire Paralympics team, were banned from the Rio Games last summer. This was based on the first McLaren report commissioned by the World Anti Doping Agency... Lockdown London The Olympics will see the UK's biggest mobilisation of security forces since the second world war Graham, Stephen 2012 The projected expense of security at the upcoming London Olympic Games is $867m -- part of the booming 'security industry'. Olympic torch stokes warm pride and fiery protest among aboriginals Mickleburgh, Rod 2009 Differing opinions between aboriginal groups towards the 2010 Vancouver Olympics and Torch Relay. Russia misses out while former drug cheats take their place in Rio 2016 While Russia’s track and field team, including athletes with no doping history, sit out the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, there's a host of athletes who will be allowed to compete in Brazil despite having h... |
