How Paris hid its homeless and migrants during the Games
In its desire to "clean" Paris, the French authorities have hidden from the eyes of cameras and tourists more than 160 homeless people and migrants in a gymnasium in the 20th arrondissement of the capital.
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Legal Olympic shell game tricks: the seven candidates to succeed IOC president Thomas Bach
A few surprises and deliberate confusion are guaranteed by the IOC rules and what feels like a thousand possible exceptions. But the list of candidates for the presidency has been finalised. One woman and six men want to take the Olympic throne next spring.
The first female IOC president will be Nawal El Moutawakel if ...
... she submits her candidature by Sunday. Go ahead and bet while the odds are still attractive. Could anybody beat the Moroccan? Nicole Hoevertsz? At least nobody would have to talk anymore about the non-transparent IOC rules and the strange opinions of a dubious IOC Ethics Commission.
The billion-euro project: the big lie about Berlin's suitability for the Olympics
Berlin wants to host the 2040 Olympics as the centre of a German bid. Politicians claim, the city has almost all the sports facilities. Yet the German NOC only lists 12 suitable locations in Berlin - and even that is an exaggeration. Roughly half of them are suitable for the Olympics.
Smile at your peril: North Korea assesses ideological weaknesses of Olympic athletes
DPRK athletes endure rigorous checks for potential contamination by foreign influences. The selfie of table tennis medalists from North Korea, South Korea and China was widely regarded as one of the top Olympic moments in Paris. In North Korea, it could lead to severe consequences for the athletes.