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The world’s fastest man Usain Bolt is missing $12.7 million dollars from his account with a private investment company. After the money went missing it left the Olympic and world champion with only $12,000 to his name. Usain Bolt is possibly not the only person who was scammed for millions. Usain Bolt lawyers say $12.7m […]
Erin Jackson made history during Black History Month. Jackson is the first Black woman to win an Olympic medal in speed skating. Winning Gold in Beijing with a time of 37.04 seconds in the 500 meters to become the first American woman to medal in an individual race since the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake […]
12-year- old Hend Zaza from Syria made her debut in the Toyko Olympics this year. Zaza is a table tennis player and in order to make it into the Olympics, Zaza played a woman more than three times her age at the women’s singles preliminary round. She beat a 42-year-old Lebanese player when she was […]
Will the 2021 summer Olympic games be postponed again? The government in Tokyo is planing to place the city under a new virus emergency after their daily COVID-19 case are at a all time high. The emergency will last though the Olympic games. If the Olympic games continue to go on the virus emergency could […]
On Wednesday Japan’s Asahi Shimbun newspaper is calling for the Tokyo Olympics to be canceled. With the Olympics set open on July 23. the newspaper said in its editorial under a headline that read: “We Demand PM Suga Decide Cancellation.” Earlier this week, the Japanese government said a warning by the U.S. to avoid travel to […]
On the newest episode of Facebook Watch’s Versus, Olympic champion Simone Biles offers a glimpse into her world and shows the viewer what it’s like to be an Olympic Gold Medalist. 24 year old Biles has won 4 gold medals and is a 19 time world gymnastic champion. During the episode, she demonstrates what it […]
Imagine training the last 3 years, if not longer for a chance to Win Gold at the 2020 Olympics. Unfortunately, it looks like that’s not going to happen. International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound announced the Summer Games in Tokyo will be postponed because of coronavirus pandemic. The news doesn’t come as a surprise. Sunday […]
Where will the 2024 Olympics be held Los Angeles or Paris? Dr. Dre and Magic Johnson join forces to bring the Olympics to L.A.
A moment in black history made by Simone Biles this past Sunday during the closing ceremony of the 2016 Olympics! Simone is the first gymnast to carry the flag since 1936 and the first African-American gymnast to ever carry the flag. The only concern Simone had about carrying the flag during the closing ceremony was […]
Congratulations, to Simone Biles who is the 2016 Rio Olympic All-Around Champion, her second gold medal this Olympic Games for the 19-year-old. The three-time defending world title-holder in the event locked up the gold medal with a score of 62.198. Teammate Aly Raisman took home the silver. Biles and Raisman are just the second pair […]