Contributor PerspectivesJan 22, 2018 | 09:00 GMTJan 22, 2018
The rules that allowed foreign-born athletes to reap financial rewards from competing for deep-pocketed countries are changing. But that won't end the trend of paying to win.
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Biography
Austin Duckworth is a doctoral student in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education at The University of Texas at Austin. His research interests focus on the intersection of security, international politics and sports.
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Contributor PerspectivesSep 11, 2017 | 11:30 GMTSep 11, 2017
The Pyeongchang Winter Games are less than six months away -- and less than 161 kilometers from South Korea's border with an increasingly belligerent North.
Contributor PerspectivesJun 12, 2017 | 08:00 GMTJun 12, 2017
For years, the CIA and KGB defied the event's political neutrality to wage Cold War, and the Sochi Games show that intelligence agencies still find the event an attractive target.