2020-21 Alpine skiing World Cup season TV, live stream schedule

By OlympicTalkJan 23, 2021, 3:52 PM EST

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NBC Sports, Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA and Peacock Premium combine to air Alpine skiing World Cup races all season, starting next week.

In addition to TV coverage, Peacock Premium will live stream snow sports events that were previously on NBC Sports Gold’s “Snow Pass” and will be the exclusive home for events held in Austria.

Mikaela Shiffrin, a two-time Olympic champion eyeing a fourth World Cup overall title, headlines the Alpine circuit, starting with back-to-back slaloms in Levi, Finland.

Extra European races were added given annual North American stops in Beaver Creek, Colo., Killington, Vt., and Lake Louise, Alberta will not be held due to coronavirus pandemic travel-related precautions.

Last season, Shiffrin led the overall standings when she stepped away from competition after her father’s death on Feb. 2. Italian Federica Brignone ended up with the crystal globe, the biggest annual prize in ski racing.

This season, Shiffrin bids to become the third woman to collect a fourth overall title, joining 1970s Austrian legend Annemarie Moser-Pröll and Lindsey Vonn, who retired in 2019. Shiffrin can also make significant gains on Vonn’s female record 82 World Cup wins. Shiffrin is second on the list with 66.

On the men’s side last season, Norwegian Aleksander Aamodt Kilde edged Frenchman Alexis Pinturault by 54 points for the overall in the first season since eight-time champion Marcel Hirscher‘s retirement.

This season also includes the world championships in February in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, followed by 2022 Olympic test events outside of Beijing.

Here is the broadcast schedule through January (to be updated later with more 2021 events):

Date	Event	Time (ET)	Network
Nov. 21	Women’s SL – Levi, Finland	6:45 a.m.	Olympic Channel
	Women’s SL – Levi, Finland*	12 a.m.	NBCSN
Nov. 22	Women’s SL – Levi, Finland	6:45 a.m.	Olympic Channel
Nov. 26	Women’s PG – Lech/Zuers, Austria	11:45 a.m.	Peacock Premium
Nov. 27	Men’s PG – Lech/Zuers, Austria	11:50 a.m.	Peacock Premium
Nov. 28	Women’s SL – Levi, Finland^	3 p.m.	NBC
Nov. 29	Women’s SL – Levi, Finland^	2:30 p.m.	NBC
Dec. 5	Women’s SG – St. Moritz, Switzerland	5:30 a.m.	Olympic Channel
	Men’s GS – Val d’Isere, France	7:30 a.m.	Olympic Channel
Dec. 6	Women’s SG – St. Moritz, Switzerland	5:30 a.m.	Olympic Channel
	Men’s GS – Val d’Isere, France	7 a.m.	Olympic Channel
	Women’s SG – St. Moritz, Switzerland*	4:30 p.m.	NBC
Dec. 12	Men’s DH – Val d’Isere, France	4:30 a.m.	Olympic Channel
	Women’s GS – Courchevel, France	6:30 a.m.	Olympic Channel
Dec. 13	Men’s SG – Val d’Isere, France	4:30 a.m.	Olympic Channel
	Women’s GS – Courchevel, France	6:30 a.m.	Olympic Channel
	Women’s GS – Courchevel, France*	4:30 p.m.	NBCSN
Dec. 18	Women’s DH – Val d’Isere, France	4:30 a.m.	Olympic Channel
	Men’s SG – Val Gardena, Italy	5:45 a.m.	Olympic Channel
Dec. 19	Women’s DH – Val d’Isere, France	4:30 a.m.	Olympic Channel
	Men’s DH – Val Gardena, Italy	5:30 a.m.	Olympic Channel
	Women’s DH – Val d’Isere, France*	9:30 p.m.	NBCSN
Dec. 20	Women’s SG – Val d’Isere, France	5 a.m.	Olympic Channel
	Men’s GS – Alta Badia, Italy	7:30 a.m.	Olympic Channel
	Women’s SG – Val d’Isere, France*	5:30 p.m.	NBCSN
Dec. 21	Men’s SL – Alta Badia, Italy	7 a.m.	Olympic Channel
Dec. 22	Men’s SL – Madonna di Campiglio, Italy	2:30 p.m.	Olympic Channel
Dec. 28	Women’s GS — Semmering, Austria	4, 7 a.m.	Peacock Premium
	Men’s DH – Bormio, Italy	5:30 a.m.	Olympic Channel
	Men’s DH – Bormio, Italy*	3:30 p.m.	NBCSN
Dec. 29	Men’s SG – Bormio, Italy	5:30 a.m.	Olympic Channel
	Women’s SL — Semmering, Austria	9:15 a.m., 12:30 p.m.	Peacock Premium
Jan. 3	Women’s SL — Zagreb, Croatia	9:30 a.m.	Olympic Channel
	Women’s SL — Zagreb, Croatia*	3 p.m.	NBC
Jan. 6	Men’s SL — Zagreb, Croatia	9:30 a.m.	Olympic Channel
Jan. 8	Men’s GS — Adelboden, Switzerland	7:15 a.m.	Olympic Channel
Jan. 9	Women’s DH — St. Anton, Austria	5:45 a.m.	Peacock Premium
	Men’s GS — Adelboden, Switzerland	7:30 a.m.	Olympic Channel
	Men’s GS — Adelboden, Switzerland*	8 p.m.	NBCSN
Jan. 10	Women’s SG — St. Anton, Austria	5:30 a.m.	Peacock Premium
	Men’s SL — Adelboden, Switzerland	7:30 a.m.	Olympic Channel
	Men’s SL — Adelboden, Switzerland*	2 p.m.	NBCSN
Jan. 12	Women’s SL — Flachau, Austria	12 p.m., 2:45 p.m.	Peacock Premium
Jan. 16	Men’s SL — Kitzbuehel, Austria	6:30 a.m.	Olympic Channel
	Women’s GS — Kranjska Gora, Slovenia	8 a.m.	Olympic Channel
Jan. 17	Women’s GS — Kranjska Gora, Slovenia	6:15 a.m.	Olympic Channel
	Men’s SL — Kitzbuehel, Austria	7:45 a.m.	Olympic Channel
Jan. 22	Women’s DH — Crans-Montana, Switzerland	4 a.m.	Olympic Channel
	Men’s DH — Kitzbuehel, Austria	5:30 a.m.	Olympic Channel
Jan. 23	Women’s DH — Crans-Montana, Switzerland	4 a.m.	Olympic Channel
	Men’s DH — Kitzbuehel, Austria	5:30 a.m.	Peacock Premium
	Women’s DH — Crans-Montana, Switzerland*	4:30 p.m.	NBCSN
	Men’s DH — Kitzbuehel, Austria*	6 p.m.	NBCSN
Jan. 24	Men’s SG — Kitzbuehel, Austria	4:20 a.m.	Peacock Premium
	Women’s SG — Crans-Montana, Switzerland	6 a.m.	Olympic Channel
	Women’s SG — Crans-Montana, Switzerland*	6:30 p.m.	NBCSN
Jan. 26	Women’s GS — Kronplatz, Italy	7:30 a.m.	Olympic Channel
	Men’s SL — Schladming, Austria	11:45 a.m., 2:45 p.m.	Peacock Premium
Jan. 30	Women’s DH — Garmisch, Germany	5 a.m.	Olympic Channel
	Men’s SL — Chamonix, France	6:30 a.m.	Olympic Channel
	Women’s DH — Garmisch, Germany*	3 p.m.	NBCSN
Jan. 31	Women’s DH — Garmisch, Germany	5 a.m.	Olympic Channel
	Men’s SL — Chamonix, France	6:30 p.m.	Olympic Channel
Feb. 5	Men’s SG — Garmisch, Germany	5:30 a.m.	Olympic Channel
	Men’s SG — Garmisch, Germany*	4 p.m.	NBCSN
Feb. 6	Men’s DH — Garmisch, Germany	5:30 a.m.	Olympic Channel

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2023 French Open men’s singles draw

By OlympicTalkJun 7, 2023, 5:18 PM EDT

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The French Open men’s singles draw is missing injured 14-time champion Rafael Nadal for the first time since 2004, leaving the Coupe des Mousquetaires ripe for the taking.

The tournament airs live on NBC Sports, Peacock and Tennis Channel through championship points in Paris.

Novak Djokovic is not only bidding for a third crown at Roland Garros, but also to lift a 23rd Grand Slam singles trophy to break his tie with Nadal for the most in men’s history.

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But the No. 1 seed is Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, who won last year’s U.S. Open to become, at 19, the youngest man to win a major since Nadal’s first French Open title in 2005.

Now Alcaraz looks to become the second-youngest man to win at Roland Garros since 1989, after Nadal of course.

Alcaraz missed the Australian Open in January due to a right leg injury, but since went 30-3 with four titles. Notably, he has not faced Djokovic this year. They meet in Friday’s semifinals.

Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No. 2 seed, was upset in the first round by 172nd-ranked Brazilian qualifier Thiago Seyboth Wild. It marked the first time a men’s top-two seed lost in the first round of any major since 2003 Wimbledon (Ivo Karlovic d. Lleyton Hewitt).

All of the American men lost before the fourth round. The last U.S. man to make the French Open quarterfinals was Andre Agassi in 2003.

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IOC board recommends withdrawing International Boxing Association’s recognition

Associated PressJun 7, 2023, 2:30 PM EDT

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The IOC finally ran out of patience with the International Boxing Federation on Wednesday and set a date to terminate its Olympic status this month.

While boxing will still be on the program at the 2024 Paris Games, the International Olympic Committee said its executive board has asked the full membership to withdraw its recognition of the IBA at a special meeting on June 22.

IOC members rarely vote against recommendations from their 15-member board and the IBA’s ouster is likely a formality.

The IOC had already suspended the IBA’s recognition in 2019 over long-standing financial, sports integrity and governance issues. The Olympic body oversaw the boxing competitions itself at the Tokyo Olympics held in 2021 and will do so again for Paris.

An IOC statement said the boxing body “has failed to fulfil the conditions set by the IOC … for lifting the suspension of the IBA’s recognition.”

The IBA criticized what it called a “truly abhorrent and purely political” decision by the IOC and warned of “retaliatory measures.”

“Now, we are left with no chance but to demand a fair assessment from a competent court,” the boxing body’s Russian president Umar Kremlev said in a statement.

The IOC-IBA standoff has also put boxing’s place at the 2028 Los Angeles Games at risk, though that should now be resolved.

The IOC previously stressed it has no problem with the sport or its athletes — just the IBA and its current president Kremlev, plus financial dependence on Russian state energy firm Gazprom.

In a 24-page report on IBA issues published Wednesday, the IOC concluded “the accumulation of all of these points, and the constant lack of drastic evolution throughout the many years, creates a situation of no-return.”

Olympic boxing’s reputation has been in question for decades. Tensions heightened after boxing officials worldwide ousted long-time IOC member C.K. Wu as their president in 2017 when the organization was known by its French acronym AIBA.

“From a disreputable organization named AIBA governed by someone from the IOC’s upper echelon, we committed to and executed a change in the toxic and corrupt culture that was allowed to fester under the IOC for far too long,” Kremlev said Wednesday in a statement.

National federations then defied IOC warnings in 2018 by electing as their president Gafur Rakhimov, a businessman from Uzbekistan with alleged ties to organized crime and heroin trafficking.

Kremlev’s election to replace Rakhimov in 2020 followed another round of IOC warnings that went unheeded.

Amid the IBA turmoil, a rival organization called World Boxing has attracted initial support from officials in the United States, Switzerland and Britain.

The IBA can still continue to organize its own events and held the men’s world championships last month in the Uzbek capital Tashkent.

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