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David Owen worked for 20 years for the Financial Times in the United States, Canada, France and the UK. He ended his FT career as sports editor after the 2006 World Cup and is now freelancing, including covering the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the 2010 World Cup and London 2012. He has written two books about horse racing, Foinavon: The Story of the Grand National’s Biggest Upset and No Snail.

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World Archery borrowed $5 million from IOC as COVID-19 has "huge" impact

World Archery borrowed $5 million from IOC as COVID-19 has "huge" impact

World Archery’s unrestricted funds at the end of 2020 plunged to little more than CHF1 million (£790,000/$1.07 million/€924,000) as the International Federation (IF) wrestled with the fall-out from a COVID-19 pandemic that prompted postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and wreaked havoc with last year’s outdoor archery season.