Olympics
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CAS strips Olympic bronze medal from Russian high jumper
Oct 06, 2017 7:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - Russian high jumper Anna Chicherova has lost an appeal against being stripped of her 2008 Olympic bronze medal for using an anabolic steroid...
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IOC suspends Olympic official Nuzman in vote-buying case
Oct 06, 2017 7:00 am - ZURICH (AP) - After being arrested in Rio de Janeiro and accused of storing gold bars in Switzerland, Brazilian Olympic Committee president Carlos Nuzman was suspended b...
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Video games in the Olympics? Here's how it might work
Oct 01, 2017 7:00 am - ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) - The future of the Olympics may just be in a basement in Turkmenistan. With leading Olympic figures considering a possible role for competit...
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SKoreans relieved after NKorean skaters qualify for Games
Sep 30, 2017 7:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korean Olympic officials said they were pleased after a North Korean figure skating pair became the nation's first athletes to qualify fo...
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'Anger, frustration' from US biathletes, skiers
Sep 30, 2017 7:00 am - Before Susan Dunklee became the first U.S. woman to win an individual medal in a world championship biathlon race, she spent years training 18 to 25 hours each week in t...
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S. Korea nears completion of stadium for Olympic ceremonies
Sep 29, 2017 7:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Construction has been nearly completed on a controversial stadium that will host the opening and closing ceremonies for next year's Pyeongchang...
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Russian doping whistleblower faces arrest if he returns
Sep 28, 2017 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - A Russian court has ruled that doping whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov should be arrested if he returns to his home country. The ruling could be a step tow...
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Pyeongchang Olympics organizers fix map that omitted Japan
Sep 27, 2017 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - South Korean organizers of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics corrected a map on their official website after Japanese sports officials complained that Ja...
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WADA suspends France's only anti-doping lab
Sep 26, 2017 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - The World Anti-Doping Agency has provisionally stopped France's only accredited anti-doping laboratory from carrying out testing after a positive sample it ...
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Russia lawmaker gives evidence in Olympic doping appeal case
Sep 26, 2017 7:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - A lawmaker in Russia's state parliament has given evidence to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in his appeal against being stripped of one...