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Isolated Turkmenistan holds lavish opening ceremony

By ALEXANDER VERSHININ and JAMES ELLINGWORTH
Sep 17, 2017 7:00 am - ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) - With a glitzy sports show and a multi-billion-dollar spending spree, isolated Turkmenistan wants to show itself to the world. Turkmenistan,...
Olympic leader confident Games will go on in South Korea

By EDDIE PELLS
Sep 16, 2017 7:00 am - LIMA, Peru (AP) - The president of the International Olympic Committee said Friday he remains confident the Winter Games will go on as scheduled in South Korea despite g...
Russia doping tension marks final day of IOC meetings

By EDDIE PELLS
Sep 15, 2017 7:00 am - LIMA, Peru (AP) - The raw feelings created by the Russian doping scandal spilled onto the floor and into the hallways of the International Olympic Committee meetings Fri...
Some Olympic leaders impatient with onslaught of scandals

By EDDIE PELLS
Sep 15, 2017 7:00 am - LIMA, Peru (AP) - As soon as he got the job, the new ethics chair of the International Olympic Committee received an earful, as well. Former U.N. secretary general Ban K...
Former UN leader Ban Ki-moon tabbed for IOC ethics chair

The Associated Press
Sep 14, 2017 7:00 am - LIMA, Peru (AP) - Former United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon has been elected chair of the International Olympic Committee's ethics commission. The South Korean...
Top anti-doping expert Gary Wadler dead at 78

By The Associated Press
Sep 14, 2017 7:00 am - Gary Wadler, one of the strongest voices in the fight against performance-enhancing drugs in sports, has died. He was 78. Wadler's wife told The New York Times that her ...
Russian leader: Doping won't keep athletes out of Olympics

By EDDIE PELLS
Sep 14, 2017 7:00 am - LIMA, Peru (AP) - If the Russians are worried about missing the upcoming Winter Olympics, one of their key leaders certainly isn't showing it. Alexander Zhukov, a Russia...
IOC president warned 8 years ago about Nuzman, Rio Olympics

By STEPHEN WADE
Sep 13, 2017 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - A former member of the Brazilian Olympic committee has shown The Associated Press letters he says he sent to the International Olympic Committee ei...
Win-win: Paris awarded '24 Olympics, LA gets '28

By EDDIE PELLS
Sep 13, 2017 7:00 am - LIMA, Peru (AP) - The tears welling in the Paris mayor's eyes told the story one way. The words the Los Angeles mayor spoke told it another. This was one of those rare O...
WADA clears 95 Russian doping cases, still pursuing others

By EDDIE PELLS
Sep 13, 2017 7:00 am - LIMA, Peru (AP) - The World Anti-Doping Agency has dismissed all but one of the first 96 Russian doping cases forwarded its way from sports federations acting on informa...

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