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Paris celebrates end of 100-year Olympic wait

By MASHA MACPHERSON
Sep 13, 2017 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - The 100-year wait made victory extra-sweet for Paris. Only the weather was miserable. Paris celebrated the award of the 2024 Olympics as best it could in he...
The Latest: Macron offers congratulations to Paris for 2024

The Associated Press
Sep 13, 2017 7:00 am - LIMA, Peru (AP) - The Latest on the Olympic bid votes (all times local): ___ 2:20 p.m. President Emmanuel Macron says the award of the 2024 Olympics to Paris is a recogn...
The wait is on: Los Angeles wins 2028 Olympics

By BETH HARRIS
Sep 13, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Olympic cauldron blazing above the Coliseum gave it away: Los Angeles will host a third Olympics - in 2028. The news on Wednesday after a vote by ...
Just over 2 years left, intense work at Tokyo stadium site

By MARI YAMAGUCHI
Sep 12, 2017 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - The Olympic stadium in Tokyo is taking shape with 22 cranes on site and the spectator stands being installed after 10 months of underground foundation work....
Tough task: USOC tamped down discord to help LA get Games

By EDDIE PELLS
Sep 12, 2017 7:00 am - LIMA, Peru (AP) - These were the jobs nobody wanted. Sure, becoming leader of the U.S. Olympic Committee meant you immediately became the person pulling the strings behi...
AP Source: USOC to receive fixed amount in deal with LA

By EDDIE PELLS
Sep 12, 2017 7:00 am - LIMA, Peru (AP) - The U.S. Olympic Committee and Los Angeles 2028 Olympic organizers have agreed to a revenue-sharing deal in which the USOC will receive a fixed amount ...
With LA bid sealed, US cities look at possible Winter Games

By EDDIE PELLS
Sep 12, 2017 7:00 am - LIMA, Peru (AP) - There's an outside shot the United States won't have to wait 11 years to host its next Olympics. It's a longshot, but there's talk in Salt Lake City, a...
Olympic skating champion Lipnitskaya opens up about anorexia

The Associated Press
Sep 12, 2017 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - She was Russia's golden girl at the 2014 Winter Olympics, the 15-year-old skater with the "Schindler's List" theme tune who won an Olympic title and a hug ...
SKorea seeks to boost slow Olympic ticket sales

By KIM TONG-HYUNG
Sep 11, 2017 7:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - With five months to go before the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics open, the Games are barely an afterthought for most South Koreans, with slow loca...
CAS to hear appeal in Bolt Olympic relay case in November

The Associated Press
Sep 11, 2017 7:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - An appeal case involving the 2008 Olympic title stripped from Usain Bolt and the Jamaican relay team is going to court in November. The Cour...

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