Olympics
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IOC to decide Dec. 5 if Russia goes to 2018 Winter Olympics
Nov 17, 2017 6:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - The International Olympic Committee will decide on Dec. 5 if Russia can compete at the Pyeongchang Winter Games. Russia faces being banned from the Feb. 9-...
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Russian Olympic hopes in peril after drug agency criticism
Nov 16, 2017 6:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The World Anti-Doping Agency placed Russia's fate for the upcoming Winter Olympics on perilous ground, refusing to reinstate the country's susp...
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Jamaica's Carter at court for Bolt Olympic relay medal case
Nov 15, 2017 6:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - Jamaican sprinter Nesta Carter has testified at the Court of Arbitration for Sport to appeal against disqualification from the 2008 Olympics...
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Distrust, anger grip Russian sports ahead of key doping vote
Nov 14, 2017 6:00 am - ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) - As it edges closer to a ban from the Winter Olympics, the Russian sports world is a bitter place. Investigations into doping haven't encour...
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Russia asks for joint doping investigation with WADA
Nov 13, 2017 6:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Russian law enforcement officials have asked the World Anti-Doping Agency to join its investigation into new information about doping cases. WADA said Frid...
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Russian skier denies he's informer after teammates banned
Nov 11, 2017 6:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - A Russian cross-country skier who won a bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics has denied he's an informer for the World Anti-Doping Agency after two tea...
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Paralympic decision on Russia by end of the year
Nov 10, 2017 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - A decision on whether Russian athletes will be allowed to compete at the Pyeongchang Paralympics is expected by the end of the year. International Paralympi...
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With Olympics in 3 months, WADA gets Russian doping files
Nov 10, 2017 6:00 am - The World Anti-Doping Agency has obtained files from a Moscow lab that contain data from a period when investigators say Russia ran a state-sponsored system designed to ...
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Still waiting: Uhlaender trying to look ahead, not back
Nov 10, 2017 6:00 am - LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) - Katie Uhlaender was scatterbrained Thursday. She didn't put her racing bib on for the first run of the World Cup season, so technically she wasn...
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Sotnikova cleared of doping claims from Sochi Olympics
Nov 10, 2017 6:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - The International Skating Union says Olympic figure skating champion Adelina Sotnikova has been cleared of doping charges by the IOC. The In...