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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...
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....

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