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Russia facing ban from Paralympics for 2018 Games

By ROB HARRIS
May 22, 2017 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Russia faces the strong possibility of being excluded from a second Paralympics over its state-sponsored doping scheme. The International Paralympic Commit...
Forecast: Germany to top medal table at Pyeongchang Olympics

By STEPHEN WADE
May 22, 2017 7:00 am - If the Pyeongchang Olympics were today, Germany would win the most gold medals and the most medals overall. That was the forecast on Monday from U.S.-based Gracenote, a ...
Mutko agrees Isinbayeva should leave anti-doping agency

The Associated Press
May 19, 2017 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's top state sports official agrees that Yelena Isinbayeva cannot continue as chair of the scandal-hit Russian Anti-Doping Agency because of a confli...
IOC to discuss LA-Paris double Olympic host picks on June 9

The Associated Press
May 19, 2017 7:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - The IOC's decision on whether to award Olympic hosting rights to both Los Angeles and Paris could be announced on June 9. The IOC said Frida...
WADA: Isinbayeva 'will be gone' as Russian anti-doping chair

By EDDIE PELLS
May 18, 2017 7:00 am - MONTREAL (AP) - A World Anti-Doping official says Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva will be out as chairwoman of the Russian anti-doping agency at the end of...
US women's swim coach Marsh, SwimMAC Carolina part ways

The Associated Press
May 18, 2017 7:00 am - CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - David Marsh and Charlotte-based SwimMAC Carolina have agreed to part ways, ending the U.S. Olympic coach's 10-year run with the program. Marsh had...
Isinbayeva out, progress made on sanctions at WADA meeting

By EDDIE PELLS
May 18, 2017 7:00 am - MONTREAL (AP) - Never known for haste, the World Anti-Doping Agency delivered two pieces of news Thursday that could strengthen its ability to expedite the end of the Ru...
Answers on Russia still far away as anti-doping agency meets

By EDDIE PELLS
May 17, 2017 7:00 am - MONTREAL (AP) - The lurid details - dark-of-night swapping of tainted urine samples with clean ones through a hole cut into the wall - have been confirmed by an independ...
IOC evaluation commission praises Paris' vision

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN
May 16, 2017 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - IOC evaluation commission chairman Patrick Baumann praised Paris' vision for the Olympics as he wrapped up a three-day visit to the French capital on Tuesda...
USOC paid its way back into bidding game; LA could benefit

By EDDIE PELLS
May 16, 2017 7:00 am - DENVER (AP) - Tucked into the more than $257 million the U.S. Olympic Committee spent in 2016 was a $10 million payment to the International Olympic Committee designed, ...

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