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AP Interview: Paris open to esports on 2024 Olympic program

By ROB HARRIS
Aug 08, 2017 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Video gamers could be competing for Olympic medals by 2024. Tony Estanguet, co-president of the Paris Olympic bid committee, told The Associated Press that...
Activists protest Rio water, filthy despite Olympic promises

By LILIANA MICHELENA
Aug 05, 2017 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Environmental activists sailed across Rio de Janeiro's Guanabara Bay on Saturday to protest pollution in the city's waterways and broken promises t...
Not so fast: LA still has business to settle on road to '28

By EDDIE PELLS
Aug 05, 2017 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - About that deal to bring the 2028 Olympics to Los Angeles: Not all is set in stone. Sometime over the next five weeks, leaders from LA and the U.S. Olympic...
Bach: No decision on Russia until committees finish work

By EDDIE PELLS
Aug 04, 2017 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The president of the International Olympic Committee insisted no decision will be made about Russia's participation in the Winter Games until two committee...
A year later, Olympic displaced are left to rebuild lives

By LILIANA MICHELENA
Aug 04, 2017 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - More than 70,000 people were displaced to make way for last year's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Today some are satisfied in their new houses. Others...
WADA insists Russia must accept findings of doping report

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH
Aug 03, 2017 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Russia and the World Anti-Doping Agency were once again at loggerheads Thursday following WADA's demand that the Russian government must accept the finding...
US team HQ to be based at Tokyo American Club in 2020

By JIM ARMSTRONG
Aug 02, 2017 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - The U.S. Olympic team headquarters will be based at the Tokyo American Club during the 2020 Games. "It's my great pleasure and honor to announce that in 202...
Los Angeles gets Olympics with an 11-year wait _ and risks

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD
Aug 01, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - By 2028, a new stadium being built for the Rams and the Chargers will have been beaten up by nearly a decade of NFL games. The seemingly intractable p...
Paris stops short of claiming victory after LA announcement

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN
Aug 01, 2017 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - After failing three times in recent bids, sheer joy was expected from Paris officials when Los Angeles ceded the 2024 Olympics to the City of Lights. Paris ...
AP Analysis: After finishing 2nd, huge 'thank you' due to LA

By EDDIE PELLS
Aug 01, 2017 7:00 am - One of the beautiful things about the Olympics is that the runners-up get prizes, too. Which brings us to Los Angeles. The second choice in its own country to host the 2...

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