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No fireworks in LA, as city appears likely Olympic winner

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD
Jul 11, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - There was no parade. No reports of delirious fans honking horns or dancing in the streets. No spontaneous flag-waving. Los Angeles was all but guarant...
IOC to pick Los Angeles, Paris for 2024 or 2028 Olympics

By GRAHAM DUNBAR
Jul 11, 2017 7:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - Finally, Los Angeles and Paris have their Olympic hosting destiny in their own hands. If they can agree who goes first, each city will be aw...
IOC advised to empower ethics panel, control $500M panel

By GRAHAM DUNBAR
Jul 10, 2017 7:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - The International Olympic Committee was advised on Monday to give its ethics panel more power to investigate suspected wrongdoing by sports ...
Russia aims to hit dopers in the pocket

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH
Jul 10, 2017 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Russia wants to hit dopers where it hurts - in their bank accounts. In a push to restore Russia's sporting reputation after numerous doping scandals, the g...
French president, LA mayor woo 2024-2028 Olympic host voters

By GRAHAM DUNBAR
Jul 10, 2017 7:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - The president of France spoke of a world needing Olympic values. The mayor of Los Angeles said his home could again be the "ideal Olympic ci...
LA, Paris arrive for Olympic meetings; 2024 deal must wait

By GRAHAM DUNBAR
Jul 09, 2017 7:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - The United States is going to host its first Summer Olympics since 1996. France is going to host its first Summer Olympics in at least 100 y...
IOC completing 1,000 retests of Vancouver Olympic samples

By GRAHAM DUNBAR
Jul 09, 2017 7:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - The IOC expects to complete retesting of more than 1,000 doping samples from the 2010 Vancouver Olympics next month. Hundreds of results hav...
IOC balks at helping Rio with $35-40 million Olympic debt

By STEPHEN WADE
Jul 09, 2017 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The IOC has balked at helping Rio Olympic organizers pay a debt estimated at $35-40 million. The executive board of the International Olympic Commi...
Ups and downs in 2 Koreas' sports diplomacy over the years

By HYUNG-JIN KIM
Jul 08, 2017 7:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Sports ties between North and South Korea often mirror their rocky political ties. A low point was when North Korean medalists ignored South Ko...
Pyeongchang Olympics are icy path to warmer Korean relations

By HYUNG-JIN KIM
Jul 08, 2017 7:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Tears and hugs after North and South Korean women won the 1991 team table tennis world championships. A standing ovation when athletes from the...

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