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Qatar laboratory cleared to resume anti-doping tests

The Associated Press
Apr 13, 2017 7:00 am - MONTREAL (AP) - Qatar's anti-doping laboratory has been cleared to resume working after a five-month suspension for unspecified work failures. The World Anti-Doping Agen...
Turkey considering bid for 2026 Winter Olympics

The Associated Press
Apr 12, 2017 7:00 am - ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the country is considering a bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics in the eastern provinces of Erzurum, ...
Former Rio mayor probed in Olympic-linked corruption scandal

By MAURICIO SAVARESE and STEPHEN WADE
Apr 12, 2017 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Former Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes, the moving force behind organizing last year's Olympics, is being investigated for allegedly accepting at...
Naperville North honors alum who became Olympian, broadcaster

By Marie Wilson
Apr 12, 2017 1:00 am - Kevin Barnett's successes as a two-time Olympic volleyball player and a three-time Olympic broadcaster made him a recipient of the Learners to Leaders award from his alm...
3 more Olympic medals stripped in IOC doping retests

The Associated Press
Apr 05, 2017 7:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - Two wrestlers and a weightlifter have been stripped of Olympic medals for doping with anabolic steroids at the 2008 and 2012 Games. Uzbek wr...
Olympic bodies donate $600,000 to Peru for flood relief work

The Associated Press
Apr 04, 2017 7:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - The International Olympic Committee says a $600,000 donation is being made to help relief work in Peru after devastating floods and mudslide...
Tergat gets support of federations to be Kenya Olympic head

The Associated Press
Apr 04, 2017 7:00 am - NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Two-time Olympic silver medalist Paul Tergat gained the support of Kenya's most important sports federations on Tuesday in his bid to become head o...
LA, Paris share 2024 plans with Olympic leaders

By GRAHAM DUNBAR
Apr 04, 2017 7:00 am - AARHUS, Denmark (AP) - The two bid cities in the 2024 Olympic race addressed voters and sports leaders on Tuesday. Only one talked about "the elephant in the room." That...
LA Olympics campaign gets lots of likes - from Pakistan

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and RAPHAEL SATTER
Apr 04, 2017 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - More than a million Facebook users like the idea of hosting the 2024 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Many of them, oddly enough, from Pakistan. A report prepa...
Olympic bidders LA, Paris meet IOC panel on 2024-2028 award

By GRAHAM DUNBAR
Apr 03, 2017 7:00 am - AARHUS, Denmark (AP) - Ahead of key campaign speeches to Olympic sports leaders, bid teams from Los Angeles and Paris met Monday with an official audience that could yet...

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