Olympics
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IOC sets up group to look at double 2024-2028 Olympic picks
Mar 17, 2017 7:00 am - PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) - The International Olympic Committee has moved closer toward picking both Los Angeles and Paris to host a Summer Games in an unprecedented...
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Fukushima confirmed as venue for Tokyo 2020 baseball
Mar 17, 2017 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Organizers on Friday confirmed that baseball and softball games for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be held in Fukushima, an area hit by the 2011 earthquake an...
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IOC president Bach to meet with Russia doping investigator
Mar 16, 2017 7:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - Doping investigator Richard McLaren has been invited for talks with IOC President Thomas Bach amid ongoing tension between Olympic sports bodies and anti-d...
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IOC board member apologizes for linking Russian ban to Nazis
Mar 16, 2017 7:00 am - PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) - IOC board member Gian Franco Kasper apologized Thursday for comparing a ban on Russia from the 2018 Olympics to persecution of Jews in Na...
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Call for athlete rights charter in fallout of Russian doping
Mar 15, 2017 7:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - A World Anti-Doping Agency panel is proposing a charter to formally protect the rights of athletes. WADA athlete committee chairwoman Beckie...
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Russian doping investigator McLaren hits back at critics
Mar 13, 2017 7:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - Doping investigator Richard McLaren has defended his report into orchestrated Russian doping from what he called "nitpicking." Recent commen...
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Russian doctor Portugalov banned for life in doping case
Mar 13, 2017 7:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - A Russian sports doctor accused of supplying performance-enhancing drugs to athletes has been banned for life. The Court of Arbitration for ...
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Australian Olympic Committee appoints new CEO
Mar 12, 2017 7:00 am - SYDNEY (AP) - The Australian Olympic Committee has appointed former rugby union administrator Matt Carroll as its chief executive officer. Carroll was general manager fo...
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Kelly Clark and long, halfpipe road to Olympics No. 5
Mar 11, 2017 6:00 am - VAIL, Colo. (AP) - For the better part of a month, Kelly Clark needed help for everything. She wasn't allowed to sit up straight, and her feet were bound together to avo...
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WADA dismayed as Isinbayeva retains key doping job
Mar 10, 2017 6:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - The World Anti-Doping Agency expressed dismay on Friday after one of its leading critics, pole vault great Yelena Isinbayeva, was reappointed to chair the ...