Olympics
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Olympic champ Camplin takes senior role in Australian sports
Jun 27, 2017 7:00 am - SYDNEY (AP) - Olympic aerial skiing gold medalist Alisa Camplin-Warner has replaced former champion swimmer Mark Stockwell as deputy chair of the Australian Sports Commi...
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Macron promotes Paris 2024 Olympic bid playing tennis
Jun 24, 2017 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - French President Emmanuel Macron exchanged hits with tennis players on an outdoor court set up on a Paris bridge to promote the capital's bid for the 2024 O...
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SKorean president calls for NKorean Olympic participation
Jun 24, 2017 7:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea President Moon Jae-in said Saturday he hopes to see North Korean athletes at next year's Winter Olympics in South Korea to ease ten...
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Constable: Naperville Navy captain leads Warrior GamesJun 24, 2017 1:00 am - Leading squadrons of warriors toward a goal turned into a career for Navy Capt. Brent Breining, who grew up in Naperville. As pilot of a twin-engine, electronic warfare ...
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Paris shows off in race against Los Angeles for 2024 Games
Jun 23, 2017 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - High-divers plunged into the River Seine, trampoline athletes somersaulted inside the Petit Palais art museum and runners raced on a floating track as Paris...
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Intel signs up as top Olympic sponsor through 2024
Jun 21, 2017 7:00 am - As part of its mission to attract younger fans, the International Olympic Committee announced a sponsorship deal Wednesday with Intel, which will bring virtual reality a...
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Innsbruck says hosting 2026 Olympics 'doable and affordable'
Jun 21, 2017 7:00 am - VIENNA (AP) - A feasibility study has suggested Innsbruck could host the 2026 Winter Olympics on a budget of 1.175 billion euros ($1.3 billion), but the Austrian city wi...
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UCLA Olympic lab penalized by world drug agency
Jun 20, 2017 7:00 am - MONTREAL (AP) - The World Anti-Doping Agency has partially suspended its accreditation of the UCLA Olympic lab for three months. WADA said in a statement the lab's proce...
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Russian Olympic boxing medalist loses appeal in doping case
Jun 16, 2017 7:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - The Court of Arbitration for Sport has dismissed an appeal by Russian boxer Misha Aloian who was stripped of his 2016 Olympic silver medal f...
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No longer a combo: McDonald's ends Olympic sponsorship deal
Jun 16, 2017 7:00 am - The Olympics and McDonald's used to go together like a hamburger and fries. They are no longer a combo. In a surprise move, the International Olympic Committee announced...