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North Korea wins first medal at Asian Winter Games

By JIM ARMSTRONG
Feb 25, 2017 6:00 am - SAPPORO, Japan (AP) - North Korea won its first medal at the Asian Winter Games on Saturday as Ryom Tae Ok and Kim Ju Sik won the bronze medal in the figure skating pair...
WADA: Hard to secure bans for many Russians in doping cases

The Associated Press
Feb 25, 2017 6:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - There "simply may not be sufficient evidence" to secure bans for many of the Russian athletes implicated in an alleged state-backed doping scheme, the Worl...
South Korean skater Choi wins gold at Asian Winter Games

By JIM ARMSTRONG
Feb 25, 2017 6:00 am - SAPPORO, Japan (AP) - Choi Da-bin of South Korea held her lead from the short program to win the gold medal in women's figure skating at the Asian Winter Games on Saturd...
IOC suggests more changes needed in Olympic host bidding

By EDDIE PELLS
Feb 24, 2017 6:00 am - The International Olympic Committee wants to keep considering changes that could result in both the 2024 and 2028 Summer Games awarded in September. An internal letter w...
Budapest assembly to vote Wednesday on revoking Olympic bid

By PABLO GORONDI
Feb 24, 2017 6:00 am - BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - The Budapest city assembly will vote Wednesday on a motion to withdraw the city's bid to host the 2024 Olympics. Mayor Istvan Tarlos, Prime Mini...
Wang, Liu win ice dancing gold medal at Asian Winter Games

By JIM ARMSTRONG
Feb 24, 2017 6:00 am - SAPPORO, Japan (AP) - Skating to "New York, New York," Wang Shiyue and Liu Xinyu held onto their lead from the short dance to win the gold medal in ice dancing on Friday...
Snow volleyball hopes to stake claim in Winter Olympics

By JIMMY GOLEN
Feb 24, 2017 6:00 am - Beach volleyball is moving to the mountains and swapping its sand for snow. A spinoff of the sun-splashed sport familiar to Summer Olympic fans and seaside frolickers, s...
2024: A tale of two cities and an uncertain Olympic future

By EDDIE PELLS
Feb 23, 2017 6:00 am - Olympic leader Thomas Bach's grand plan was to streamline the Olympics, cut costs and encourage more cities to try to host the games. Judged by the first round of biddin...
For naturalized Dalton, the puck stops in South Korea

By JIM ARMSTRONG
Feb 23, 2017 6:00 am - SAPPORO, Japan (AP) - Growing up in rural southern Ontario, Matt Dalton never figured that his career path in professional hockey would take him to South Korea. Dalton, ...
Winter Asian Games are very topical in tropical East Timor

By JIM ARMSTRONG
Feb 23, 2017 6:00 am - SAPPORO, Japan (AP) - For Alpine skier Yohan Goutt Goncalves, the chance to be East Timor's sole representative at the Asian Winter Games was too good to pass up, even i...

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