Olympics
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Budapest assembly passes motion to withdraw 2024 Olympic bid
Mar 01, 2017 6:00 am - BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - Budapest's assembly approved a motion Wednesday to withdraw the city's bid for the 2024 Olympics. The decision leaves Los Angeles and Paris as t...
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Column: Phelps speaks out on doping, but what took so long?
Mar 01, 2017 6:00 am - It wasn't exactly Lilly King wagging a finger at a dirty Russian, then going on to beat her for a swimming gold medal in Rio. Yet there was Michael Phelps - the semi-off...
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IOC strips Ukrainian of 2008 Olympic medal for doping
Mar 01, 2017 6:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - The bronze medalist in women's modern pentathlon at the 2008 Beijing Olympics has been disqualified for doping. The IOC says Viktoriya Teres...
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British cycling 'credibility' battered by drug investigation
Mar 01, 2017 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - After fueling Britain's transformation into an Olympic superpower, the country's cycling reputation is being damaged by a medical mystery that keeps on gro...
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Phelps asks Congress to ensure anti-doping system is fair
Feb 28, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - After staying in his lane as a swimmer and not speaking out about doping in international competition, Michael Phelps is ready to take on the issue in ...
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Utah Olympic Oval to host US short track speedskating trials
Feb 28, 2017 6:00 am - KEARNS, Utah (AP) - US Speedskating will hold the short track Olympic trials in December at the Utah Olympic Oval. The event from Dec. 15-17 will decide the 12 skaters w...
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Soviet ice hockey great Vladimir Petrov dies at 69
Feb 28, 2017 6:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Vladimir Petrov, a two-time Olympic hockey champion who was on the Soviet Union team that lost to the United States at the 1980 Lake Placid Games, died Tue...
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Uno wins gold medal in figure skating at Asian Winter Games
Feb 26, 2017 6:00 am - SAPPORO, Japan (AP) - Shoma Uno of Japan overcame several early mistakes Sunday to win the gold medal in men's figure skating on the final day of the Asian Winter Games....
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North Korea wins first medal at Asian Winter Games
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...
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WADA: Hard to secure bans for many Russians in doping cases
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...