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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...
MLB players union head says 2020 Olympics difficult

By RICH DUBROFF
Feb 23, 2017 6:00 am - SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) - The head of the Major League Baseball Players Association says it will be difficult for big leaguers to participate at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Bas...
South Korea's Choi leads short program at Asian Winter Games

By JIM ARMSTRONG
Feb 23, 2017 6:00 am - SAPPORO, Japan (AP) - Choi Da-bin won the women's short program in figure skating at the Asian Winter Games on Thursday. The South Korean, fifth at last week's Four Cont...
David Douillet running for French Olympic committee top job

The Associated Press
Feb 22, 2017 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Former Olympic judo champion David Douillet will run for the French Olympic committee presidency later this year. Douillet, a gold medalist at the 1996 and ...
South Korea dominates short track speedskating in Sapporo

The Associated Press
Feb 22, 2017 6:00 am - SAPPORO, Japan (AP) - South Korea won three gold medals in short track speedskating on Wednesday at the Asian Winter Games. Seo Yi-ra won the men's 1,000 meters to kick ...
Officials see Budapest's 2024 bid chances slipping away

By PABLO GORONDI
Feb 22, 2017 6:00 am - BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - Officials behind Budapest's bid to host the 2024 Olympics said the chances of success have been practically lost because of the disappearing pol...
Budapest to withdraw bid to host 2024 Summer Olympics

The Associated Press
Feb 22, 2017 6:00 am - BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - Budapest to withdraw bid to host 2024 Summer Olympics. ...
Olympic organizers say winter sports set for boom in Asia

By JIM ARMSTRONG
Feb 21, 2017 6:00 am - SAPPORO, Japan (AP) - Lee Hee-beom, the head of the Pyeongchang organizing committee, expects the 2018 Olympics to usher in a new era for winter sports in Asia. While th...
Asian Olympic leader backs Sapporo for Winter Games bid

The Associated Press
Feb 21, 2017 6:00 am - SAPPORO, Japan (AP) - Asia's Olympic leader thinks the continent could stage three consecutive Winter Games and Sapporo would be an ideal location to follow Pyeongchang ...
Olympic organizers say winter sports set for boom is Asia

By JIM ARMSTRONG
Feb 21, 2017 6:00 am - SAPPORO, Japan (AP) - Lee Hee-beom, the head of the Pyeongchang organizing committee, expects the 2018 Olympics to usher in a new era for winter sports in Asia. While th...

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