Olympics
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2020 Olympic golf course open to reviewing membership policy
Jan 24, 2017 6:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - The club that will host the 2020 Olympic golf tournament would be open to changing its policy to include women as full members, if asked. The Kasumigaseki C...
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US water polo coaches return for 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Jan 24, 2017 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Adam Krikorian took some time off after coaching the U.S. women's water polo team to its second straight Olympic gold medal. He mourned the loss of his br...
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Arlington Heights, Bartlett residents in Special Olympics winter gamesJan 24, 2017 12:00 am - Two Northwest suburban residents will represent the United States at the 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games this March in Austria. Steve McVoy, of Arlington Height...
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Germany's top Olympic official proposes Russia ban
Jan 22, 2017 6:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - The president of the German Olympic Committee has called for Russia to be banned from the 2018 and 2020 Olympics if sports bosses there are found to have k...
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Biathlon body clears 22 Russians, investigating 7 others
Jan 21, 2017 6:00 am - ANTERSELVA, Italy (AP) - The International Biathlon Union has cleared 22 athletes and given Russian sports officials an ultimatum to explain by next month what role seve...
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Japan says isle name on 2018 Olympic website 'unacceptable."
Jan 20, 2017 6:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Japan's Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida says it is "unacceptable" that the official website for the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics refers to disputed isles in the...
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Activists try again for referendum on Budapest's 2024 bid
Jan 19, 2017 6:00 am - BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - Opponents of Budapest's bid to host the 2024 Olympics have begun gathering the 138,000 signatures needed to hold a city referendum on the candid...
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This Bud's for Who? No Team USA renewal for Budweiser
Jan 18, 2017 6:00 am - COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - The U.S. Olympic team is in search of a new beer sponsor, after the makers of Budweiser decided not to renew a deal that had been in place...
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LA2024 committee proposes venues for 3 more Olympic sports
Jan 17, 2017 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - The committee seeking to land the 2024 Summer Olympics for Los Angeles would stage archery at a new football stadium, mountain biking in a regional pa...
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New NFL stadium would play key role in 2024 LA Olympics
Jan 16, 2017 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Organizers trying to land the 2024 Summer Olympics for Los Angeles would include a new football stadium in the games' ceremonies. The NFL stadium bein...