Olympics
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Gold medalist Roche to challenge IOC VP Coates in elections
Mar 20, 2017 7:00 am - SYDNEY (AP) - International Olympic Committee Vice President John Coates will have his leadership of Australia's Olympic movement challenged for the first time in decade...
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Suspended Russian anti-doping agency gets new acting CEO
Mar 20, 2017 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - The Russian anti-doping agency, which remains suspended over an alleged cover-up, has named a new acting CEO. The agency known as RUSADA says on its websit...
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2020 Olympic golf course votes to amend membership policy
Mar 20, 2017 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - The course that will host the 2020 Olympic golf tournament has avoided being stripped of the event by deciding to change its membership policy to include wo...
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Column: IOC must consider serious reforms to save Olympics
Mar 17, 2017 7:00 am - And the winner is ... Paris! Oh, and also ... Los Angeles! The International Olympic Committee, no stranger to embarrassing predicaments, has devised an unprecedented st...
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NKorea plans to participate in ice hockey event in South
Mar 17, 2017 7:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korean Olympic organizers said Friday the North Korean women's ice hockey team had registered to compete in an international event in the...
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IOC sets up group to look at double 2024-2028 Olympic picks
Mar 17, 2017 7:00 am - PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) - The International Olympic Committee has moved closer toward picking both Los Angeles and Paris to host a Summer Games in an unprecedented...
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Fukushima confirmed as venue for Tokyo 2020 baseball
Mar 17, 2017 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Organizers on Friday confirmed that baseball and softball games for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be held in Fukushima, an area hit by the 2011 earthquake an...
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IOC president Bach to meet with Russia doping investigator
Mar 16, 2017 7:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - Doping investigator Richard McLaren has been invited for talks with IOC President Thomas Bach amid ongoing tension between Olympic sports bodies and anti-d...
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IOC board member apologizes for linking Russian ban to Nazis
Mar 16, 2017 7:00 am - PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) - IOC board member Gian Franco Kasper apologized Thursday for comparing a ban on Russia from the 2018 Olympics to persecution of Jews in Na...
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Call for athlete rights charter in fallout of Russian doping
Mar 15, 2017 7:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - A World Anti-Doping Agency panel is proposing a charter to formally protect the rights of athletes. WADA athlete committee chairwoman Beckie...