Olympics
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Anti-doping leaders call for ban of Russian teams
Jan 10, 2017 6:00 am - A global group of anti-doping leaders is calling for Russian teams to be excluded from international competitions while establishing a process to allow individuals from ...
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India's Olympic body seeks to clarify contentious awards
Jan 10, 2017 6:00 am - NEW DELHI (AP) - Already threatened with being suspended and stripped of its government funding, the Indian Olympic Association has stepped back from a proposal to appoi...
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4 months after Olympics, organizers unable to pay some bills
Dec 13, 2016 6:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Almost four months after the Olympics ended, Rio de Janeiro organizers are unable to pay some of their bills, including $3.7 million owed to the In...
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Emails show how Russian officials covered up mass doping
Dec 12, 2016 6:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's doping cover-up went far beyond the Olympics, according to a vast archive of emails released by a World Anti-Doping Agency investigator. Besides t...
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New design for doping sample bottles after Russian scandal
Dec 12, 2016 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The manufacturers of the doping sample bottles supposedly tampered with by Russian intelligence agents have introduced a new design in the last month to tr...
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Biathlon body to study McLaren's Russian doping allegations
Dec 11, 2016 6:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - The international governing body for the Winter Olympic sport of biathlon says it is creating an "expert working group" to study allegations of mass Russia...
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Tokyo breaks ground on new 2020 Olympics National Stadium
Dec 11, 2016 6:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Tokyo held a groundbreaking ceremony on Sunday for a $1.5 billion National Stadium to host the 2020 Olympic Games. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Tokyo Gov. Yur...
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Tokyo breaks ground on new 2020 Olympics National Stadium
Dec 10, 2016 6:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Tokyo held a groundbreaking ceremony on Sunday for a $1.5 billion National Stadium to host the 2020 Olympic Games. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Tokyo Gov. Yur...
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Column: Time to make Russians pay for Olympic doping
Dec 10, 2016 6:00 am - There are really only two possible explanations why two members of the Russian women's hockey team at the Sochi Olympics had urine samples that contained male DNA. One, ...
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Russia's lab wizard created drug cocktails but caught cheats
Dec 10, 2016 6:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Even as he worked to cover up doping by Russian athletes, Grigory Rodchenkov was developing technology which would help to catch them years later. The form...