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IOC sets up group to look at double 2024-2028 Olympic picks

The Associated Press
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...
Fukushima confirmed as venue for Tokyo 2020 baseball

The Associated Press
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...
IOC president Bach to meet with Russia doping investigator

By GRAHAM DUNBAR
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...
IOC board member apologizes for linking Russian ban to Nazis

The Associated Press
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...
Call for athlete rights charter in fallout of Russian doping

The Associated Press
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...
Russian doping investigator McLaren hits back at critics

By GRAHAM DUNBAR
Mar 13, 2017 7:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - Doping investigator Richard McLaren has defended his report into orchestrated Russian doping from what he called "nitpicking." Recent commen...
Russian doctor Portugalov banned for life in doping case

The Associated Press
Mar 13, 2017 7:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - A Russian sports doctor accused of supplying performance-enhancing drugs to athletes has been banned for life. The Court of Arbitration for ...
Australian Olympic Committee appoints new CEO

The Associated Press
Mar 12, 2017 7:00 am - SYDNEY (AP) - The Australian Olympic Committee has appointed former rugby union administrator Matt Carroll as its chief executive officer. Carroll was general manager fo...
Kelly Clark and long, halfpipe road to Olympics No. 5

By EDDIE PELLS
Mar 11, 2017 6:00 am - VAIL, Colo. (AP) - For the better part of a month, Kelly Clark needed help for everything. She wasn't allowed to sit up straight, and her feet were bound together to avo...
WADA dismayed as Isinbayeva retains key doping job

The Associated Press
Mar 10, 2017 6:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - The World Anti-Doping Agency expressed dismay on Friday after one of its leading critics, pole vault great Yelena Isinbayeva, was reappointed to chair the ...

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