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IOC president Bach wants life bans for proven Russian cheats

By GRAHAM DUNBAR
Dec 08, 2016 6:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - Russian athletes and officials who are proven to have been part of a doping "manipulation system" should be banned for life from the Olympic...
Bach: Olympic bid process needs to change; 'too many losers'

By STEPHEN WILSON
Dec 08, 2016 6:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - Signaling a potential radical change in the way Olympic host cities are chosen, IOC President Thomas Bach wants to revise the bidding proces...
Doping: Russian boxer, Romanian weightlifter lose Rio medals

The Associated Press
Dec 08, 2016 6:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - The Court of Arbitration for Sport says a Russian boxer and Romanian weightlifter will lose medals from the Rio de Janeiro Olympics after fa...
Doping agency criticizes Russia as Isinbayeva given key role

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH
Dec 08, 2016 6:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Even before Friday's publication of a new report into alleged state-sponsored doping by Russian athletes, Russia and the World Anti-Doping Agency are bicke...
IOC approves venues for 5 new sports in 2020 Tokyo Games

By STEPHEN WILSON
Dec 07, 2016 6:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - Yokohama Stadium will host the baseball and softball competition at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Yokohama was among the venues approved Wednesda...
Isinbayeva to oversee Russian anti-doping agency

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH
Dec 07, 2016 6:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Former Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva has been chosen to chair the new supervisory board of the Russian anti-doping agency, which is struggl...
IOC extends provisional measures against Russia

By STEPHEN WILSON
Dec 07, 2016 6:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - Two days before the release of a new report into Russian doping, the IOC on Wednesday extended the provisional sanctions imposed on the coun...
Cheerleading, Muay Thai get provisional IOC recognition

The Associated Press
Dec 06, 2016 6:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - Cheerleading and Thai kickboxing have made their way into the Olympic movement. The International Cheer Union and the International Federati...
Column: Promise from Los Angeles is an Olympics on the cheap

By TIM DAHLBERG
Dec 06, 2016 6:00 am - The last time Los Angeles hosted an Olympics, the city won the games largely because it promised to do them on the cheap. The 1984 Games were a success, even with the So...
IOC: Rio Olympics were 'most perfect imperfect games'

By STEPHEN WILSON
Dec 06, 2016 6:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - A few months after the closing ceremony in Rio de Janeiro, IOC officials have a new tagline for South America's first Olympics: "The most pe...

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