Olympics
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LA 2024 releases $5.3 billion budget; no new stadiums needed
Dec 02, 2016 6:00 am - The Los Angeles bid committee for the 2024 Olympics released details of a nearly unheard-of budget plan Friday, insisting $5.3 billion will be enough to cover both opera...
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Bach: 'Rational arguments' favor NHL going to Pyeongchang
Dec 02, 2016 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - IOC President Thomas Bach says it is in the interest of all parties for NHL players to participate in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea....
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Trump speaks with Bach to express support for LA Olympic bid
Dec 01, 2016 6:00 am - President-elect Donald Trump spoke by phone with the head of the International Olympic Committee to voice his support for Los Angeles' bid to host the 2024 Games. The Lo...
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Turkish weightlifter Ozkan loses Olympic doping appeal
Dec 01, 2016 6:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - Turkish weightlifter Sibel Ozkan has lost an appeal against a doping sanction which cost her a silver medal from the 2008 Beijing Olympics. ...
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Olympic body loans Hickey money to meet Brazilian bail
Dec 01, 2016 6:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The Association of National Olympic Committees says it loaned former IOC member Patrick Hickey bail money so he can be released from legal custody ...
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IOC: Tokyo's huge cost could give wrong message
Dec 01, 2016 6:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - A top IOC official renewed his demand Thursday that Japanese organizers further reduce their $18 billion budget ceiling for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, saying ...
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Bozek gets the call from the Illinois Hockey HallDec 01, 2016 12:00 am - A large part of her play today - as assistant captain for the Buffalo Beauts in the National Women's Hockey League and on the U.S. Women's National Team - was learned ea...
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Cost-cutting dominates debriefing for Tokyo from Rio Games
Nov 30, 2016 6:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Discussions of Olympic cost-cutting have dominated a three-day debriefing from organizers of the Rio de Janeiro Games. More than 500 officials took part in ...
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Tokyo organizers promise cost-cutting for 2020 Olympics
Nov 30, 2016 6:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Hoping to avoid last-minute financial pressures, Japanese officials said Wednesday they are determined to keep total costs of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Games ...
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City referendum on Budapest 2024 Olympic bid abandoned
Nov 29, 2016 6:00 am - BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - Petitioners say they have abandoned an attempt to hold a citywide referendum on Budapest's bid to host the 2024 Olympics. Investigative journali...