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Desert to ice: Qatar takes on curling at Asian Winter Games

By JIM ARMSTRONG
Feb 18, 2017 6:00 am - SAPPORO, Japan (AP) - For Qatar women's curling team, just about everything is a new experience. Curling, a sport that has links with medieval Scotland and is more suite...
Mayor says Budapest may decide next week on Olympic bid

By PABLO GORONDI
Feb 17, 2017 6:00 am - BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - The mayor of Budapest said Friday he will meet next week with Prime Minister Viktor Orban to decide about the possible withdrawal of the city's ...
CAS says Nesta Carter has appealed against doping ban

The Associated Press
Feb 17, 2017 6:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - The Court of Arbitration for Sport says Nesta Carter has filed an appeal against his doping ban, a sanction that caused Usain Bolt to lose o...
French language groups protest English-only Olympic slogan

The Associated Press
Feb 17, 2017 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Groups defending the French language are lodging legal protests over the English-only slogan used for Paris' 2024 Olympic bid. Lawyer Emmanuel Ludot submitt...
Asian Winter Games offer athletes ideal prep for Olympics

By JIM ARMSTRONG
Feb 16, 2017 6:00 am - SAPPORO, Japan (AP) - With the Winter Olympics just a year and a short distance away, the Asian Winter Games will be the ideal stage for the continent's leading winter a...
Takanashi backs up WCup series win with another victory

The Associated Press
Feb 16, 2017 6:00 am - PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) - A day after clinching her fourth World Cup overall title with a second-place finish, Sara Takanashi won a ski jumping event Thursday at t...
Olympic downhill designer says tough, faster course awaits

By GRAHAM DUNBAR
Feb 15, 2017 6:00 am - ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) - Stop worrying, downhill racers. The 2018 Olympic course will be faster than you think. The new track in South Korea has been criticized - ...
Music! Wifi! Olympians impressed with Pyeongchang perks

By TIM REYNOLDS
Feb 14, 2017 6:00 am - The first impression some members of the USA Luge team got regarding how the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics will operate came on the bus ride from the airport to the mountain...
Paralympic body says Russian ban should continue

The Associated Press
Feb 13, 2017 6:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's ban from disabled sports should continue because it is sidestepping allegations of a major doping cover-up, the International Paralympic Committee...
Voters reject 2026 Olympic bid for St. Moritz, Davos

The Associated Press
Feb 12, 2017 6:00 am - ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) - Voters in the Swiss Alps have rejected a second Olympic hosting bid planned for upscale mountain resorts St. Moritz and Davos. The canton ...

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