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Russia approves anti-doping law targeting coaches

The Associated Press
Nov 03, 2016 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - The Russian Parliament adopted an anti-doping bill Thursday that includes prison terms for coaches found guilty of coercing young athletes into using perfo...
IOC: All options on table in cost-cutting for Tokyo Games

By JIM ARMSTRONG
Nov 03, 2016 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - All options remain on the table - including moving the rowing venue to a site hundreds of miles (kilometers) outside of Tokyo - after a working group set up...
Swiss skip youth Olympic event in Turkey over security risks

The Associated Press
Nov 03, 2016 7:00 am - BERN, Switzerland (AP) - Switzerland has decided not to send athletes to the European Olympic Youth Festival in Turkey because of security concerns. The Swiss Olympic co...
Soon-to-open Olympic SafeSport center hires CEO

The Associated Press
Nov 02, 2016 7:00 am - DENVER (AP) - The soon-to-open U.S. Center for SafeSport has hired the executive director of the Obama administration's youth fitness initiative as its CEO. Shellie Pfoh...
Tokyo panel head says 2020 organizers not cooperating

By JIM ARMSTRONG
Nov 02, 2016 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - The head of a Tokyo government cost-cutting panel has criticized 2020 Olympic organizers for not cooperating on recommendations designed to reduce spiraling...
Tokyo panel details venue changes, cost cuts for 2020 Games

By MARI YAMAGUCHI
Nov 01, 2016 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - The rowing and canoeing venue for the 2020 Olympics should either be moved to a site hundreds of miles (kilometers) away in northern Japan or downgraded to ...
Olympic broadcaster says impounded equipment in Rio released

By STEPHEN WADE
Oct 31, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The official broadcaster for the Olympic Games said Monday that equipment held by Brazilian authorities for more than a month, as collateral for an...
Workers threaten to sue Rio Olympics over late payments

By STEPHEN WADE
Oct 31, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Nearly 2 ˆ½ months after the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, hundreds of workers still haven't been paid and are planning to sue the local organizing comm...
USA Gymnastics restructuring men's program

The Associated Press
Oct 27, 2016 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - USA Gymnastics is making a change at the top of its men's national team program following a second straight fifth-place showing in the Olympics. USA ...
3 weightlifters stripped of Olympic golds in doping cases

The Associated Press
Oct 27, 2016 7:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - Three female weightlifters from Kazakhstan have been stripped of gold medals from the 2012 London Olympics after failing retests of their do...

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