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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...
Head of IOC inquiry into Russian doping steps down

By STEPHEN WILSON
Dec 06, 2016 6:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - The former French judge heading an IOC investigation into Russian doping stepped down on Tuesday, three days before the release of a new rep...
Bach, Reedie clear air over Russian doping scandal

By STEPHEN WILSON
Dec 05, 2016 6:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - With another report on Russian doping looming at the end of this week, the presidents of the IOC and World Anti-Doping Agency met Monday to ...
Sammy Lee, 2-time Olympic diving champion, dies at 96

The Associated Press
Dec 03, 2016 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Sammy Lee, a two-time Olympic gold medal-winning diver who later mentored four-time Olympic diving champion Greg Louganis, has died. He was 96. The Un...
IOC will not sign off on Tokyo's $20b budget for 2020 Games

By JIM ARMSTRONG
Dec 02, 2016 6:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Calling Tokyo's proposed $20 billion budget unacceptable, IOC vice president John Coates urged Japanese organizers on Friday to find ways to make the 2020 O...
LA 2024 releases $5.3 billion budget; no new stadiums needed

By EDDIE PELLS
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...
Bach: 'Rational arguments' favor NHL going to Pyeongchang

The Associated Press
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....
Trump speaks with Bach to express support for LA Olympic bid

By The Associated Press
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...
Turkish weightlifter Ozkan loses Olympic doping appeal

The Associated Press
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. ...
Olympic body loans Hickey money to meet Brazilian bail

The Associated Press
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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