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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...
Report into Russian doping pushed back to December

The Associated Press
Oct 26, 2016 7:00 am - MONTREAL (AP) - The publication of a final report into Russian state-sponsored doping and corruption at the Sochi Olympics has been delayed to December. The World Anti-D...
9 athletes, including 6 medalists, caught for Beijing doping

The Associated Press
Oct 26, 2016 7:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - Nine more athletes, including six medal winners, were retroactively disqualified from the 2008 Beijing Olympics on Wednesday after failing r...
IOC asks Russia for records of anti-doping procedures

The Associated Press
Oct 25, 2016 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - The IOC is asking Russia to provide details of how anti-doping procedures were carried out over a five-year period as the Olympic body investigates the cou...
6 more sports sign up with IOC's Olympic Channel

The Associated Press
Oct 25, 2016 7:00 am - MADRID (AP) - Six additional sports have signed deals with the Olympic Channel to have some of their events shown on the new digital outlet. The channel says agreements ...

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