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Belgian women's relay team finally gets 2008 Olympic gold

The Associated Press
Sep 09, 2016 7:00 am - BRUSSELS (AP) - The Belgian 2008 women's Olympic 4x100 relay team was officially handed its gold medals on Friday - eight years after crossing the line at the Beijing Ga...
Brazil's Daniel Dias the Michael Phelps of the Paralympics

By MAURICIO SAVARESE
Sep 09, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Daniel Dias likes being mentioned in the same sentence as Michael Phelps. Some Paralympians may feel diminished - even offended - by using an Olymp...
IOC: No request from Brazil police on Olympic ticket probe

The Associated Press
Sep 09, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The International Olympic Committee says it has not received any request from Brazilian police for information concerning an investigation into a t...
Proposed ballot on Budapest Olympic bid clears legal hurdle

By PABLO GORONDI
Sep 09, 2016 7:00 am - BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - A proposed national referendum on Budapest's bid to host the 2024 Olympics meets the initial, formal legal requirements, Hungarian election auth...
US wheelchair racer's bid for 7 golds falls short

By JAMIE HAN
Sep 09, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - U.S. wheelchair racer Tatyana McFadden was aiming to win seven gold medals at the Rio Paralympics, in every event from the 100 meters to the marath...
Emmert: NCAA might reconsider Olympic bonuses for athletes

By The Associated Press
Sep 08, 2016 7:00 am - NCAA President Mark Emmert says member schools might reconsider allowing college athletes who compete in the Olympics to accept payments for performance. The NCAA rules ...
Italy's Olympic medalists plead with Rome mayor on 2024 bid

The Associated Press
Sep 08, 2016 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Italian medalists from the Rio de Janeiro Olympics wrote to Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi on Thursday pleading with her not to drop the capital's bid for the 202...
Lochte banned through June 2017, loses $100,000 in bonuses

By EDDIE PELLS
Sep 08, 2016 7:00 am - Ryan Lochte will forfeit $100,000 and a chance to swim at next year's world championships as part of the penalty for his drunken encounter at a gas station in Brazil dur...
US swimmer Jessica Long opens with a silver at Paralympics

By JAMIE HAN
Sep 08, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - U.S. swimmer Jessica Long hugged Australian Lakeisha Patterson when the women's 400 freestyle final was over and offered congratulations. Long had ...
Rio police want IOC head to explain Ireland's games tickets

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON
Sep 08, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Rio de Janeiro police investigating a ticket-scalping case want the IOC president to explain why Ireland's allocation of Summer Games tickets went ...

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