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New referendum attempt on Budapest 2024 bid gets initial OK

The Associated Press
Oct 06, 2016 7:00 am - BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - The Budapest election committee has approved a journalist's initiative to hold a city referendum on the Hungarian capital's bid to host the 2024...
Russian loses 2008 Olympic high jump bronze in doping case

The Associated Press
Oct 06, 2016 7:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - Russian high jumper Anna Chicherova was stripped of her bronze medal from the 2008 Beijing Olympics on Thursday, the latest athlete sanction...
Athletes representative says anti-doping system 'not broken'

By STEPHEN WILSON
Oct 05, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The head of WADA's athlete commission contends the global anti-doping system is not "broken" and laments that politics surrounding the Russian doping scand...
Bach not getting involved over 'politics' of Rome 2024 bid

By ANDREW DAMPF
Oct 05, 2016 7:00 am - VATICAN CITY (AP) - IOC President Thomas Bach isn't getting involved in the "politics" surrounding Rome's rejection of its 2024 Olympics bid. Speaking on the sidelines o...
Officials reject referendum on Budapest's 2024 Olympic bid

The Associated Press
Oct 05, 2016 7:00 am - BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - A journalist who called for a national referendum on Budapest's bid to host the 2024 Olympics says she will appeal to Hungary's highest court af...
Column: Beware of the Fancy Bears in Russian doping scandal

By JOHN LEICESTER
Oct 04, 2016 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Somewhere in Russia, computer hackers must be congratulating themselves on a well-executed con. By stealing and then publishing the private medical files of...
WADA and Interpol join forces to target trafficking

The Associated Press
Oct 04, 2016 7:00 am - LYON, France (AP) - The World Anti-Doping Agency and Interpol have set up a joint project aimed at targeting criminal networks specialized in doping substances. WADA and...
Rowing federation opposed to proposed Olympic venue move

By MARI YAMAGUCHI
Oct 03, 2016 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - The head of the international rowing federation wants to stick with his sport's planned venue for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics rather than move to a site hundred...
IOC president 'impressed' by Paris 2024 bid

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN
Oct 02, 2016 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - French President Francois Hollande treated IOC President Thomas Bach with a special gift: an Olympic flag from the 1924 Olympic games that were held in Pari...
White House trip helps USOC make strides on diversity

By EDDIE PELLS
Oct 01, 2016 7:00 am - COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - After watching their athletes pile up medals in Brazil, leaders of the U.S. Olympic team came home and produced results that could resonat...

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