Olympics
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4 athletes stripped of medals from 2008 Beijing Games
Aug 31, 2016 7:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - Eight years later, more athletes continue to be stripped of medals from the Beijing Olympics because of positive doping tests. Four athletes...
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Anti-doping group seeks reform of 'deeply damaged' system
Aug 31, 2016 7:00 am - COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Top officials of the IOC and other sporting bodies would be banned from being members of anti-doping agencies under new proposals for tackling...
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IOC may consider suspension of Kenya's Olympic body
Aug 30, 2016 7:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - The IOC says it may be forced to consider sanctions against Kenya after its national Olympic committee was disbanded. The International Olym...
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Brazil releases Olympic official on bail, probe continues
Aug 30, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Brazilian authorities say that senior Olympic official Patrick Hickey has been released from prison on bail while a Summer Games ticket-scalping pr...
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Lochte mum on Rio return, plugs 'Dancing with the Stars' gig
Aug 30, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Ryan Lochte isn't saying whether he'll return to Brazil to face a charge of filing a false police report over a gas station encounter during the Olympics...
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Kenyan Olympic officials subjects of criminal investigation
Aug 29, 2016 7:00 am - NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Kenya is risking sanctions from the IOC after the sports minister said he had disbanded the national Olympic body and three of its senior officials...
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Brazil judge orders release of IOC member in ticket probe
Aug 29, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - A Brazilian judge ordered on Monday the release of a high-ranking IOC member who was arrested during the Rio de Janeiro Games in a ticket-scalping ...
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Boorman, longtime coach of Simone Biles, heading to Florida
Aug 29, 2016 7:00 am - SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) - Aimee Boorman, the longtime coach of Olympic champion Simone Biles and the coach of the 2016 U.S. Olympic women's gymnastics team, is heading to Fl...
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Irishman in Rio Games ticket-scalping probe released on bail
Aug 28, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Brazilian officials say an Irish businessman arrested at the beginning of the Rio Games in a ticket-scalping probe has been released on bail. Rio's...
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Athlete sells Rio medal to help 3-year-old with eye cancer
Aug 26, 2016 7:00 am - WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Polish discus thrower Piotr Malachowski has sold the silver medal he won at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics to help pay for the medication of a 3-year-...