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Japanese Olympic Committee head resigns amid bribery scandal
TOKYO (AP) — Tsunekazu Takeda is stepping down as the president of the Japanese Olympic Committee amid a vote-buying scandal that French investigators suspect helped Tokyo land next year’s Olympics. Takeda announced Tuesday at the…
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Don’t expect to puff away at next year’s Tokyo Olympics
Organizers announced a stringent ban on all tobacco products and vaping devices. Smoking will be banned at all indoor and outdoor Olympic and Paralympic venues, plus within all perimeter areas of the Tokyo Games.
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Break dancing proposed as new Olympic sport for Paris 2024
Break dancing is one of four sports suggested for inclusion in the Games — alongside surfing, climbing and skateboarding.
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Cost of 2020 Tokyo Olympics ceremonies up 40 percent
Toshiro Muto, the chief executive of the games, told executive committee members on Friday the cost for the ceremonies would be capped at 13 billion yen, about $118 million. Tokyo estimated that cost at 9.1 billion yen — about $82 million — in 2013 when it was awarded the games.
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New athletes group formed to tackle doping in sports
An Olympic gold medalist and a former executive at the World Anti-Doping Agency are forming an organization designed to give athletes a stronger voice in the fight against doping and the powers that police it.…
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South Korea picks Seoul for 2032 Olympic bid
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has chosen its capital, Seoul, for its bid for the 2032 Summer Olympics, which it hopes to jointly host with rival North Korea as a peace gesture. South…
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Olympic champion among 4 Thai weightlifters to test positive
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — An Olympic champion was among four Thai weightlifters to test positive for doping, the International Weightlifting Federation said Tuesday. Sopita Tanasan, who won gold at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games,…
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WADA starts work on copying doping data in Moscow lab
MOSCOW (AP) — World Anti-Doping Agency experts have started the process of copying data from a Moscow laboratory that could implicate numerous Russian athletes in past drug cases. “Work has started with the equipment, setting…
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House panel finds Olympic leaders valued image over safety
A congressional review of the U.S. Olympic system’s handling of sex-abuse cases criticizes a culture that sought to protect reputation and image over athlete safety.
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Senators bring bill to criminalize vast doping conspiracies
The measure is named after Grigory Rodchenkov, the Moscow lab director who blew the whistle on Russian cheating.
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Salt Lake City bids for 2nd Olympics in changed climate
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — When Salt Lake City pursued the Winter Olympics more than two decades ago, competition was so fierce that lavishing International Olympic Committee members with gifts and favors seemed commonplace. Salt…
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Report: USOC and others delayed in response to Nassar
DENVER (AP) — An independent report details a toxic pattern of bureaucratic paralysis among Olympic leaders who reacted slowly, if at all, after they knew Larry Nassar was suspected of molesting young gymnasts. From the…
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Olympic-related meetings overshadowed by corruption charges
TOKYO (AP) — A corruption case involving a powerful International Olympic Committee member is overshadowing meetings this week in Tokyo with local 2020 Olympic organizers, IOC officials, and the heads of 206 national Olympic committees.…
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Calgary bid for 2026 Winter Olympics iced by City Council
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Calgary’s bid to hold the 2026 Winter Olympics is over. The City Council voted Monday to end the bid following last week’s nonbinding vote in which 56 percent of those who…
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Majority of Calgary voters say ‘no thanks’ to 2026 Olympics
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Calgary’s bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics was rebuffed on Tuesday when local voters said “no” in a nonbinding referendum. Unofficial results showed that 56 percent voted against bidding for…
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