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IOC revokes India’s rights to host any Olympic qualifying events
The International Olympic Committee has revoked India’s rights to host Olympic-related events follo…
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Google Takes Aim At Russia's Anti-Gay Laws With Latest 'Doodle'
"The practice of sport is a human right. Every individual must have the possibility of practicing s…
Paul Szoldra
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There's A $43,000 Fee For Planes That Show Up Late To The Sochi Airport
Eric Ammon, SVP of sales and services at Paramount Business Jets, another charter company, said he …
Alex Davies
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Chinese athletes at the Tokyo Olympics are under investigation for wearing pins that honor communist leader Mao Zedong
The IOC is investigating a situation in which two Chinese gold medalists had images of Communist Ch…
Jackson Thompson
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Why some Olympians can compete for countries they are not from
A bye-law to Rule 41 of the Olympic Charter states that athletes with dual-citizenship can represen…
Brandon Wiggins
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China is being accused of blocking and deliberately frustrating journalists trying to cover the Winter Olympics in Beijing
The body which acts on behalf of foreign media in the country said there was a "lack of transparenc…
Sam Cooper
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The Olympics: A guide to summer and winter games and sports, Olympic history and symbols, and iconic athletes
The Olympic Games are the world's most prestigious international athletic competitions. Here's what…
Samantha Grindell
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An Olympic judoka who refused to fight an Israeli opponent has been kicked out of the sport for 10 years
The International Judo Federation said Nourine acted with "malicious intent" and used the games to …
Barnaby Lane
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China warns US and its allies not to boycott Beijing Games, politicize the Olympics
Chinese officials warned that Washington would face a "robust Chinese response" if the US boycotts …
Cheryl Teh
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The US is 'not focused on a boycott' of the 2022 Olympics in China amid human rights concerns, Blinken says
China has warned countries against boycotting the games, and said that a US boycott of the Olympics…
Connor Perrett
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Nigerian Olympic soccer team is stuck in Atlanta 36 hours before first game because of an unpaid plane bill
"The Nigerian government [sports ministry] is responsible for booking the tickets for the team to t…
Emmett Knowlton
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18-year-old world champion Russian figure skater calls IOC's ban on Russian athletes unfair, says she can't 'accept' competing in neutral uniform
"I am honored to be here today. Thank you for the opportunity to address you on behalf of Russian a…
Scott Davis
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10 Tech Things You Need To Know This Morning
9. Google changed its homepage (not just in the U.S., but also in Russia) to a rainbow-themed sport…
Caroline Moss
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Surfing will be at the Olympics for the first time, but it took 22 years of lobbying by the sports' leading figure to get it there
Fernando Aguerre spent 22 years of his adult life working to get surfing into the Olympics, and wil…
Jackson Thompson
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Tokyo Olympics: COVID-19 cases cross 100 with 19 new infections
The total number of cases directly linked to the Games stood at 106 on Friday with 11 of them a…
PTI
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The Olympic pentathlon champion says the way the sport's chiefs chose to replace horse riding with an obstacle course is 'all quite suspicious'
UIPM President Dr. Klaus Schormann let slip in an interview in November that the call had already b…
Barnaby Lane
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LIVE BLOG: Here's The Sochi Olympics That Putin Doesn't Want You To See
15:18 GMT (10:18 EST): A quick look at the Russian-language Twittersphere reveals some interesting …
The Interpreter
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Trump administration proposes to end all government funding for the Special Olympics, arguing that private philanthropy will pick up the bill
The Special Olympics gets 12% of its funding ($17.6 million in 2017) from the government, according…
Bill Bostock,Bill Bostock
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IOC issues final warning to IOA, to suspend India if elections not held by December
The executive board of the IOC, which made in Lausanne on Thursday, also decided not to reco…
PTI
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A key Putin aide says Russia should return to the Soviet Union model for sports after being frozen out by the rest of the world
"All these infringements say that we need to return to the origins of domestic sports — Soviet," sa…