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5/7/2025 6:26:02 PM
Olympic silver medalist wrestler Iakobi Kajaia was banned for two years over missed doping control tests, the International Testing Agency said Wednesday.
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5/5/2025 3:45:19 PM
Former world 100m champion Fred Kerley has denied he was arrested as claimed for battery but because he exercised his right to remain silent until his lawyer was present after a "physical altercation".
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4/29/2025 6:11:26 PM
France on Tuesday accused Russian military intelligence of being behind a series of cyberattacks against the country over the last decade, including against an organisation involved in the 2024 Paris Olympics and Emmanuel Macron's first presidential campaign in 2017.
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4/22/2025 3:27:38 PM
The Italian national Olympic committee has asked for sports events to be suspended on Saturday, the day of Pope Francis’ funeral.
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4/22/2025 11:15:38 AM
American gymnast Simone Biles, voted Sportswoman of the Year at the Laureus Sport Awards ceremony in Madrid, said she remained uncertain about whether she would compete at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
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4/15/2025 8:10:37 PM
French swimmer Leon Marchand said he considered taking time away from the sport after winning four gold medals at the Paris Olympics, but admitted that it didn't take long for his motivation to return.
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4/10/2025 5:28:26 PM
Organizers of next year’s Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics announced an operating budget of “about 1.7 billion euros” ($1.9 billion) on Thursday, a 200 million euro ($222 million) increase from the previously stated amount.
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3/26/2025 4:22:28 PM
The Egyptian Olympic Committee (EOC) on Wednesday rejected two complaints filed by Ahly against disciplinary measures taken by the Egyptian Pro League (EPL) and the Egyptian Football Association (EFA), following the club’s no-show in a recent Cairo Derby match against arch-rivals Zamalek.
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3/20/2025 10:49:45 PM
Three-time Olympic champion Ester Ledecka said Thursday she would "bombard" new International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Kirsty Coventry over the 2026 Winter Olympic Games' programme, which currently prevents her from competing in two different events.
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3/20/2025 7:20:07 PM
Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry became the first woman and African to be elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday, declaring it to be an "extraordinary moment".
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3/20/2025 2:42:12 PM
Boxing will feature at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics after International Olympic Committee members voted unanimously for its inclusion on Thursday.
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3/20/2025 12:10:22 PM
Thomas Bach's life has been dominated by the Olympics, as a team fencing gold medallist and then IOC chief -- and he deserves to be ranked as "one of the three greatest presidents", two former IOC executives have told AFP.
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3/19/2025 11:58:00 AM
The race to succeed Thomas Bach as president of the International Olympic Committee reaches a climax on Thursday with Juan Antonio Samaranch Junior, Sebastian Coe and Kirsty Coventry believed to be neck and neck but clear of the remaining quartet.
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3/13/2025 10:38:57 PM
Defending champion Iga Swiatek beat Zheng Qinwen 6-3, 6-3 on Thursday, avenging her Olympics semi-final loss to the Paris Games gold medallist to reach the semi-finals at Indian Wells.
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3/13/2025 7:31:59 PM
The International Olympic Committee on Thursday announced a $3 billion deal allowing NBC Universal to broadcast the Olympics until 2036 in the United States.
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3/2/2025 11:06:17 AM
Ethiopia's Tadese Takele won the Tokyo Marathon in a time of 2hr 3min 23sec on Sunday as Uganda's double Olympic track champion Joshua Cheptegei finished ninth.
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2/12/2025 5:04:48 PM
Algeria boxer Imane Khelif, who found herself in the middle of a bitter divide about gender in sports during the Paris Olympics, has denounced “false and offensive” accusations from the International Boxing Association.
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2/5/2025 5:37:15 PM
Next year’s Winter Olympics might be called the Milan Cortina Games but they will actually be staged across a large swath of northern Italy.
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1/30/2025 8:06:01 PM
Barcelona will request permission to play at the Olympic stadium until the end of the season as their iconic Camp Nou home continues to undergo modernisation and expansion work, the club said on Thursday.
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1/29/2025 5:18:20 PM
Prince Feisal Al-Hussein of Jordan says he can bridge continents and cultures if he becomes the first president of the International Olympic Committee from outside Europe and the United States.
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