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World Rowing Body's Chief Oswald Runs for IOC Top Job
Buenos Aires :: Argentina | 11 hours ago
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Denis Oswald became the fifth candidate for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidency on Friday, with the Swiss sports administrator citing his long experience as an asset. "More than 40 years of service to the Olympic movement has
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Sochi Olympics to see 2,500 doping tests
Moscow :: Russia | 17 hours ago
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Sochi Olympics organisers have said 2,500 doping tests would be conducted at the Winter Games next February, surpassing the total at the Vancouver Games four years ago. Alexei Slautin, the head of the Sochi 2014 doping control committee, told the
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Squash group on final push for Olympic bid
Petaling Jaya :: Malaysia | 2 days ago
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It is a just a week away before squash knows its Olympic fate with the bid for the 2020 Games rapidly gaining momentum. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will meet on May 29 at St Petersburg, Russia, to shortlist two or three of the following
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Yego lights up Bird's Nest at IAAF Challenge
Kampala :: Uganda | 2 days ago
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African record holder and champion Julius Yego continued with his glide to the World Championships with a fourth place performance in javelin as Eunice Sum orchestrated a podium sweep by Kenyans in women's 1,500m. The 20-year-old Yego took the track
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Puerto Rico's Carrion makes run for IOC presidency
Berlin :: Germany | 3 days ago
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Puerto Rican banker Richard Carrion launched his bid for the presidency of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Wednesday, with his long financial experience a powerful pitch in his quest for the world's top sports job. The 60-year-old
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Flawed strategy, mistakes jeopardizing Tokyo's bid to host 2020 Olympics
Tōkyō :: Japan | 3 days ago
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Have you ever given your best effort while striving to achieve something but felt like what you were doing was futile? That's the feeling I'm getting about Tokyo's bid to host the 2020 Olympics. With just over three months to go until the IOC votes
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Squash hopes for preliminary Olympic nod at May 29 IOC meeting
New Delhi :: India | 4 days ago
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After twice failing to get the nod from the International Olympic Committee, the squash world is hoping that the IOC, at its meeeting in St. Petersburg on May 29, will shortlist the racquet sport for the 2020 Games.
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Bad blood resurfaces in wrestling over Olympic axe
Budapest :: Hungary | 5 days ago
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Wrestling was cut from the 2020 Olympics in February by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), amid low spectator interest and claims of corrupt refereeing in some major bouts...The meeting started with insulting words," said Mikhail Mamashvili,
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Windsurfers taste tough competition
Rome :: Italy | 5 days ago
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Oman's fledgling team of young windsurfers sampled competition at the highest level when they competed in Garda Eurolymp 2013 recently, lining up against some of the biggest names in the sport. The week-long event on Lake Garda in Italy was the first
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Isinbayeva to continue as Youth Olympics ambassador
Lausanne :: Switzerland | 6 days ago
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Sunday announced that two-time Olympic champion Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia will be an official ambassador of the 2014 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Nanjing, China. The Russian pole vaulter will reprise her
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