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IOC drops wrestling from 2020 Olympic program

IOC leaders have dropped wrestling for the 2020 Games in a surprise decision to scrap one of the oldest sports on the Olympic program. The IOC executive board decided Tuesday to retain modern...

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IOC visits Rio de Janeiro after warning Olympic organizers

IOC inspectors are making their first visit to Rio de Janeiro since telling 2016 Olympic organizers that time is ticking and preparations need to be speeded up. The IOC’s co-ordination commission began...

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IOC inspectors pay another visit to Sochi

With the games less than a year away, IOC inspectors are paying their latest visit to Sochi to check on preparations for the 2014 Winter Olympics. The IOC co-ordination commission, headed by...

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Lance Armstrong returns bronze medal he won in 2000 Olympics

Lance Armstrong has returned his Olympic bronze cycling medal, the latest fallout from his confession to using performance-enhancing drugs. Armstrong won the medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in...

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Former IOC member says Toronto should target 2028 Summer Olympics: report

As a potential bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics gains support in Toronto, former International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Paul Henderson said the city should bid on the 2028 one instead, according...

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Committee defers 2024 Olympic bid indefinitely

Toronto’s Economic Development Committee has voted unanimously in favour of deferring a bid for the 2024 Olympics indefinitely. The decision didn’t come as a surprise given the exorbitant cost...

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Baird tells Canadians to keep guard up at Sochi

The International Olympic Committee remains confident in Russia’s ability to protect the Sochi Winter Games amid terror threats. However, Canada’s foreign affairs minister is offering some words of...

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IOC reprimands athletes for commemorating the dead

The International Olympic Committee is reprimanding athletes for wearing items commemorating the dead. IOC spokesman Mark Adams said Monday the Olympic body sent a letter to the Norwegian Olympic...

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Paris awarded 2024 Summer Olympics; L.A. to host in 2028

This was one of those rare Olympic moments where everyone walked away a winner. Paris for 2024. Los Angeles for 2028. And the International Olympic Committee for transforming an unruly bidding process...

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IOC suspends Russian Olympic Committee for 2018 Games

The International Olympic Committee has suspended the Russian National Olympic Committee for the 2018 Games as a result of a doping scandal, but clean Russian athletes can compete under a neutral flag....

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IOC suspends Indian Olympic Association for interference in election: source

The IOC suspended India’s national Olympic committee on Tuesday because of government interference in its election process, two officials with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press....

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IOC to cut 1 sport by 2020 Olympics

IOC leaders are meeting this week to decide which sport to drop from the Olympic program and how to deal with the fallout from the Lance Armstrong doping scandal. At a two-day IOC executive board...

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India suspended from participating in Olympics by IOC: reports

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has suspended India from participating in Olympic competition, according to several reports. The IOC claims the Indian Olympic Association conducted elections...

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IOC head Thomas Bach cancels Japan trip because of virus cases

IOC President Thomas Bach has cancelled a trip to Japan because of surging cases of COVID-19 in the country, the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee said Monday in a statement. Bach was to visit...

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IOC says its former president Jacques Rogge has died at 79

LONDON (AP) — Jacques Rogge, who oversaw an era of political and financial stability in the Olympic movement after its worst ethics scandal and pursued a hard line against doping during his 12 years as...

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