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Bank warns of billions in losses from Sochi Games
Russia's state development bank says it stands to lose billions of dollars from financing unprofitable construction projects for the 2014 Sochi ...
Russia faces security challenges at Sochi Olympics
Drones hovering overhead, robotic vehicles roaming Olympic venues to search for explosives, high-speed patrol boats sweeping the Black Sea coast — ...
IOC opens bidding contest for 2022 Winter Olympics
The International Olympic Committee has opened a 2022 Winter Games bidding contest which has already lost an expected favorite. Switzerland hoped to ...
Oslo OKs 2022 Olympic bid
Oslo is moving ahead with plans to bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics. The city council voted Wednesday to ask for financial guarantees from the ...
Russian critic: Wide corruption at Sochi games
Russian officials and businessmen have stolen billions of dollars during the years of preparations for the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, a prominent ...
Adam Nelson to get 2004 gold in shot put
Nine years later, Adam Nelson can finally call himself an Olympic gold medalist. The American shot putter was officially elevated on Thursday to ...
Belarus ice hockey player gets 2-year ban
Belarus ice hockey player Andrei Mikhalyov has been banned for two years after testing positive for a stimulant at an Olympic qualifying game.
Sochi Olympic head pledges games will be safe
Russian authorities are working intensively with Olympic officials to ensure a high level of security for the 2014 Sochi Games, the head of the local ...
Capsules of 8 sports bidding to make 2020 Olympics
Capsules of eight sports bidding for inclusion in the 2020 Olympics. The International Olympic Committee executive board on Wednesday is expected to ...
Wrestling's Olympic hopes in focus at SportAccord
Sports officials from around the world are descending on St. Petersburg for a major industry convention, where wrestling will bid to remain an Olympic ...
2,500 doping tests planned for Sochi Olympics
Sochi's anti-doping director says 2,500 drug tests will be conducted at next year's Winter Olympics, about 350 more than at the 2010 Games in ...
Sochi organizers pledge highest level of security
Sochi Olympic organizers say authorities will ensure security at the "highest possible level." A deadly bombing at the Boston Marathon in April has ...
Russian oligarchs foot most of 2014 Sochi Olympics
The mountains of Sochi are now home to Potanin's slope, Gazprom's gondola lift and Sberbank's ski jump. The nicknames used by locals and an army of ...
AP Source: CK Wu tells Rogge he'll seek presidency
Amateur boxing association chief C.K. Wu of Taiwan is entering the race for president of the International Olympic Committee. Wu notified Jacques ...
Channel 10 wins Australian TV rights for Sochi
The International Olympic Committee has awarded the Australian broadcast rights for next year's Sochi Winter Games to Channel 10. The deal, which was ...
NHL confident players will go to Sochi Olympics
The NHL is "proceeding under the assumption" its players will take part in next year's Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, deputy commissioner Bill Daly ...
Cameron promises British security help for Sochi
British Prime Minister David Cameron says his country's special services will resume limited cooperation with Russia to boost security preparations ...
Olympic ski jump champ Widhoelzl returns as coach
Former Olympic and world ski jumping champion Andreas Widhoelzl of Austria will return to the World Cup circuit as a coach, five years after ending ...
Georgia confirms Sochi Olympics participation
Georgia has confirmed it will take part in next year's Winter Olympics in Russia. Georgia's participation in the Sochi Games had been under question ...
Report: arsenic found in former Russian official
The Interfax news agency says the former Russian Olympic official who was forced to quit in a scandal over preparations for the 2014 Sochi Winter ...
USOC: 10 cities interested in hosting 2024 Games
The U.S. Olympic Committee is talking to 10 cities about a possible bid for the 2024 Summer Games, including a joint proposal from San Diego and ...
Marathon deaths prompt review of security policy
Left unattended, no accessory looks as menacing these days as a backpack. At the airport. On the subway. At a sports event. And, as a result of the ...