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Sochi unveils torch for 6-month Olympic relay
Sochi organizers have presented the torch that will carry the Olympic flame on its six-month journey through Russia ahead of next year's Winter Games.
Sochi Olympic sites to be checked for quake damage
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered officials to inspect Olympic sites at the 2014 Winter Games' capital, Sochi, which was hit by an ...
Britain increases funds in bid for Olympic medals
Britain is pumping record amounts of cash into its Olympic sport programs, aiming to win more medals in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 than it did as host ...
Lochte sets world record at short-course worlds
Ryan Lochte broke his own world record in the 200-meter individual medley on Friday at the short-course world championships in Istanbul, and he ...
Americans extend gold tally at short-course worlds
Matthew Grevers and Olivia Smoliga won men's and women's 100-meter backstroke and Ryan Lochte anchored a relay victory Thursday at the short-course ...
Vote slated for 1st European Games in 2015
After years of debate, the European Games could be about to become a reality. The European Olympic Committees will vote on the proposal Saturday, with ...
Grand Prix Final tests Olympic ice arena
No matter how they do in the competition, competitors at the Grand Prix Final appear sure to go home pleased with the arena where figure skating will ...
IOC strips 4 medals from 2004 Athens Olympics
Eight years after winning Olympic medals in Athens, four track and field athletes from eastern Europe were ordered to hand them back Wednesday because ...
Doping, ethics cases top agenda for IOC board
Four months after the highs of the London Olympics, the IOC is turning to less uplifting matters: drug-tainted medals from past games, ethics ...
Russian could lose Olympic medal in doping case
Darya Pishchalnikova could be stripped of the silver medal she won in the discus at the London Olympics and face a lifetime ban following a positive ...
IOC to hold hearings on positive cases from Athens
The IOC will hold hearings early next month for the five athletes whose doping samples came back positive in retests from the 2004 Athens Olympics, ...