Netherlands Olympic Team

Netherlands Olympic Team

• 2 top Olympic sports lose major sponsor

  Two major Olympic sports are in the hunt for new sponsorship deals after key commercial partners announced the end of their partnership right in the ... 

• Yuskov, Wust win at speedskating worlds

  Denis Yuskov won the men's 1,500-meter title Thursday for Russia's first gold medal at the speedskating world championships since 1996. In the women's ... 

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  Dutch king-in-waiting stepping down from IOC

  Dutch Crown Prince Willem-Alexander is quitting the IOC as he prepares to become king. "The Prince has asked the president of the IOC to relieve him ... 

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  Olympic bottle thrower guilty of public disorder

  A man who threw a plastic beer bottle onto the track and shouted abuse at Usain Bolt before the men's 100-meter final at the London Olympics was ... 

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  Olympic bottle thrower on trial in London

  A man got into the Olympic Stadium for the men's 100-meter final at the London Games without a valid ticket and shouted abuse at Usain Bolt before ... 

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  Trial date set in Olympic bottle-throwing case

  A man accused of throwing a plastic bottle onto the track seconds before the men's 100-meter final at the London Olympics will go on trial in January.