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Lance Armstrong stripped of Olympic bronze medal
On the day he went public with an admission of doping after years of denials, Olympic officials disclosed one more embarrassment for Lance Armstrong: ...
Bode Miller to miss rest of the season
Bode Miller will skip the rest of the World Cup season to rest his surgically repaired left knee. The two-time overall champion had microfracture ...
Canada's Humphries wins bobsled World Cup event
Olympic and world champion Kaillie Humphries of Canada bounced back to win a women's bobsled World Cup event Friday and hand German rival Cathleen ...
Douglas wins AP female athlete of the year honor
Gabby Douglas, the first African-American to win the all-around Olympic gymnastics title in London, was chosen The Associated Press female athlete of ...
Larry Probst re-elected as USOC chair
Once considered a reluctant conscript to the U.S. Olympic Committee, Larry Probst now embraces his role. So much, in fact, that he's staying on for ...
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 ...
Column: Only 1 athlete of the year in 2012, Messi
'Tis the season for making merry and for choosing our top sports men and women of the year, two distinctly separate annual rituals that in fact ...
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 ...
IOC ready to take away Armstrong's Olympic bronze
His seven Tour de France titles erased from cycling's record books, Lance Armstrong still holds claim to one piece of sports silverware: an Olympic ...
Julich leaves Team Sky because of doping past
Former American rider Bobby Julich admitted to doping during the late 1990s when he finished third in the Tour de France, a confession that forced him ...
IOC to wait for UCI before acting on Armstrong
The IOC will wait for cycling's governing body to act on Lance Armstrong's doping case before it considers taking away his Olympic bronze medal from ...
IOC reviews USADA report for Olympic implications
The IOC is looking into the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency's case against Lance Armstrong to see if there is enough evidence to open an investigation that ...
Correction: World Team Amateur story
In a story Oct. 9 about the World Amateur Team Championship, The Associated Press incorrectly quoted former USGA executive director David Fay as ...
Johnny Weir returns to competition
Former U.S. figure skating champion Johnny Weir returns to competition this weekend at the Finlandia Trophy. Weir, a three-time winner at nationals ...
Daughter of 'The Boss' buys gold-medal horse
The daughter of rock star Bruce Springsteen has bought a gold medal-winning horse from the London Olympics with hopes of competing for the United ...
Column: Not-So-Great Britain learning to win again
Wars aside, learning to lose used to be as British as warm beer and milky tea. Growing up in Not-So-Great Britain post-1966, when England football ...
US Open women's final delayed until Sunday
Among the many lessons Serena Williams has learned in the 13 years since she played her first Grand Slam final is that routine is overrated. A perfect ...
Bolt targets 2016 Rio Olympics; 2013 plans unclear
Triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt has a clear focus on the next Summer Games. His plans for the 2013 season? They're not so clear. Bolt said ...
US women win first 3-on-3 world basketball title
The United States women's team won the inaugural 3-on-3 world basketball championship Sunday, beating France 17-16 in the final. Notre Dame ...
UCI asks USADA to explain case against Armstrong
The International Cycling Union will wait for the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency to explain why Lance Armstrong should lose his seven Tour de France titles ...