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Cyclist Hoy retires after winning 6 Olympic golds
Six-time gold medalist Chris Hoy retired from cycling Thursday, saying he had expended "every last ounce of effort and energy" in becoming Britain's ...
Russia cracks down on illegal building in Sochi
Russia imposed a ban on all new building in Sochi on Wednesday to fight the illegal construction of apartments and hotels in the city preparing to ...
S&P warns Russia on high costs for 2018 World Cup
Many of the Russian cities hosting the 2018 World Cup will have trouble finding the money to build soccer stadiums and improve transit links and other ...
Sochi chief vows to make games 'safest in history'
The head of Sochi's Olympic organizing committee says authorities will do everything to make the 2014 Winter Games the "safest in history." Dmitry ...
Bolt back in London for Diamond League event
Usain Bolt will headline the Diamond League meeting at London's Olympic Stadium in July, returning to the scene of his clean sweep of sprint gold ...
Only Pistorius knows what his running means now
For any track athlete, time counts more than anything else. The minutes, the seconds and the fractions of seconds. For Oscar Pistorius now, it's the ...
Boston bombs raise worries for Olympics, World Cup
From London to Sochi to Rio de Janeiro, the deadly bomb attacks on the Boston Marathon raised new concerns Tuesday over safety at major sports events ...
Boston Marathon bombs put world's cities on alert
With two high-profile events in the days ahead — Margaret Thatcher's funeral and the London Marathon — British officials are looking anew at security ...
London Marathon to go ahead after Boston bombings
Determined to put on a show of "solidarity" for Boston, defiant London Marathon organizers will stage the race as planned on Sunday despite the threat ...
International officials react to Boston attacks
International reaction to the bombings at the Boston Marathon: ___ "My thoughts and those of all the Olympic Movement are with the victims, their ...
IOC to meet India officials over Olympic ban
The IOC will meet officials from India on May 7 seeking progress to end the country's suspension from the Olympic movement because of government ...
Russia ponders sports security lessons from Boston
Russian officials gave mixed signals Tuesday over whether they needed to increase security at key sporting events like the World Athletics ...
Former curling coach appointed British team chief
The man who coached Britain's women to curling gold in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City has been appointed as Britain's chef de mission for ...
Murofushi challenges IOC election bar at CAS
Former Olympic champion Koji Murofushi left sport's highest court on Thursday after a two-day hearing to challenge his disqualification at the London ...
Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang out for season
Former Olympic hurdles champion Liu Xiang will miss the 2013 season because of his slow recovery from an Achilles injury. Jos Hermens, the Chinese ...
Russia's Sochi busy storing snow for 2014 Olympics
In April, at the end of another seemingly endless winter, most Russians are eager to get rid of the piles of snow that have clogged their cities and ...
Russia charges former Olympic committee official
Russian prosecutors filed abuse of office charges against the former deputy head of the Russian Olympic Committee on Wednesday. The move against ...
Thatcher had troubled relations with UK sports
Margaret Thatcher barely concealed her distaste for sports while serving as prime minister of Britain. Instead, she tried to use the athletic arena ...
IOC mulls requests for new events at 2016 Olympics
Three years out from the Rio Games, 3-on-3 basketball and BMX freestyle are competing in an alternative Olympic contest — trying to win selection to ...
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 ...
Baseball still lacks MLB guarantee for Olympic bid
Baseball and softball's joint bid for Olympic reinstatement is still lacking a guarantee that major league stars would be freed up to play ahead of ...
Olympic champion Anette Norberg quits curling
One of the most accomplished players in women's curling, Sweden's Anette Norberg, is retiring from the sport and won't compete in the Sochi Olympics ...
Greece: 5 jailed for militant anarchist attacks
A Greek court on Wednesday convicted five people on terrorism-related charges related to a militant anarchist group which claimed responsibility for ...