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Baseball, softball merge for return to Olympics
Baseball and softball have joined forces in a bid to return to the Olympics. The international federations of both sports on Sunday ratified a ...
Wambach, Morgan highlight new pro soccer league
Abby Wambach and Alex Morgan headline the National Women's Soccer League, the third incarnation of a women's professional soccer league in the United ...
2 top Olympic sports lose major sponsors
Two major Olympic sports — track and field and speedskating — have lost key sponsors in the midst of a global economic slump. The South Korean ...
Investor in Sochi Games seeks help on rising costs
A key investor in Russia's 2014 Winter Olympics is lobbying the government to offer tax rebates for the companies operating in Sochi to help offset ...
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 available to play ahead of ...
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 ...
Steve Alford takes over as UCLA basketball coach
Steve Alford walked into Pauley Pavilion on Tuesday for the first time since the 1984 Summer Olympics, took his place under the 11 national ...
US, French tourists kidnapped, 1 raped in Rio
A night out on the town turned into a nightmare after an American woman was gang raped and beaten aboard a public transport van while her French ...
IOC panel has 'excellent impression' of Istanbul
The IOC came away with an "excellent impression" Wednesday of Istanbul's bid for the 2020 Olympics, stressing that the city's multi-billion-dollar ...
Carlos Slim's company wins Olympic TV rights
Mexican magnate Carlos Slim, the world's richest man, secured the Latin American broadcast rights to the 2014 and 2016 Olympics on Friday. The IOC ...
Deal reached for West Ham to move to Olympic venue
Premier League club West Ham will move into London's Olympic Stadium, ending drawn-out negotiations over the future of the $783 million venue that ...
Qatar plans 2020 WCup in summer, but flexible
Qatar organizers are pushing ahead with plans to hold the 2022 World Cup in the summer, although they're willing to host in the winter. UEFA President ...
Istanbul hopes to impress IOC panel with 2020 bid
After four unsuccessful attempts, Istanbul is ready to pitch its bid for the 2020 Olympics by stressing Turkey's robust economy, plans for modern ...
Cuba eyes semi-pro league to reinvigorate boxing
Protective headgear has been the rule of the ring for more than 50 years in Cuba, which banned professional boxing shortly after the 1959 revolution.
APNewsBreak: IOC to retest 2006 Turin samples
With the eight-year deadline approaching, the IOC will retest doping samples from the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin in a bid to catch any drug cheats ...
APNewsBreak: IOC to retest Turin Olympic samples
The IOC has decided to retest doping samples from the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin in an effort to catch any drug cheats who escaped detection at the ...
Lagat ready for 'challenge' of NYC Half
Running outdoors. Cold weather. St. Patrick's Day in New York City. That's the unusual racing scenario for Bernard Lagat, who will make his ...
Putin indicates support for Olympic wrestling
Dropping wrestling from the Olympics would not sit well with Vladimir Putin. Putin was quoted by Russian news agencies as saying Wednesday "the ...
LA expresses interest in hosting 2024 Olympics
Los Angeles wants back into the Olympics, throwing its hat into the ring to bring them back to southern California on the 40th anniversary of its last ...
Wrestling considers changing singlet for Olympics
Kicked out of the Olympics and desperately trying to get back in, wrestling hopes a wardrobe change will wow those set to rule on the sport's fate.
Spanish government approves new anti-doping law
Spain's government on Friday approved tougher anti-doping laws to align with World Anti-Doping Agency standards and bolster Madrid's bid for the 2020 ...
Norman to advise China golf team ahead of Olympics
China is turning to Greg Norman to identify and coach its best players for the Olympics. The China Golf Association on Friday appointed Norman the ...
Pistorius bought, collected guns in Olympic year
In his Olympic year, Oscar Pistorius steadily became an avid firearms collector, joining a gun-collecting club and purchasing a collection of firearms ...
IOC panel sets off on visits to 2020 bid cities
Seven months before the vote, the International Olympic Committee is sending a panel of experts on a series of site-inspection visits that could prove ...