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September 16, 2016

Scandal-hit FIFA appoints auditors, hires compliance officer

FIFA has appointed new auditors and hired its first dedicated compliance officer in efforts to rebuild after financial ...

September 11, 2016

Bach defends decision to miss Paralympics opening

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach is quoted as saying his absence from the opening of the Paralympic ...

September 09, 2016

FIFA opens bribery case against Sepp Blatter, 2 others

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter is now facing a bribery case, and one of his former vice presidents was fined more than ...

September 08, 2016

FIFA ethics committee places German official under probe

FIFA ethics investigators recommended a fine and community service on Thursday for a former high-ranking German soccer ...

September 08, 2016

Wrestling coach fired after drug scandal at Minnesota

Longtime wrestling coach J Robinson was fired Wednesday after the University of Minnesota said an investigation into an ...

September 07, 2016

IOC will cooperate with Brazilian Olympic ticket probe

The International Olympic Committee promised to cooperate Wednesday with Brazilian authorities in the ticket scalping ...

September 01, 2016

Swiss open 2006 World Cup criminal case against Beckenbauer

Soccer great Franz Beckenbauer is a criminal suspect in a World Cup fraud case. Beckenbauer's home in Austria was raided for ...

September 01, 2016

Japan panel finds nothing illegal in Tokyo Olympic bid

An independent panel commissioned by the Japanese Olympic Committee has found nothing illegal in a payment made to a ...

August 17, 2016

FIFA prosecutors want 3 banned in South African fixing case

FIFA ethics prosecutors want a six-year ban for a former South Africa Football Association president in a long-running case ...

August 16, 2016

Joao Havelange, former president of FIFA, dies at age 100

Joao Havelange, who as president of FIFA for two decades transformed soccer's governing body into a multibillion-dollar ...

August 10, 2016

10 arrests for alleged match-fixing in Wales' top division

The Welsh football federation says 10 people have been arrested for an alleged plot to fix a match in the Welsh Premier ...

August 09, 2016

China wins 2 golds as doping cases hit weightlifting

With weightlifting once again hit by a doping scandal, China won two Olympic gold medals in the sport on Tuesday. Deng Wei ...

August 07, 2016

A battered Russia remains strong on Olympic stage in Rio

Bruised and battered but still wearing a gold medal, the first Russian champion in Rio de Janeiro seemed to mirror his ...

August 04, 2016

The Latest: Yulia Efimova's status still uncertain for Rio

The Latest on the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local): 9:20 p.m. It's still unclear if Russian swimmer Yulia Efimova ...

August 01, 2016

Split deepens between IOC and anti-doping leaders on Russia

The split between Olympic leaders and global anti-doping officials over the Russian doping scandal continues to deepen.

July 31, 2016

Bach defends IOC handling of Russian doping scandal

IOC President Thomas Bach defended the decision not to ban Russia's entire team from the Rio Games, declaring Sunday that the ...

July 28, 2016

Russia's depleted Olympic team heads for Rio de Janeiro

A depleted Russian team departed for the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, missing dozens of athletes who were excluded ...

July 26, 2016

At least 105 Russian athletes banned so far

At least 105 athletes from the 387-strong Russian Olympic team announced last week have been barred from the Rio Games in ...

July 26, 2016

Inept but not corrupt: Kenya's doping mess explained

Never before have Kenya's fabulously successful runners gone to the Olympics in such a negative light. Kenya has a doping ...