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IAAF wants 2004 US relay team stripped of gold

2010-03-15T11:45:09Z

<div id="subtitle">IAAF wants 2004 US relay team stripped of Olympic gold because of Cox's doping admission</div><div><p>The IAAF is recommending the U.S. women's 4x400 meter relay team at the 2004 Athens Olympics be stripped of its gold medal because qualifying runner Crystal Cox has admitt...

IAAF to recommend U.S. relay team be stripped of gold

2010-03-15T11:15:56Z

<div><p>DOHA (Reuters) - The IAAF will recommend the U.S. women's 2004 Olympic 4x400 meters relay team be stripped of its gold medal because of the doping suspension of relay alternate Crystal Cox, federation spokesman N...

China leaves underage gymnast in the cold

2010-03-12T14:30:37Z

<div id="subtitle">Lies and damned lies: China abandons gymnast who competed under age at Olympics</div><div><p>Used, perhaps abused and now tossed away. Chinese officials' treatment of Olympic gymnast Dong Fangxiao, found to have been underage when China fielded her at the Sydney Games in 2000, really makes the blood boil.</p><p>Despite China's of...

Polish skier tests positive for EPO at Olympics

2010-03-12T00:00:44Z

<div id="subtitle">Polish cross-country skier Kornelia Marek tests positive for EPO at Vancouver Olympics</div><div><p>Polish cross-country skier Kornelia Marek tested positive for EPO at the Vancouver Olympics in the first serious doping case of the games.</p><p>Marek tested positive after helping Poland to a sixth-place finish in the women's 20...

Paralympic head upbeat on Vancouver Games

2010-03-11T16:00:14Z

<div><p>WHISTLER, British Columbia (Reuters) - The Vancouver Paralympics will build on the success of the Winter Olympic Games and show why the two events do not need to be combined for ...

UN expert: Big sports events force many from homes

2010-03-08T14:20:02Z

<div id="subtitle">UN expert slams FIFA for failing to require that World Cup cities safeguard people's housing</div><div><p>A U.N. human rights investigator said Monday that numerous people have complained to her of being forced from their homes or priced out of the housing market as a result of large events such ...

S.Korean medallists to get cash rewards

2010-03-02T02:24:21Z

<div><p>South Korean medallists and coaches will receive cash rewards worth tens of thousands of dollars after their triumphant performance at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, officials said Tuesday.</p><p>The sports ministry said the government would provide 40 million won (34,722 dollars) to each of the gold medallists, 20 million won to silver medallists and 12 million to bronze winners.</p><...

Vancouver atmosphere will be tough to match

2010-03-01T20:30:11Z

<div id="subtitle">Vancouver sets bar high for future host cities to match Olympic atmosphere</div><div><p>Top that if you can.</p><p>Amid the tragedy, the medals race and the hockey frenzy, the Vancouver Olympics will be remembered above all for the fervor and ebullience of its Canadian hosts.</p><p>For future Olympic host citi...

After Vancouver, now it's Russia's turn in 2014

2010-03-01T08:45:12Z

<div id="subtitle">Do svidanya Vancouver: It's time to move on to Sochi for the 2014 Winter Games</div><div><p>From the Pacific coast to the shores of the Black Sea. From the peaks of western Canada to ...

Euphoric end to a bittersweet Olympics

2010-03-01T08:15:30Z

<div id="subtitle">Joyful closing ceremony concludes an Olympics that opened with tragedy</div><div><p>They were the resilient Winter Games — beginning in shock, ending in euphoria.</p><p>Opening day was overshadowed by the death of a luger in a training-run crash. The finale couldn't have been more festive — a tribute to the organizers, who persevered despite first-week setbacks, and to t...

US ski veteran confident on Sochi women's place

2010-03-01T03:16:19Z

<div><p>Women will be on the ski jump hills at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the Russian resort of Sochi, says Karla Keck, a director of Women's Ski Jumping USA.</p><p>"I am optimistic and encouraged about the possibility of Women's Ski Jumping being inc...

US veteran confident on Sochi women's place

2010-03-01T03:16:17Z

Canada parties in front of billions at end of Olympics

2010-03-01T00:30:06Z

<div><p>The Vancouver Olympics closed Sunday with a star-studded celebration of Canada in front of an estimated global television audience of billions on a historic day for the host nation.</p><p>Just hours after Canada's dramatic ice hockey triumph over the United States sparked raucous scenes, the O...

Crosby's golden goal caps Canada's Olympics

2010-02-28T17:00:38Z

<div id="subtitle">Crosby scores gold-winning goal in overtime; Canada wins Winter Olympics-record 14 golds</div><div><p>Sid the Kid has a new label: Olympic hero.</p><p>Already considered Canada's greatest player since Wayne Gretzky, Sidney Crosby did something the Great One never did, scoring the winn...

Rogge 'happy' but luge death overshadows Vancouver

2010-02-28T15:16:12Z

<div><p>International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge said Sunday he was 'happy' with the Vancouver Olympics after early teething problems, but admitted the death of luger Nodar Kumarita...

Rogge: Figure skating judging 'impeccable'

2010-02-28T13:45:17Z

<div id="subtitle">Rogge calls Plushenko a great champion, but says no reason to criticize men's Olympics results</div><div><p>Judging of the figure skating competitions at the Vancouver Olympics was "absolutely impeccable," International Olympic Committee president VANCOUVER (Reuters) - There may only have been one minor doping offence at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics but the International Olympic Committee is far from declaring mission accomplished in the fight...

Slovak hockey player fails test, reprimanded

2010-02-28T12:45:09Z

<div><p>VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Slovakian ice hockey player Lubomir Visnovsky tested positive for the banned drug pseudoephedrine at the Vancouver Olympics and received a reprimand, the Slovakia's Lubomir Visnovsky of Edmonton Oilers for minor doping violation</div><div><p>A Slovakian hockey player for the Edmonton Oilers has been reprimanded for a minor doping violation at the Van...

Accessible, cool, marketable - the coming Games slogan

2010-02-28T12:00:15Z

<div><p>VANCOUVER (Reuters) - If one moment from these Olympics defined the ideals of Faster, Higher, Stronger it was a shock-haired snowboarder channeling adrenaline and sheer joy to push himself and his sport to the extreme.</p><p>Shaun...