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Sebastian Coe Says Olympics is for Clean Athletes
Bans for failing a drug test should be increased from two to four years, says Sebastian Coe, London 2012 chairman and a vice-president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)...
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Team Physicians Critical to Athlete Care, Team Success
Athletes of all levels —from youth leagues to professional — benefit from the expert care offered by a team physician. According to the team physician consensus statement released by the American...
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U.S. Athletes Create History on Penultimate Day of IPC World Athletics...
America’s Tatyana McFadden wheeled her way into the record books on the penultimate day of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics World Championships in Lyon by becoming the first...
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Detroit Bankruptcy? No Obstacle For Red Wings New Arena
As of now, it appears that Detroit Red Wings owner Mike Ilitch will be getting about $284 million in state aid to build his franchise a new privately/publicly funded arena in a city that has declared...
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Turkey Needs to “Clean Their House” if Istanbul 2020 is to Win Bid, IAAF...
Turkey’s government needs to do more to demonstrate that it is dealing with its country’s doping problem if Istanbul’s bid to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics is to be successful, International...
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Bubka to Present New Proposals to Deal with Athletes Attendants Involved in...
Sergey Bubka revealed yesteday that he expects the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to approve new tough sanctions for coaches and officials involved in helping athletes dope. America' former...
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The Los Angeles Dolphins? The Los Angeles Jaguars? Unlikely…But
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones for some reason, maybe only known to him, has decided Los Angeles (L.A.) is ready to become the home of two National Football League (NFL) franchises. Since Al Davis...
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Why Softball is Far More than Just Baseball’s Little Sister
I recently visited Oklahoma City for the World Cup of Softball, hosted by the Amateur Softball Association (ASA) with USA Softball and sanctioned by the International Softball Federation (ISF), the...
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McQuaid Undermined over Doping by Head of USADA
Pat McQuaid’s claim that the International Cycling Union (UCI) is taking the battle against drugs seriously faces being badly undermined after United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) chief executive...
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Sports is Now Front Page News
In 1962, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Earl Warren gave an interview to Sports Illustrated about his thoughts on sports. “I always turn to the sports pages first, which...
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“Quiet diplomacy” Will Ensure Solution to Russian Anti-gay Law Promises IOC...
A resolution will be found to the current row over Russia’s new controversial anti-gay law that is overshadowing the build-up to Sochi 2014, International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice-president Ser...
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Record drugs bans will “boost” baseball-softball Olympic bid, claim WBSC...
A record drugs ban imposed on Alex Rodriguez, baseball’s highest paid star, has improved the sport’s chance of winning back its place on the Olympic program, it was claimed yesterday. MLB commissioner...
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President Obama: We Won’t Tolerate Gays Being Treated Differently at Sochi 2014
United States President Barack Obama has added his voice to the chorus of disapproval over 2014 Winter Olympic host Russia’s contentious new anti-gay law and issued a warning that he has “no patience”...
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How MLB’s Handling of Biogenesis Scandal Makes Combat Sports Look Like a Joke
The rules in boxing and mixed martial arts are designed so that it is vastly easier for fighters to get away with using performance enhancing drugs than major team sports in the U.S. Last week, Major...
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Jackie Chan Pitches Up in Support of Baseball-Softball Olympic Bid
Martial arts movie legend Jackie Chan has added his support to the World Baseball Softball Confederation’s (WBSC) campaign to get the sports back on the Olympic program for the 2020 Games. Jackie Chan...
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Notre Dame’s Brian Kelly Eager to Prove 2012 was No Fluke
Now everyone wants to know if Notre Dame can do it again, get back to national contention. And not just down the road when quarterback Everett Golson is back from suspension and all these big...
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Time for the IOC to Stand Up for Itself
The British actor and writer, Stephen Fry is a hero of mine. Not only is he an extremely talented, funny, self-effacing public figure, he is also a sports-tragic and very eloquent with an ability to...
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IOC Presidential Candidate Wu Offers to Help London Olympic Museum Project
C K Wu, the International Boxing Association (AIBA) President currently campaigning to take up the most powerful position in world sport as the leader of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has...
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Bolt Signs off with Relay Win to become World Championships’ Most Successful...
Fittingly, the athlete of the 14th International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships produced its final flourish as Usain Bolt became the event’s most successful competitor...
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“We Have to Put Sport at the Service of Human Kind” Claims Ser Miang Ng
Ser Miang Ng, vice-president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), put forward his vision Sunday to mobilize young people into greater unity and cooperation using sport. Ser Miang Ng sitting...
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