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U.S. and international Olympic officials made "good progress" Friday in their latest round of talks on the revenue-sharing dispute that is holding up potential American bids for the games, an IOC negotiator said.
The British Olympic Association appealed to sport's highest court Tuesday to defend its lifetime ban for doping, saying it has the backing of the "overwhelming majority" of British athletes to keep drug cheats out of the games.
No campaign rallies, no debates and definitely no tweeting.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland AP) — Two senior African members have escaped without serious sanction from the IOC in the ethics scandal that led to the resignation of former FIFA President Joao Havelange.
The Olympic flame will travel to Ireland before the 2012 London Games in an historic and symbolic gesture of peace and political goodwill.
An IOC vice president backed Britain's national body Wednesday in its fight to keep drug cheats out of the games for life.
The head of the European Olympic Committees has been nominated to replace Mexico's Mario Vazquez Rana on the IOC's powerful executive board next year.
The IOC will have plenty to discuss this week, including an ethics investigation that forced out its longest-serving member, stalled revenue-sharing talks with the U.S. Olympic Committee and a museum embezzlement scandal that led to the firing of three employees.
Former FIFA President Joao Havelange has resigned from the IOC, just days before the longtime Brazilian member faced suspension from the Olympic body in a decade-old kickback scandal stemming from his days as the head of world soccer, The Associated Press has learned.
Despite nearly a year of negotiations, international and U.S. Olympic leaders have been unable to resolve a long-running financial dispute that is blocking any American bid for the games.
The IOC's finance department is being overhauled in the wake of an embezzlement scandal at the Olympic Museum involving up to $1.85 million.
The IOC could be forced to intervene with Britain's Olympic committee if its lifetime ban on drug cheats is found to be in violation of global anti-doping rules.
Sebastian Coe has spent the past eight years spearheading London's winning bid and preparations for the 2012 Olympics. Now he's devoting himself to another London bid for a high-profile sports event — one especially close to his heart.
On both sides of the Atlantic, Matt Forte is carrying the offense for the Chicago Bears.
Having already raised more than $1 billion in domestic sponsorships, Russian organizers of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi hope to secure deals worth another $200 million and finish with a post-games surplus of more than $300 million.
Declaring "this is not the end of the story," the IOC said Thursday it will fight to restore its Olympic doping rule for future games after a court overturned American gold medalist LaShawn Merritt's ban from competing in London next year.
The IAAF's top-ranking American sees no prospect of the United States hosting track and field's world championships, an event yet to be held in the country that traditionally produces big stars and dominates the medal count.
Doubts about the future of London's Olympic Stadium were removed after the government made guarantees that the running track will remain after the 2012 Games.
A new test that can detect the use of human growth hormone for up to 21 days has been endorsed by international anti-doping officials, moving a step closer to a potential breakthrough against doping at next year's London Olympics.
Six cities from Europe, Asia and the Middle East are competing to host the 2020 Olympics.
After days of silence while images of fires, looting and riots were beamed across screens around the world, the chief organizer of the London Olympics finally spoke and essentially said: The state of the games is fine.
Less than a year before London hosts the 2012 Games, scenes of rioting and looting a few miles from the main Olympic site have raised concerns about security and policing for the event.
The United States and South Africa are among at least five countries that have filed preliminary paperwork required by the IOC ahead of any potential bids for the 2020 Olympics.
London celebrated the one-year countdown to the 2012 Games with the first dive into the new Olympic pool, the presentation of medals and a call to the world's athletes to compete in the country that "invented modern sport."
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