Olympic Games
Sports court opens case on Russian skater Valieva
The Court of Arbitration for Sport said Monday it has taken up the case against Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva over her alleged use of a...
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Winter Olympics
/ 9 months agoGolden day for Canada at Winter Paralympics
A hat-trick of gold medals propelled Canada from sixth to third in the Beijing Winter Paralympics medals table on Monday, as...
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Football
/ 9 months agoSporting sanctions can land significant blow on Putin, say experts
Russia hosting the 2018 World Cup, the scandal-plagued 2014 Winter Olympics and Gazprom’s sponsorship of the Champions League were powerful tools...
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Winter Olympics
/ 10 months agoAfter Beijing Winter Olympics, China eyes World Cup goal
After staging both a Summer and now a Winter Olympics, there is one major international sports event left for China to...
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Winter Olympics
/ 10 months agoBeijing Olympics closes after golden moments and doping storm
The Beijing Winter Olympics have closed with IOC chief Thomas Bach hailing a smoothly run event and a “safe Games” in...
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Winter Olympics
/ 10 months agoBeijing Olympics closes after sporting drama, doping and golden Gu
A Beijing Winter Olympics which saw sporting drama and milestones but was tarnished by a Russian doping scandal ended on Sunday...
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Sports Law
/ 10 months agoThe Olympic Winter Games figure skating doping fiasco
Russia has yet again found itself at the centre of another doping allegation during an Olympic Games, this time during the...
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Winter Olympics
/ 10 months agoFigure skating body to vote on raising minimum competition age
Figure skating’s governing body will vote later this year on a proposal to raise the minimum age for senior competitions to...
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Winter Olympics
/ 10 months agoWatch: IOC’s Bach says Valieva’s coach ‘chilling’ after Olympic collapse
IOC president Thomas Bach said Friday it was “chilling” to see how distraught Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was treated by...
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Winter Olympics
/ 10 months agoBroken Valieva falls out of medal places as team-mate wins gold
Teenager Kamila Valieva finished fourth in the women’s figure skating at the Beijing Olympics on Thursday as a doping scandal engulfing...
Winter Olympics
Watch: Geisenberger wins sixth Olympic medal to tie luge record
