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Qatar could move Summer Olympics date, says Coe CULTURE

Qatar could move Summer Olympics date, says Coe

Sebastian Coe said on Friday that Qatar could move the Summer Olympics to later in the calendar year if the Gulf country ever successfully bids to host the Games.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
IOC, Tokyo target soaring 2020 Games costs INTERNATIONAL

IOC, Tokyo target soaring 2020 Games costs

The International Olympic Committee chief and Tokyo's governor on Tuesday agreed to work together on cutting skyrocketing costs for the 2020 Games, as reports said ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
International Olympic Committee backs new anti-doping body INTERNATIONAL

International Olympic Committee backs new anti-doping body

Olympic chiefs on Saturday asked the World Anti-Doping agency to create a new drug testing body and called for sports' top court to rule on doping sanctions, moves aimed at curbing the powers of federations.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Tokyo favours venue changes as 2020 Games costs soar INTERNATIONAL

Tokyo favours venue changes as 2020 Games costs soar

A Tokyo panel on Thursday urged changes to three venues for the 2020 Olympics in the face of ballooning costs but organisers say such adjustments may prove difficult to instigate in time for the Games.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
After Rio scandal, Lochte to appear on US reality show INTERNATIONAL

After Rio scandal, Lochte to appear on US reality show

US swimming star Ryan Lochte will look to turn the page after his drunken hijinks at the Rio Olympics cost him lucrative endorsements -- by appearing on the reality TV show ‘Dancing with the Stars.’

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Olympic flag arrives in Tokyo for 2020 Games INTERNATIONAL

Olympic flag arrives in Tokyo for 2020 Games

The Olympic flag arrived in Tokyo on Wednesday as Japan's capital gears up to host the 2020 Games, with officials promising smooth sailing after Rio's sometimes shaky 2016 instalment.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Rio hangover as Tokyo grabs baton CULTURE

Rio hangover as Tokyo grabs baton

Rio de Janeiro returned to the cold reality of Brazil's political crisis and recession on Monday after bringing a carnivalesque curtain down on its Olympics festival and passing the torch to Tokyo.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Neymar crowned samba king as hosts end on a high CULTURE

Neymar crowned samba king as hosts end on a high

Neymar sent Brazil into ecstasy as he clinched Olympic football gold and Mo Farah sealed a rare distance double-double in a pulsating final evening of track action in Rio ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Hickey should be presumed innocent, not yet heard by judge - Bach CULTURE

Hickey should be presumed innocent, not yet heard by judge - Bach

International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Patrick Hickey, arrested in Brazil this week as part of an investigation into illegal ticket sales, has not yet been heard by a judge and should be presumed innocent, IOC President Thomas Bach said on Saturday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Bolt 'the greatest' bows out with nine golds CULTURE

Bolt 'the greatest' bows out with nine golds

Usain Bolt bid farewell to the Olympics by powering to a record third straight sweep of the sprint medals and a final chance to declare himself ‘the greatest.’

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Lochte apologises, team mate pays fine for lying to Brazil police CULTURE

Lochte apologises, team mate pays fine for lying to Brazil police

US Olympic gold medallist swimmer Ryan Lochte issued an apology on Friday and his teammate Jimmy Feigen agreed to pay 35,000 reais ($11,000) to a charity after Brazilian police said they lied about being robbed at gunpoint at the weekend.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
US says sorry as swimmers leave Brazil to jeers CULTURE

US says sorry as swimmers leave Brazil to jeers

Two US Olympic swimmers flew home from Brazil on Thursday after a local crowd jeered them, calling them "liars" and "fakes", and police accused them of fabricating a story about being robbed at gunpoint during the Rio Games.

4:45 AM November 25 2016