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World Health Organization urges global unity to help Tokyo Olympics

GENEVA — The head of the World Health Organization said Saturday it will not be easy to make next year’s Tokyo Olympics a safe global gathering after the pandemic. Speaking at a j...

DATE: May 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Sports

IOC sets aside $800M for loans, payments linked to pandemic

GENEVA – The IOC set aside $800 million on Thursday for loans and payments arising from the pandemic that forced the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to be postponed. It is still unclear how b...

DATE: May 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

FIFA wants to let teams use more substitutes

Because of backlog of matches, FIFA wants five instead of three

DATE: Apr 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

IOC President invokes Trump in defense of Olympic decision

GENEVA — A day after officially postponing the Tokyo Olympics, IOC president Thomas Bach invoked comments by President Donald Trump to defend himself from criticism on Wednesday. ...

DATE: Mar 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Sports

UEFA postpones Euro 2020 by 1 year because of pandemic

South American championships also pushed back

DATE: Mar 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

World Anti-Doping Agency wants public hearing for Russian doping case

GENEVA – Seeking more scrutiny for a blockbuster case, the World Anti-Doping Agency wants a rare public hearing when sport’s highest court judges a four-year slate of punishments faced by Ru...

DATE: Feb 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Virus in China affects sports events, Olympic qualifiers

Indoor world championships pushed back until 2021

DATE: Jan 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Feuz edges rival Paris to win classic Lauberhorn downhill

WENGEN, Switzerland – Beat Feuz struck back in his season-long rivalry with Dominik Paris to win a World Cup downhill on Saturday. Switzerland’s best downhiller showed his mastery...

DATE: Jan 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Salt Lake City, Barcelona among Winter Olympic host options

LAUSANNE, Switzerland – There are already three possible bidders to host the Winter Olympics in the future, the IOC said Friday. Previous Winter Games hosts Salt Lake City and Sap...

DATE: Jan 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Sports