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Olympic Committee pushes plan to award 2024, 2028 Olympics to Los Angeles, Paris

LAUSANNE, Switzerland – The International Olympic Committee has formally proposed picking the 2024 and 2028 Olympic host cities at the same time this year. Los Angeles and Paris n...

DATE: Jun 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Sports

Former FIFA head Sepp Blatter quizzed by U.S., Swiss investigators

ZURICH – Sepp Blatter has met with U.S. Department of Justice investigators and insists he is not a suspect in their bribery and corruption case linked to FIFA. “I was never a per...

DATE: Apr 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

U.S., Canada, Mexico ask FIFA for faster World Cup bid process

GENEVA – The North American bid to host the 2026 World Cup has asked FIFA for a decision in June 2018, two years ahead of schedule. In a letter seen by The Associated Press, the s...

DATE: Apr 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Ice hockey world body still works for Olympic deal with NHL

AARHUS, Denmark – Like Russia’s star Alex Ovechkin, the International Ice Hockey Federation thinks NHL players need not miss the 2018 Winter Olympics — though team owners likely now need a “...

DATE: Apr 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

FIFA bans Lionel Messi for 4 World Cup qualifying games

GENEVA – Lionel Messi is banned from Argentina’s next four World Cup qualifying games, dealing a blow to a campaign by the 2014 runner-up that has stuttered without him. Messi’s s...

DATE: Mar 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Marcel Hirscher regains slalom title at world championships

Second gold for Austrian at world championships

DATE: Feb 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Colorado’s Shiffrin crushes rivals at ski worlds

Coloradan claims for 3rd slalom world title in a row

DATE: Feb 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Hirscher wins giant slalom world title after plane incident

Swiss Air Force jet mishap can’t distract Austrian ski star

DATE: Feb 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Tessa Worley regains giant slalom title at worlds

ST. MORITZ, Switzerland – Tessa Worley regained her giant slalom title at the world ski championships on Thursday, holding off hard-charging Mikaela Shiffrin to take gold. Worley,...

DATE: Feb 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports