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Rio 2016: Fina declares seven Russian swimmers ineligible for Olympics – BBC News
Yulia Efimova won gold in the women’s 100m breaststroke at the World Championships in August Seven Russian swimmers have been banned from competing at the Rio Olympic Games by swimming’s governing body Fina. Those deemed ineligible for Rio include Yulia Efimova, a 200m bronze medallist in London, who had a provisional ban lifted by Fina last week. It said the McLaren Report has showed anti-doping rules were “not properly applied”…
Analysis: Can NASCAR ever make the Brickyard 400 great again? – Motorsport.com, Edition: Global
Another year and another lackluster Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, particularly when it comes to action on the track and fans in the grandstands. With NASCAR’s new five-year sanctioning agreements in place, there is little use pondering the thought of the race leaving anytime soon – if ever. So, that basically leaves us with one question. Pardoning the election year pun, but can anything be done to…
It’s a sad day for clean sport, sport officials, athletes say – USA TODAY
The IOC’s ruling against a blanket Olympic ban for Russia was met with disappointment by many.(Photo: James Lang, USA TODAY Sports) Thomas Bach asserted, reiterated and repeated that, yes, indeed, the International Olympic Committee’s decision not to ban Russia from the Rio Olympics was in the interest of clean sport. In delegating the decisions about the eligibility of athletes in a state-sponsored doping program, the IOC was respecting the rights…
Indian medal winners at Olympics – The Hindu
India, a country with second largest population, has struggled to win medals at Olympics. India dominated the hockey field in which it has won eight gold medals so far. But after 1980 Moscow Olympics, the hockey team failed to snatch a single medal. India first participated at the Olympic Games in 1900, with a lone athlete Norman Pritchard. The nation first sent a team to the Summer Olympic Games in…
Rio Olympics Organizers Scurry to Fix Up Athletes’ Village – Wall Street Journal
RIO DE JANEIRO—Olympics organizers on Monday rushed to fix bad wiring, broken plumbing and other problems in the athletes’ village after several foreign teams complained that accommodations were dirty and in disrepair less than two weeks before the start of the Games. The complaints started on Sunday when dozens of foreign athletes and staff began moving into the new residential complex near the Olympic Park, which is in the western…
It’s a sad day for clean sport, sport officials, athletes say – USA TODAY
The IOC’s ruling against a blanket Olympic ban for Russia was met with disappointment by many.(Photo: James Lang, USA TODAY Sports) Thomas Bach asserted, reiterated and repeated that, yes, indeed, the International Olympic Committee’s decision not to ban Russia from the Rio Olympics was in the interest of clean sport. In delegating the decisions about the eligibility of athletes in a state-sponsored doping program, the IOC was respecting the rights…
It’s a sad day for clean sport, sport officials, athletes say – USA TODAY
The IOC’s ruling against a blanket Olympic ban for Russia was met with disappointment by many.(Photo: James Lang, USA TODAY Sports) Thomas Bach asserted, reiterated and repeated that, yes, indeed, the International Olympic Committee’s decision not to ban Russia from the Rio Olympics was in the interest of clean sport. In delegating the decisions about the eligibility of athletes in a state-sponsored doping program, the IOC was respecting the rights…
No. 88 fill-in brings special day for ‘too old’ Gordon – Nascar
SPEEDWAY, Ind — Jeff Gordon joked all weekend about not being in the same shape now that he was in before retiring at the end of the 2015 season. But Sunday afternoon at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, NASCAR’s “retired” superstar proved himself in good enough form to sustain not only extreme high temperatures but ample pressure. Gordon, 44, was definitely hot Sunday. In more ways than one. He passed…
US women’s soccer team getting head start at Olympics in Brazil – Washington Post
Mallory Pugh, an 18-year-old forward, accelerates past Costa Rica’s Lixy Rodrigues in Friday’s friendly in Kansas City, Kan. (Gary Rohman/USA TODAY Sports) Officially, the Games of the XXXI Olympiad will not begin until the evening of Aug. 5 when Maracana Stadium’s cauldron is lit. For the U.S. women’s national soccer team, the quest for a fourth consecutive gold medal will begin a full 48 hours earlier, not amid the festival…
Olympics|In Athletes’ Housing at Rio Olympics: Blocked Toilets, Leaking Pipes and Exposed Wiring – New York Times
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‘Smoke’ called to front of line for Indy tribute – Nascar
SPEEDWAY, Ind. — Tony Stewart ‘s final NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start at Indianapolis Motor Speedway got off to an emotional start here Sunday as NASCAR and IMS officials, along with fans of the three-time premier series champion, paid tribute to Stewart during pre-race activities. Stewart, twice a winner at the legendary 2.5-mile facility, is retiring from Sprint Cup competition at season’s end. Sunday’s Crown Royal Presents the Combat…
Kyle Busch dominates for back-to-back Indianapolis sweep – Nascar
RELATED: Results | Standings | Chase Grid SHOP: Busch gear SPEEDWAY, Ind. — Mission accomplished, a record set, and a torch passed to the next generation. Kyle Busch set a Brickyard record for laps led and became the first driver to sweep both a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and NASCAR XFINITY Series race from the pole in the same weekend, but the real symbolism of Sunday’s Crown Royal 400 at…
Olympics|In Athletes’ Housing at Rio Olympics: Blocked Toilets, Leaking Pipes and Exposed Wiring – New York Times
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This Is What Russia’s Doping Scandal Means for the Olympics – TIME
Inside the cramped storage rooms of Moscow’s antidoping laboratory, the crates of blood and urine samples are stacked to the ceiling, each one neatly labeled and sealed with a tamper-proof lid. The lab’s acting director, Marina Dikunets, lowers her voice to a solemn half-whisper as she shows a group of journalists around. What makes her especially uneasy is the small refrigerator in a corner of the room. Chained shut and…
Olympics|Olympic Officials Sanction Russian Athletes, but Stop Short of Complete Ban – New York Times
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The Olympics are coming, but Brazil, beset by troubles and gloom, yawns – Los Angeles Times
For a full year before the 2014 World Cup, a fierce debate raged throughout the host nation of Brazil. Thousands periodically protested the Cup, some predicting chaos or demanding better government services. Others aggressively defended the choice to play host and said Brazil would impress the world with its organization. Sports fans endlessly analyzed the team itself, speculating on Brazil’s chances at winning, or painted their neighborhoods yellow and green to support the players….
Olympics|Global Sports Leaders Anticipate a Decision on Russia’s Participation in Olympics – New York Times
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American Steve Johnson making strides ahead of Olympics – USA TODAY
American Steve Johnson returns a shot during his loss to Ivo Karlovic in the semifinals of the Citi Open in Washington.(Photo: Grant Halverson, Getty Images) WASHINGTON — American Steve Johnson was trailing 10th-ranked Richard Gasquet 4-0 in the first set of a match in June at the Aegon Championships in London. Johnson had never beaten a top-10 player, and there was little reason to think a breakthrough would come on this day….
Kyle Busch holds off Harvick for third straight XFINITY win – Nascar
RELATED: Full race results | Series standings | Every winner in 2016 SHOP: Busch gear SPEEDWAY, Ind. — About the only thing Kyle Busch didn’t win on Saturday was the one prize he wasn’t eligible for. But the driver of the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota won everything else, capping a phenomenal day at Indianapolis Motor Speedway with a victory in the Lilly Diabetes 250 NASCAR XFINITY Series race…
Olympics|Global Sports Leaders Anticipate a Decision on Russia’s Participation in Olympics – New York Times
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