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Athletes Warn Coates To Bring In AOC Change

Australia's athletes say they will hold John Coates to account after the country's most powerful sports figure was...

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Coates Wins Bitter Fight To Remain Australian Olympic Chief

Long-time Australian Olympic Committee chief John Coates on Saturday beat off challenger Danni Roche to remain the...

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Fifa Powerbroker Ahmad Quits After Fraud Claims

High-ranking Fifa official Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah has resigned a day after denying claims linking him to a...

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Mali To Play At 2017 CAF U17 Nations Cup After FIFA Lifts Suspension

Mali have been cleared to play in next month's African Junior Championship after FIFA lifted the suspension on its...

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Kuwaiti Quits FIFA Council To Fight Bribery Claim

World sport powerbroker Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah announced his resignation Sunday from the FIFA council, saying...

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Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah Resigns Following Denial of Any Wrongdoing

High-ranking Fifa official Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah has resigned a day after denying claims linking him to a...

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Bitter Rift Rocks AOC As Coates Fights For Olympic Job

Powerful Australian Olympic Committee chief John Coates is facing a crisis as he seeks re-election, with the...

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Thailand’s Worawi Vows To Challenge FIFA Ban

Former Thai football chief Worawi Makudi has vowed to push FIFA to lift its ban on him after an appeals court in...

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Other Sports Have ‘bullies’ Too, Says World Cycling Boss

World cycling chief Brian Cookson said he didn't recognise dark accounts of a "culture of fear" in the British team but...

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Activist Demands Iran Olympics Ban Over ‘sexual Apartheid’

Iranian human rights activist Darya Safai on Friday demanded sports sanctions against her country as punishment for...

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Tycoon Chung To Appeal FIFA Ban, Slams ‘hitmen’

South Korean billionaire Chung Mong-Joon said Thursday he would appeal to the international sports tribunal over his...

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WADA Records 14% Rise In Doping Sanctions

More than 1,900 athletes were sanctioned for doping in 2015, new World Anti-Doping Agency figures show. The 1,929...

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Pyeongchang Hopeful NHL Stars Will Play

Winter Olympics organisers said on Wednesday they hoped that ice hockey's top names would still come to Pyeongchang in...

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NHL Won’t Participate In 2018 Olympic Games

The National Hockey League announced on Monday that it will not shut down it's regular season to allow top players to...

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No Olympic Ultimatum From LA 2024 Chiefs

The head of Los Angeles's bid for the 2024 Olympics ruled out issuing an ultimatum to the International Olympic...

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FIFA Completes Internal Investigation, Shares Findings With Authorities

FIFA announced Friday that it has completed the internal investigation it began in June 2015 after the Office of the...

International

‘Time Is Right’ For Cricket At the Olympics

West Indies beat England in the final of last year's World T20 The "time is right" for cricket to apply for a place at...

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Tech Changes Allow Greater Fan Engagement In Sports

As technology permits greater interactivity with fans, sports clubs and leagues have consulted sometimes far-flung...

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The Fall of A God

By Ohene Bampoe Lucifer’s fall from heaven is considered the greatest in the history of creation but Issa Hayatou’s...