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<title><![CDATA[IOC chief Jacques Rogge cites need for targeted doping tests]]></title>
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Olympic officials agree that more targeted, out-of-competition testing in high-profile sports is needed to catch the drug cheats who are escaping the net, IOC President Jacques Rogge said Wednesday.]]></description>
<pubDate>May 22, 2013 02:19:10 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Fifth Official - Totes emosh]]></title>
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This week, The Fifth Official pays an emotional farewell to the season and a host of Premier League stars.]]></description>
<pubDate>May 20, 2013 00:13:16 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ng Ser Miang to run for IOC president, report says]]></title>
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IOC Vice President Ng Ser Miang of Singapore is set to become the second declared candidate in the race to succeed Jacques Rogge as IOC president.]]></description>
<pubDate>May 14, 2013 00:50:51 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[WADA hones code toward harsher penalties]]></title>
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The World Anti-Doping Agency's top officials spent the weekend honing a new global code that includes doubling suspensions for some drug cheats.]]></description>
<pubDate>May 13, 2013 01:24:36 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[America's Cup boat nosedived, broke into pieces, killing Andrew Simpson]]></title>
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The America's Cup catamaran that capsized in San Francisco Bay, killing an Olympic gold medalist, nosedived during a difficult maneuver and broke into many pieces, an official said Friday.]]></description>
<pubDate>May 10, 2013 09:15:05 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Thomas Bach cites ethics issue with Joao Havelange stadium]]></title>
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Brazil must abide by the IOC's "zero tolerance" ethics policy in deciding whether to keep disgraced former FIFA president Joao Havelange's name on the Olympic stadium in Rio, a top IOC official said Thursday.]]></description>
<pubDate>May 09, 2013 08:56:23 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Thomas Bach to announce IOC presidential bid, according to report]]></title>
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Germany's Thomas Bach is set to become the first member to declare he is a candidate to succeed Jacques Rogge as president of the International Olympic Committee.]]></description>
<pubDate>May 08, 2013 10:46:44 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[WADA to hold meeting in China on gene doping]]></title>
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Olympic officials and scientific experts will meet in China next month to review the progress in developing a test for gene doping, the potential future of cheating in sports.]]></description>
<pubDate>May 03, 2013 00:45:38 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Arsenic found in former Russian Olympic official, report says]]></title>
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The Interfax news agency says the former Russian Olympic official who was forced to quit in a scandal over preparations for the 2014 Sochi Winter Games has been diagnosed with high levels of arsenic in his blood.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2013 10:17:23 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OTL: Security At Open-Air Events]]></title>
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After the bombings at the Boston Marathon, security officials and experts are rethinking strategies of how to secure open-air sporting events.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 21, 2013 02:34:38 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Geno Auriemma lawsuit tossed by judge in New York]]></title>
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A New York City judge has dismissed an NBA security official's discrimination and assault lawsuit against University of Connecticut women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma, the NBA and USA Basketball, saying the alleged wrongdoing didn't happen in New York]]></description>
<pubDate>April 17, 2013 04:18:31 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Russia to boost security for Sochi tuneup event in wake of Boston tragedy]]></title>
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Russian sports officials said Tuesday they will beef up security at sports events and the Sochi 2014 Winter Games in the wake of deadly explosions at Boston's marathon that killed three people, and injured over 140 others.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 16, 2013 01:24:11 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[espnW -- NWSL debuts with tie between FC Kansas City Blues, Portland Thorns FC]]></title>
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Two other leagues, the WUSA and Women's Professional Soccer, both came and went. But the NWSL has a smarter business plan, with the backing of the national federations from the United States, Canada and Mexico.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 13, 2013 16:58:05 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NHL, IOC meet about sending players to Olympics, have 'good working session']]></title>
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There is still no deal to send NHL players to Sochi next February for the Olympics, but another meeting Friday advanced the process.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 12, 2013 11:21:26 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Wrestling officials turn to MMA in fight for Olympic spot]]></title>
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Wrestling officials are seeking to learn from mixed martial arts as they fight for Olympic Games survival.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 11, 2013 09:32:35 PDT</pubDate>
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