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FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011 file photo, then, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Sberbank President German Gref, left, visit a construction site of a skiing facility for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, near the Black Sea resort of Sochi, southern Russia. The names of Russia’s business powerhouses have taken over the mountains of Sochi, now the home of Potanin’s slope, Gazprom’s gondola lift and Sberbank’s ski jump. These names, used by local residents and an army of construction workers, leave no doubt about who is paying for next year’s Winter Games. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Mikhial Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service, File)

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  • Russian oligarchs foot much of the bill for 2014 Olympics in Sochi as price of doing business

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    SOCHI, Russia - The mountains of Sochi are now home to Potanin's slope, Gazprom's gondola lift and Sberbank's ski jump. ......

  • FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011 file photo, then, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Sberbank President German Gref, left, visit a construction site of a skiing facility for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, near the Black Sea resort of Sochi, southern Russia. The names of Russia’s business powerhouses have taken over the mountains of Sochi, now the home of Potanin’s slope, Gazprom’s gondola lift and Sberbank’s ski jump. These names, used by local residents and an army of construction workers, leave no doubt about who is paying for next year’s Winter Games. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Mikhial Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service, File)

    Russian oligarchs foot much of the bill for 2014 Olympics in Sochi as price of doing business

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  • U.S. freestyle wrestler Obe Blanc, left, and Iran's Hassan Rahimi grapple during an exhibition wrestling match at Grand Central Terminal, Wednesday, May 15, 2013, in New York.

    Column: IOC should put wrestling back on Olympic program, give other 2020 wannabes fair shot

    05/17/2013 5:47 PM 0
  • FILE - This Friday, Nov. 3, 2006 file photo shows Ching-Kuo Wu, of Taiwan, a challenger for the presidency of the International Boxing Association during the XVI AIBA Congress in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. C.K. Wu of Taiwan has notified IOC President Jacques Rogge, Friday May 17, 2013, he will be a candidate to succeed him as head of the Olympic body. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)

    AP Source: CK Wu of Taiwan notifies Rogge he's running for IOC president

    05/17/2013 11:15 AM 0

  • Hungarian ex-president who resigned in plagiarism scandal hopes to continue work in Olympics

    05/16/2013 1:07 PM 0

    BUDAPEST, Hungary - Former Hungarian President Pal Schmitt hopes to continue working in the Olympic movement despite a plagiarism scandal.

    Schmitt ...

  • Singapore's Ng Ser Miang, Vice President of the International Olympic committee, speaks to the media during a press conference in Pairs, Thursday, May 16, 2013. Ng Ser Miang announced that he will be a candidate for the International Olympic Committee president. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

    Singapore's Ng Ser Miang cites 'global' credentials in IOC presidential bid

    05/16/2013 8:42 AM 0
  • FILE - This is a Friday, July 6, 2007 file photo, World Anti-Doping Agency chief Dick Pound as he gestures during a press briefing at the 119th Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Guatemala City. Dick Pound has written a report for the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) assessing the current state of drug-testing, and reported in an interview with The Associated Press Wednesday May 15, 2013, that despite increased testing and scientific advances to detect more sophisticated substances, anti-doping programs are failing and drug cheats are getting away scot-free because of a lack of will among sports organizations, governments and athletes. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton, File)

    AP Exclusive: Dick Pound's WADA report cites major failings in global drug-testing

    05/15/2013 1:04 PM 0

  • IOC to chart out India's return to Olympic fold after Lausanne meeting with officials

    05/15/2013 9:02 AM 0

    LAUSANNE, Switzerland - The IOC will issue a "roadmap" for India's return to the Olympic fold after both sides reached ...

  • IOC investigates global system to monitor betting

    05/15/2013 3:18 AM 0

    LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- The IOC is proposing the establishment of a global system for monitoring betting patterns during major sports ...

  • IOC group proposes global system for monitoring betting patterns at sports events

    05/14/2013 12:18 PM 0

    LAUSANNE, Switzerland - The IOC is proposing the establishment of a global system for monitoring betting patterns during major sports ...

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