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February 15, 2019 at 2:48 am

Veteran US investment manager detained in Moscow

MOSCOW (AP) — A veteran U.S. investment fund manager was detained in Moscow on Friday and faces fraud charges in a case that's likely to...

Business

February 9, 2019 at 3:30 am

Boxing faces breakaway threat ahead of 2020 Olympics

MOSCOW (AP) — Amateur boxing faces a breakaway threat ahead of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo after its international federation elected a president accused of...

Sports

February 8, 2019 at 12:53 am

Russia’s Paralympic doping suspension lifted

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia will be able to compete at next year's Paralympics in Tokyo after being reinstated Friday, more than two years after the...

February 7, 2019 at 2:17 am

Russian race walker Kirdyapkina banned for doping

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian race walker Anisya Kirdyapkina, a two-time world championship medalist, has been banned for using performance-enhancing drugs, further dismantling one of the...

Sports

February 5, 2019 at 12:17 am

Azerbaijan renews F1 contract through 2023

BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Baku renewed its contract Tuesday to host the Azerbaijan Grand Prix through 2023, prolonging the stay of a circuit which initially...

January 29, 2019 at 11:55 pm

Despite doping scandals, Russia bids to host European Games VIEW

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia is bidding to host the 2023 European Games in Kazan despite a backdrop of years of doping scandals. Russian Olympic Committee...

Sports

January 22, 2019 at 6:02 am

Zubkov to step down from Russian bobsled after doping ban

MOSCOW (AP) — Alexander Zubkov is stepping down as president of the Russian bobsled federation after being banned for two years for doping at the...

Sports

January 16, 2019 at 4:09 am

Zubkov among 4 Russian bobsledders banned for Olympic doping

MOSCOW (AP) — Five years after the Sochi Olympics, the man who carried the Russian flag at the opening ceremony has been banned for doping...

Sports

January 13, 2019 at 8:52 am

WADA panel to rule on Russia doping data as visit continues

MOSCOW (AP) — World Anti-Doping Agency inspectors' bid to obtain doping data will head into a sixth day in the Russian capital as a WADA...

January 11, 2019 at 11:09 am

Russia’s anti-doping agency welcomes lab data progress

MOSCOW (AP) — The head of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency welcomed Friday an apparent breakthrough in a standoff over data sealed in a Moscow laboratory...