Doping bombshells rock WADA meeting as drug crisis deepens
MONTREAL (Reuters) – World sport is facing an unprecedented drug crisis as yet another in a string of doping bombshells dropped at the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) foundation board meeting on Thursday, shocking officials.
Canada’s Montagliani elected CONCACAF president
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Canadian businessman Victor Montagliani was elected president of CONCACAF on Thursday and said that cleaning up the embattled governing body for soccer in North, Central America and the Caribbean “would not be done in a day.”
U.S. TV networks take new risk by airing shows against Olympics
(Reuters) – The Olympics are such a television ratings juggernaut for NBCUniversal that rival U.S. networks have always watched from the sidelines, airing reruns and other cheap programs that are not going to attract many eyeballs.
Athletes urge WADA to ensure Russians are drug-free in Rio
MONTREAL (Reuters) – Russian athletes should be banned from the Rio Olympics unless there are guarantees that they are drug free, the chair of the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) athletes committee said on Thursday.
Verstappen is Red Bull’s future, says Horner
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Dutch teenager Max Verstappen’s long-term Formula One future is at Red Bull in a potential dream pairing with Australian Daniel Ricciardo, team principal Christian Horner said on Thursday.
Baffled Kuwait clubs plead with FIFA to end ban
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Kuwait’s clubs are baffled by their country’s exclusion from international soccer and have urged FIFA to end the dispute they say they have nothing to do with.
Kvyat plays his own ‘Game of Thrones’
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Daniil Kvyat revealed on Thursday that Red Bull rang to tell him he had lost his seat at the Formula One team just as he was settling down to watch an episode of ‘Game of Thrones’.
POCOG approve Lee as 2018 chief, await government green light
SEOUL (Reuters) – Former South Korea trade minister Lee Hee-beom moved a step closer to becoming the new 2018 Winter Olympics chief after the Pyeongchang organizing committee (POCOG) unanimously approved his candidacy on Thursday.
Wellens takes solo win on Giro sixth stage
ROME (Reuters) – Belgium’s Tim Wellens broke away alone to win the sixth stage of the Giro d’Italia as the peloton negotiated the first real climbs of the race on Thursday.
Rousseff’s departure won’t affect Rio Games : IOC
BERLIN (Reuters) – Preparations for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, which begin in less than three months, will not be affected by the Brazilian senate’s vote to put President Dilma Rousseff on trial, the International Olympic Committee said on Thursday.
