Olympics News
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Premier Lacrosse launching women's league in 2025
A new women's professional lacrosse league is set to begin competition in the United States in 2025 ahead of the sport's return to the Olympics.
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Dallas Long, Olympic gold medalist in shot put, dies at 84
Dallas Long, whose dominance in the shot put included three NCAA titles and a gold medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, died Sunday at age 84.
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Wrestler Gable Steveson ends retirement, returns to Minnesota
Gable Steveson, who won a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, said Tuesday he is coming out of retirement and will return to the University of Minnesota for a fifth and final season of college wrestling.
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Canada fires coach Priestman over Olympic drone spying scandal
Bev Priestman will not return as head coach of the Canadian women's soccer team following an independent report into the use of drones to spy on an opponent at this year's Paris Olympics, Canada Soccer said on Tuesday.
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Olympian drops French boxing election bid citing racist attacks
Citing racist and sexist attacks, Olympic silver medalist Sarah Ourahmoune withdraws her bid to become president of the French boxing federation.
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Canada's Emerance Maschmeyer has 36 saves in 4-1 win over USA
Jocelyne Larocque scored less than 4 minutes into the game, Sarah Nurse added a goal midway through the first period and Canada cruised to a 4-1 win over the United States on Sunday to take a 2-1 lead in the five-game Rivalry Series.
