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OLYMPICS
Mar 4, 2017
IOC to probe payments on voting for Rio Games
Organizers of the 2016 Rio Olympics denied on Friday that vote buying helped to secure the games after a French newspaper reported that a Brazilian businessman made payments to the son of an International Olympic Committee member before the vote.
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Jan 31, 2017
Coe insists he didn't mislead British Parliamentary committee during doping probe
IAAF chief Sebastian Coe has denied that he misled a British Parliamentary committee investigating doping in sport when he appeared before it last December.
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Nov 10, 2016
Star sprinter Sani Brown decides to attend University of Florida
Sprint phenom Abdul Hakim Sani Brown is set to enroll at the University of Florida, the Japan Association of Athletics Federations announced on Thursday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / OLYMPIC NOTEBOOK
Nov 5, 2016
Gold in 1964 Tokyo Games set Cassell on life path
From humble roots growing up in a coal mining camp in Wise County, Virginia, Ollan Cassell built a successful, inspiring career in track and field.
OLYMPICS
Aug 21, 2016
Russian shot putter Kolodko stripped of London silver
For the third time in a week, Russia was stripped of a track-and-field medal Saturday after another athlete tested positive in a reanalysis of doping samples from previous Olympics.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 20, 2016
Russian pole vault great Isinbayeva ends career with parting shot at track chiefs
Russian pole vault queen Yelena Isinbayeva announced her retirement on Friday and claimed "God will judge" track and field's governing body for denying her the chance to compete at the Rio Games.
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Jul 10, 2016
IAAF rejects 67 Russian applications to compete internationally
The IAAF's Doping Review Board has turned down applications from 67 Russian athletes to compete internationally as individuals following a blanket ban on the country's track and field athletes for systematic doping.
Japan Times
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May 7, 2016
Elite athletes profess benefits of multisport participation on eve of Golden Grand Prix meet
Justin Gatlin and other top international athletes insist that playing different sports helps develop track and field athletes' potential.
Japan Times
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Dec 16, 2015
JAAF names Tanii top athlete of 2015
Race walker Takayuki Tanii, who captured a bronze medal in the men's 50-km competition at this summer's IAAF World Championships in Beijing, was named the athlete of the year at the annual Athletic Awards of the Japan Association of Athletics Federations in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Japan Times
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Nov 25, 2015
Coe scrutinized over '21 Eugene bid
The head of world athletics, Sebastian Coe, faced fresh allegations about his involvement in the controversial award of the 2021 world championships to the American city of Eugene on Tuesday, but insisted he had acted fairly throughout.
Japan Times
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Nov 13, 2015
Conte says WADA, IAAF part of problem, not solution
Hours after the World Anti-Doping Agency released the results of its exhaustive findings in a 323-page report on Monday about the wide-reaching Russian track and field doping scandal, Victor Conte was already weighing in on the matter.
Japan Times
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Nov 5, 2015
Former athletics chief Diack placed under investigation
Lamine Diack, the former head of world athletics, has been placed under formal investigation in France on suspicion of corruption and money laundering following a complaint from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
Japan Times
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Aug 30, 2015
Ayana shatters Dibaba's double dreams
Ethiopia's Almaz Ayana put on a stunning display of front-running to win the women's 5,000 meters by more than 17 seconds at the IAAF World Championships on Sunday and deprive compatriot Genzebe Dibaba of an unprecedented double gold.
Japan Times
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Aug 30, 2015
Coe defends 'ostensibly clean' athletics
Part of Sebastian Coe's new job as head of world athletics will be to shift the conversation about his "ostensibly clean" sport from doping to spectacular performances, he said on Sunday.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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