Frank Fredericks
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Olympic greats Bubka, Popov deny Rio 2016 vote-buying claims
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Olympic gold medalists Sergey Bubka and Alexander Popov have denied claims made in a Brazilian court they were paid to vote for Rio de Janeiro’s winning bid to host the 2016…
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Soccer club president latest tie to French corruption probe
GENEVA (AP) — The president of French soccer champion Paris Saint-Germain is the latest sports official implicated in a sprawling five-year corruption probe that keeps spreading. Prosecutors in France have implicated Nasser al-Khelaifi — who…
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Takeda corruption probe sullies 2020 Tokyo Olympics and IOC
TOKYO (AP) — Tsunekazu Takeda, the president of the Japanese Olympic Committee and a powerful IOC member, again denied corruption allegations against him, suggesting on Tuesday that any guilt was with others at the Japanese…
7 months ago -
Probe of IOC’s Takeda hangs over Tokyo Olympics
TOKYO (AP) — A month ago, Tsunekazu Takeda was warmly applauded by 1,400 Olympic dignitaries as he spoke alongside International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach in Tokyo. A month later, the powerful IOC member and…
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Olympic-related meetings overshadowed by corruption charges
TOKYO (AP) — A corruption case involving a powerful International Olympic Committee member is overshadowing meetings this week in Tokyo with local 2020 Olympic organizers, IOC officials, and the heads of 206 national Olympic committees.…
9 months ago -
Column: Russia should have no place in upcoming Olympics
There’s a new series on the Olympic Channel called “Foul Play,” though unfortunately it doesn’t address what is really foul about the modern Olympic movement. For that, there’s no reason to look to the past.…
2 years ago -
IOC suspends Frank Fredericks over French corruption charges
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The International Olympic Committee suspended Frank Fredericks as a member on Tuesday, four days after he was charged in a French investigation of suspected bribery in the 2016 Olympic host city…
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French charge IOC member Fredericks in Rio corruption probe
PARIS (AP) — IOC member Frankie Fredericks was handed preliminary charges on Friday in a French investigation into vote-buying around the decision to award the 2016 Olympics to Rio de Janeiro. An official close to…
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IOC suspends Olympic official Nuzman in vote-buying case
ZURICH (AP) — After being arrested in Rio de Janeiro and accused of storing gold bars in Switzerland, Brazilian Olympic Committee president Carlos Nuzman was suspended by the IOC on Friday. The decision came hours…
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Top IOC member wants action with ‘teeth’ in vote-buying case
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A top International Olympic Committee member wants his organization to act with “more teeth” in response to a vote-buying scheme to land last year’s Rio Olympics. Dick Pound says the…
2 years ago