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Putin Shelves World Friendship Games, Russia's Alternative To Olympics
Russian President Vladimir Putin has postponed until further notice the World Friendship Games, seen as Moscow's alternative to the Olympic Games and originally meant to take pace this year, according to a Kremlin decree published Monday.
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Doping Scandal Could Bar Russia From 2016 Olympics
Russian authorities oversaw a systematic doping program for its track-and-field athletes, the World Anti- Doping Agency commission said Monday in a report that threatens Russia's participation in the Olympics and other competitions.
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Olympic Loo-Loo: Another twin toilet seen in Sochi
Side-by-side toilets in a men's bathroom caused a social media sensation last month when they were discovered at the biathlon venue for the Sochi Olympics, swiftly becoming a national joke in Russia.
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Russia plans to send Olympic torch into space
Russia is planning to send the Olympic flame into space ahead of the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, the deputy Prime Minister said.Alexander Zhukov said at an International Olympic Committee (IOC) meeting in South Africa Thursday that Russia aims to be the first country to take the flame into space as part of the longest-ever Olympic torch relay, Xinh...
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Putin Shelves World Friendship Games, Russia's Alternative To Olympics
Russian President Vladimir Putin has postponed until further notice the World Friendship Games, seen as Moscow's alternative to the Olympic Games and originally meant to take pace this year, according to a Kremlin decree published Monday.
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Doping Scandal Could Bar Russia From 2016 Olympics
Russian authorities oversaw a systematic doping program for its track-and-field athletes, the World Anti- Doping Agency commission said Monday in a report that threatens Russia's participation in the Olympics and other competitions.
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Olympic Loo-Loo: Another twin toilet seen in Sochi
Side-by-side toilets in a men's bathroom caused a social media sensation last month when they were discovered at the biathlon venue for the Sochi Olympics, swiftly becoming a national joke in Russia.
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Russia plans to send Olympic torch into space
Russia is planning to send the Olympic flame into space ahead of the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, the deputy Prime Minister said.Alexander Zhukov said at an International Olympic Committee (IOC) meeting in South Africa Thursday that Russia aims to be the first country to take the flame into space as part of the longest-ever Olympic torch relay, Xinh...
