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FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014 file photo, Thomas Florschuetz, Joshua Bluhm, Kevin Kuske and Christian Poser compete in the four-man bobsled World Cup competition in St. Moritz, Switzerland. St. Moritz will host sliding sports events at the 2020 Youth Winter Olympics, the high-end resort’s Olympia track will stage bobsled, luge and skeleton races in January 2020. (Arno Balzarini/Keystone via AP, File)

2026 Olympics in Italy could slide over border to St Moritz

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FIEL - In this Aug. 15, 2019, file photo, South Korean protesters hold Japanese rising sun flags during a rally to mark the South Korean Liberation Day from Japanese colonial rule, in downtown Seoul, South Korea. South Korea has formally asked the International Olympic Committee to ban the Japanese &quot;rising sun&quot; flag at next year's Tokyo Games, calling it a symbol of Japan's brutal wartime past. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

SKorea asks IOC to ban ‘rising sun’ flag at Tokyo Olympics

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

IOC details boxing qualifying events for Tokyo Olympics

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FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 2, 2018 file photo, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Moscow, Russia. Mutko, who was Russia's Sports Minister during the doping-tainted Winter Olympics in Sochi, has won an appeal against his lifetime ban from the games. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Russian deputy PM Mutko wins Olympic doping appeal

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FILE - In this April 18, 2012 file photo, Rio de Janeiro Gov. Sergio Cabral attends the inauguration of a new Peacemaker Police Unit (UPP) in Fazendinha slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The International Olympic Committee said Friday July 5, 2019, that its ethics commission has contacted athletes about vote buying allegations made by jailed former Rio state governor Sergio Cabral. Olympic gold medalists Sergey Bubka and Alexander Popov deny claims made in a Brazilian court they were paid to vote for Rio de Janeiro’s winning bid to host the 2016 Summer Games. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano, FILE)

Olympic greats Bubka, Popov deny Rio 2016 vote-buying claims

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Jailed former governor says he bought votes for Rio Olympics

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

Mrs. Rousseff is joined by Rio de Janeiro Gov. Sergio Cabral in greeting supporters during a campaign rally at Rio's Center of Northeastern Traditions on Sept. 26. Election Day is Oct. 3. (Associated Press)

Sergio Cabral says he bribed Olympic Committee to get Rio de Janeiro Games

By Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

International Olympic Committee, IOC, President Thomas Bach from Germany speaks during the 134th Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), at the SwissTech Convention Centre, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday, June 25, 2019. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)

IOC strips Olympic status from troubled boxing body AIBA

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

International Olympic Committee, IOC, President Thomas Bach from Germany speaks during the 134th Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), at the SwissTech Convention Centre, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday, June 25, 2019. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)

IOC president cautions against profit-driven sports events

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach, center, Italy's Under Secretary of State Giancarlo Giorgetti, left, Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) president Giovanni Malago, second left, the mayor of Milan Giuseppe Sala, second right, and Italy's Lombardy region President Attilio Fontana, right, before a meeting at the Olympic Museum, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Sunday, June 23, 2019. The host city of the 2026 Olympic Winter Games will be decided in Lausanne on Monday. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP) ** FILE **

Italy’s Milan-Cortina bid wins vote to host 2026 Winter Olympics

By Graham Dunbar and Daniella Matar - Associated Press

Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, right, reacts next to Gunilla Lindberg, IOC member of Sweden, left, during the first day of the 134th Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), at the SwissTech Convention Centre, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Monday, June 24, 2019. The host city of the 2026 Olympic Winter Games will be decided during the134th IOC Session. Stockholm-Are in Sweden and Milan-Cortina in Italy are the two candidate cities for the Olympic Winter Games 2026. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)

The Latest: Milan-Cortina wins bid by 47-34 votes

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Member of the candidate for the Olympic Winter Games 2026 Stockholm-Are delegation, Crown Princess Victoria listens after International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach from Germany, right, announced that Milan-Cortina has won the bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympic Games, during the first day of the 134th Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), at the SwissTech Convention Centre, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Monday, June 24, 2019. Italy will host the 2026 Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, taking the Winter Games to the Alpine country for the second time in 20 years. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)

Star quality can’t save Sweden from 8th Olympic bid loss

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

The new headquarters building of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday, June 18, 2019. The inauguration of the Olympic House will take place on June 23, during the celebration of Olympic Day. (Cyril Zingaro/Keystone via AP)

IOC formally opens $145M new headquarters in Switzerland

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

The new headquarters building of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday, June 18, 2019. The inauguration of the Olympic House will take place on June 23, during the celebration of Olympic Day. (Cyril Zingaro/Keystone via AP)

Boxing body near bankrupt, facing 2020 Olympic exclusion

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, June 5, 2019, photo, a construction worker carries a fence at the construction site of the Tokyo Olympic Village in Tokyo. A former Olympian and head of a human-rights watchdog is asking the IOC and Tokyo Olympic organizers to investigate worker safety at venues being built for next year’s games. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Rights group asks for worker-safety probe at Tokyo Olympics

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 17, 2013 file photo, Paris Saint-Germain soccer club President Nasser Al-Khelaifi, arrives to speak to the media during a press conference at Parc des Princes stadium in Paris. A French judicial official says Al-Khelaifi has been placed under investigation for suspected corruption. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

Soccer club president latest tie to French corruption probe

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, April 5, 2019 file photo, Winter Olympics Milano Cortina bid IOC Evaluation Commission manager Octavian Morariu talks during an IOC Evaluation Commission meeting, in Milan, Italy. The Italian bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo looks stronger than the Stockholm-Are project in an IOC analysis of the candidates. The IOC says its own polling in March showed &quot;83% support in Italy&quot; and &quot;55% in favor in Sweden.&quot; (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, file)

Italian bid edges Swedish rival in 2026 Olympic host study

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

John Coates, left, chairman of the IOC Coordination Commission for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, Tokyo Olympic organizing committee President Yoshiro Mori, right, attend a press conference Thursday, May 23, 2019, in Tokyo. A top Olympic official has made a guarantee that should please world sports federations that are concerned that organizers of next year’s Tokyo games might be cutting things that federations view as “essential.” (Tsuyoshi Ueda/Kyodo News via AP)

Olympic officials reassure sports federations about cuts

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach, from Germany, arrives for the opening of the executive board meeting of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at the IOC headquarters, in Pully near Lausanne, Wednesday, May 22, 2019. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP)

IOC wants to remove boxing body AIBA from Tokyo Olympics

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Official linked to Olympic ticket scam set to be IOC member

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