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Philippine's Eumir Marcial, left, is punched by Ukraine's Oleksandr Khyzhniak during their middle weight 69-75kg semifinal boxing match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on Aug. 5, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. Breakaway governing body World Boxing said Thursday April 11, 2024 it is holding talks with 25 to 30 prospective new member nations as it seeks to be the International Olympic Committee's preferred partner to run boxing tournaments at the Los Angeles Games in 2028. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)

Breakaway body World Boxing in talks with up to 30 new members as it seeks to run 2028 Olympic event

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FILE - The president of the International Boxing Association Umar Kremlev attends a conference in Paris, France, Nov. 16, 2023. The Court of Arbitration for Sport has upheld the IOC decision to remove the International Boxing Association from the Olympic family. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

IOC sets deadline of ‘early 2025’ to keep boxing in the Olympics for Los Angeles with a new partner

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FILE - The president of the International Boxing Association Umar Kremlev attends a conference in Paris, France, Nov. 16, 2023. The Court of Arbitration for Sport has upheld the IOC decision to remove the International Boxing Association from the Olympic family. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

Court upholds IOC ruling to remove International Boxing Association from Olympic family

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International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach speaks at the opening of the executive board meeting of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), at the Olympic House, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday, March 19, 2024. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP)

IOC excludes Russian and Belarusian athletes from taking part in the Paris Olympics opening ceremony

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The Olympic rings are seen in front of the Paris City Hall, in Paris, on April 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard, File)

Israel’s Olympic status not in question says IOC president Bach amid frustration with Russia

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

Artists perform at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 7, 2014. It cost Russia an estimated $55 billion to prepare and host the Olympics in the balmy Black Sea resort, where most facilities, including 11 sports arenas, were built from scratch along with highways, rail lines and other infrastructure. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, File)

Russian Olympic Committee loses appeal against suspension by the IOC

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FILE - A view of the bobsled track in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, on Feb. 17, 2021. Organizers for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics are convinced that they can build a bobsled track in record time amid a standoff with the IOC, which wants an existing foreign venue used instead to cut costs. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti, File)

Milan-Cortina Olympics organizers confident they can build bobsled track amid standoff with IOC

By Andrew Dampf - Associated Press

The Olympic rings are set up at Trocadero plaza that overlooks the Eiffel Tower, a day after the official announcement that the 2024 Summer Olympic Games will be in the French capital, in Paris on Sept. 14, 2017. The United States is predicted to top the medals tables — both the overall count and gold-medal count — for the 2024 Paris Olympics, according to one forecast released on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, six months before the Games open on July 26. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

Paris Olympic medals headed in big numbers to United States and China in one forecast

By Stephen Wade - Associated Press

Olympics brings on its first beer brand as a global sponsor — Budweiser’s AB InBev

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The Olympic rings in front of the Paris City Hall, in Paris, Sunday, April 30, 2023. Some Russian athletes will be allowed to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics, the IOC said Friday, Dec. 8, 2023 in a decision that removed the option of a blanket ban over the invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard, File)

The IOC confirms Russian athletes can compete at Paris Olympics with approved neutral status

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FILE - President Joe Biden speaks at the White House Tribal Nations Summit at the Department of the Interior in Washington, Nov. 30, 2022. Biden will sign an executive order during a 2023 tribal nations summit that aims to make it easier for Native Americans to access federal funding and have greater autonomy over how to invest those funds. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Biden backs Indigenous lacrosse team for 2028 Olympics

By Eddie Pells - Associated Press

Stockholm-Are delegation members celebrate during the presentation final presentation of the Stockholm-Are candidate cities the first day of the 134th Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), at the SwissTech Convention Centre, in Lausanne, on June 24, 2019. Stockholm’s city council has publicly supported Sweden’s latest bid to get the 2030 Olympics ahead of key meetings Tuesday for potential Winter Games hosts. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP, File)

Stockholm city hall backs Olympic bid ahead of key IOC meeting for 2030-2034 Winter Games candidates

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Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in an extraordinary BRICS summit to discuss the Palestinian-Israeli conflict via videoconference at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russia, IOC clash at U.N. before member states pass Olympic Truce for Paris Games

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

India's captain Rohit Sharma reacts as he celebrates after winning the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup match against Netherlands in Bengaluru, India, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Olympic groups fear new sports will lead to revenue cuts

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

A view of the bobsled track in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. A big-ticket project for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics has been dropped because the Italian government no longer wants to help fund it, organizing committee officials said Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti, File)

IOC shuts down Italy’s late plan to revive a home bobsled track for 2026 Winter Olympics

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks after a plenary session of the Russia - Country of Sports International Sports Forum in Perm, Russia, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

IOC hits back at Putin claim of ‘ethnic discrimination’ against Russia’s potential Olympic athletes

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Lois Garlow of the Haudenosaunee Nationals lacrosse team heads toward the sideline during a match against Canada at the World Games in Birmingham, Ala., July 24, 2022. Members of the Haudenosaunee are hopeful they will have a chance to play the sport their people invented when lacrosse returns to the Olympics in 2028 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Paul Newberry)

Lacrosse at the Olympics gives Native Americans a chance to see their sport shine

By Eddie Pells - Associated Press

India's Kuldeep Yadav celebrates the wicket of Pakistan's Saud Shakeel during the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup match between India and Pakistan in Ahmedabad, India, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Cricket, flag football among five sports given Olympic status for 2028 Los Angeles Games

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach speaks at a press conference after the second day of the 141st IOC session in Mumbai, India, Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Olympic committee president Thomas Bach says term limits at the IOC ‘are necessary’

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach arrives to attend the first day of the executive board meeting of the IOC ahead of the upcoming 141st IOC session in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Olympic president Thomas Bach urged by IOC members to extend term limit and seek 4 more years

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press