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FILE - In this Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013 file photo, demonstrators stage a theatrical play where gays are grabbed by others wearing masks of Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a protest against Russia's new anti-gay law banning &quot;propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations&quot; in central London. Despite seven months of international protests, Russia's law restricting gay-rights activity remains in place leading up to the winter olympic games. Yet the eclectic campaign has heartened activists in Russia and, without question, caught the attention of its targets - including organizers and sponsors of the Sochi Olympics that open on Feb. 7. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Sochi sponsors pulled into gay-rights fray; activists fly to Russia to join protests

By David Crary - Associated Press

Russian security personnel wait for deployment in the Olympic Park as security measures continue to be implemented for the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

IOC to review Sochi’s final preparations, security

By STEPHEN WILSON - Associated Press

Interpol, IOC to step up sports security measures

Associated Press

Quick look at Russian Olympic doping cases

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - This is a Tuesday Sept. 25, 2012 file photo of Sochi 2014 Olympics President and CEO Dmitry Chernyshenko as he speaks to the Associated Press in Moscow. Chernyshenko the chief organizer of the Sochi Olympics says the Russian city is the ``most secure venue on the planet’’ and promises the tight security measures will not detract from the atmosphere of the games. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

Sochi organizers clarify free-speech issue

By CHRIS LEHOURITES - Associated Press

FILE - This is a Tuesday Sept. 25, 2012 file photo of Sochi 2014 Olympics President and CEO Dmitry Chernyshenko as he speaks to the Associated Press in Moscow. Chernyshenko the chief organizer of the Sochi Olympics says the Russian city is the ``most secure venue on the planet’’ and promises the tight security measures will not detract from the atmosphere of the games. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

Sochi organizers back-track on free speech

By CHRIS LEHOURITES - Associated Press

Interpol to help sniff out crime at Olympics

Associated Press

New hope to add 3-on-3 basketball at Rio Olympics

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FILE - This is a Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014, file photo of a worker leaving after checking ice conditions at the Iceberg Skating Palace, where the figure skating and short track speed skiing will take place, at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. The Olympics begin Feb. 7th. You'd have to be a dope to try to get away with doping at the Sochi Olympics. That's the picture painted by international Olympic and anti-doping officials as they implement the toughest drug-testing program in Winter Games history.Using intelligence to target athletes and events considered most at risk, authorities are focusing their efforts on weeding out drug cheats through rigorous pre-games and pre-competition tests. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Sochi Olympics: Toughest drug-testing program in Winter Games history in place

By Stephen Wilson - Associated Press

FILE - This is a Feb. 19, 2006 file photo of an Italian police officer as he stands outside a house where members of the Austrian Biathlon team were searched on the anti-doping police raid in San Sicario, Italy. You'd have to be a dope to try to get away with doping at the Sochi Olympics. That's the picture painted by international Olympic and anti-doping officials as they implement the toughest drug-testing program in Winter Games history.Using intelligence to target athletes and events considered most at risk, authorities are focusing their efforts on weeding out drug cheats through rigorous pre-games and pre-competition tests. (AP Photo/Tom Curley, FILE)

Tough drug-testing net in place for Sochi Olympics

By STEPHEN WILSON - Associated Press

Russian police officers search a vehicle at an entrance to the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games park, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. The Olympics begin on Feb. 7. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Sochi set to welcome the world amid storm clouds

By STEPHEN WILSON - Associated Press

Security personnel walk with their dogs outside Fisht Olympic Stadium at the 2014 Winter Olympics Monday, Jan. 27, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. The Olympics begin Feb. 7th. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Bach backs Russia on security for Sochi Olympics

By STEPHEN WILSON - Associated Press

Ramachandran set to be new IOA president

Associated Press

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach, left, speaks with Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff during a meeting at Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. The city of Rio de Janeiro will host the Olympics in 2016. (AP Photo/Joel Rodrigues)

Rio Olympics operating budget rises by 27 percent

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Gambling regulators to watch for Olympics cheating

By HANNAH DREIER - Associated Press

A photo of a police leaflet seen in a Sochi hotel on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, shows Ruzanna Ibragimova and states that she is at large in the city of Sochi. Russian security officials are hunting down three potential female suicide bombers, one of whom is believed to be in Sochi, where the Winter Olympics will begin next month. Police leaflets seen by an Associated Press reporter at a central Sochi hotel on Tuesday contain warnings about three potential suicide bombers. Police said that Ruzanna Ibragimova, depicted in a mug shot wearing a pink hijab, was at large in Sochi. (AP Photo/Natalya Vasilyeva)

Sochi Olympics the ‘holy grail’ for Islamic radical terrorists: think tank

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

In this Friday, Jan. 17, 2014 photo made available by Presidential Press Service on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to a translation during an interview to Russian and foreign media at the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi, which will host Winter Olympic Games on Feb. 7, 2014. President Vladimir Putin once again has offered assurances to gays planning to attend the Sochi Olympics, but his arguments defending Russia’s ban on homosexual “propaganda” to minors show the vast gulf between how he understands the issues and how homosexuality is generally viewed in the West. In an interview with Russian and foreign television stations broadcast Sunday, Putin equated gays with pedophiles and spoke of the need for Russia to “cleanse” itself of homosexuality as part of efforts to increase the birth rate. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

Sochi still scrambling to sell Olympic tickets

By STEPHEN WILSON - Associated Press

Canada's forward Gillian Apps (10) falls as she tries to shoot on USA's goalie Jessie Vetter in the second period of the women's gold medal ice hockey game at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010. Also defending for USA are Caitlin Cahow (8) and Angela Ruggiero (4). (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

U.S. Olympic goalie ordered to remove ‘We the People’ from mask

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin tries on a jacket during a visit the training center for volunteers Winter Olympics at the Black Sea resort of Sochi, southern Russia, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin has rescinded a blanket ban on demonstrations in Sochi in and around the Winter Olympics and Paralympics. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

Russia wins Sochi gold for corruption? IOC official cites $18B in embezzlement

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times