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  German president boycotting Sochi Olympics

  Other Sports | December 08, 2013 17:22 IST

  Berlin: German President Joachim Gauck is boycotting the Winter Olympics and will not travel to Sochi, Russia next year.   Der Spiegel reports that Gauck took the decision in protest against human rights violations and the

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  Russian spacecraft flies Sochi Olympics torch to space

  Other Sports | November 07, 2013 15:31 IST

  Moscow: A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying an Olympic torch for the Sochi Winter Games blasted off Thursday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, authorities said.Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said the Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft was

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  No discrimination against gays at Olympics: Putin

  Other Sports | October 29, 2013 11:37 IST

  Sochi, Russia: Russian President Vladimir Putin promised Monday that gay athletes and guests at the Winter Olympics in Sochi will feel at ease, seeking to assuage fears fueled by a recent Russian law banning gay

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  USOC studying new Russian law with eye on safety

  Other Sports | August 09, 2013 10:18 IST

  Denver, Aug 9: Concerned with Russia's new anti-gay laws, leaders at the U.S. Olympic Committee are in discussions with the International Olympic Committee and the U.S. State Department to ensure the safety of athletes at

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  Shiffrin bid for Olympic gold gets US daytime slot

  Other Sports | July 23, 2013 13:11 IST

  Sochi, Russia,July 23: American skier Mikaela Shiffrin's bid to win slalom gold at the Sochi Olympics should be decided in daytime hours back home.Exactly 200 days from the Winter Games opening on Feb. 7, Russian

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  Sharapova hopes Sochi Olympics will put former home on world map

  Tennis | May 01, 2013 13:57 IST

  Moscow, May 1: Tennis star Maria Sharapova has spoken of her delight that her former hometown of Sochi will host next year's Winter Olympics, an event she hopes will put the Black Sea resort on