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The two major Axis powers of World War II, Germany and Japan, were suspended from the Olympics, although Italy, their former ally, participated. [7] German and Japanese athletes were allowed to compete again at the 1952 Olympics. The Soviet Union was invited but chose not to send any athletes, sending observers instead to prepare for the 1952 ...
The first positive results came in the 1992 Barcelona Games with five athletes found to have used banned substances. [14] The 2000 Sydney Games saw fourteen athletes return a positive test, ten of which were in the powerlifting competition.
The 2002 Olympic Winter Games bid scandal was a scandal involving allegations of bribery used to win the rights to host the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Prior to its successful bid in 1995, the city had attempted four times to secure the games, failing each time.
A video of six-time Olympic medallist Dujardin whipping a horse at least 24 times in a minute was leaked ahead of the Paris Olympics leaving the future of equestrian sports at the Games under threat
A potentially explosive doping scandal rocked Olympic swimming Saturday after revelations that 23 Chinese swimmers, including gold medalists and world record-setters, tested positive for a banned ...
FIFA docked six points from Canada in the Paris Olympics women’s soccer tournament and banned three coaches for one year each on Saturday in a drone-spying scandal. The stunning swath of ...
Lochtegate is the colloquial name of the scandal involving United States swim team members Ryan Lochte, Jimmy Feigen, Gunnar Bentz, and Jack Conger during the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
With Priestman back at the team's hotel and assistant coach Andy Spence in charge, Canada picked up a 2-1 win over New Zealand on Thursday in their first group stage game of the Olympics.