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                    [Title] => IOC sends medical advice to Olympic committees on Zika virus
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The IOC advised national Olympic committees on Friday to follow the World Health Organization's guidance on dealing with the Zika virus ahead of the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, asserting its confidence that the games will be safe.

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Australian Olympic Committee chief John Coates says current worldwide drug testing is "ineffective" and wants to shift the burden of proof on to athletes if they refuse to cooperate with doping investigations.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-01 11:38:03 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 834843 [Title] => Phelps wins 17th Olympic gold of his career [Summary] =>

Michael Phelps padded his unprecedented Olympic medal collection Friday, winning his third gold of the London Games and 17th of his career as thousands of screaming fans cheered him to his last individual victory.

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Sports governing bodies from Japan and Australia are under fire after complaints that male Olympic athletes flew business class to the London Games, while the women sat in the cheap seats.

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Australia has named its largest-ever Olympic boxing team with representatives in every men's weight division for the London Games.

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The Australian Olympic Committee warned its athletes competing at the 2012 London games on Saturday that they'll be thrown off the Australian team if they engage in any illegal betting or gambling activities.

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Sebastian Coe prefaced the launch of the volunteer program for the London 2012 Olympics by paying tribute to the organizers and workers who delivered a "staggering" Sydney Games a decade ago.

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 VANCOUVER  (AP) — The Australian and Japanese Olympic committees signed an agreement Wednesday which will allow athletes reciprocal access to the best training facilities in both countries.

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Australia is claiming four new Olympic medals – 105 years after they were awarded to the United States.

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