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Victor Conte, BALCO founder at center of steroid scandal, dies at 75
Victor Conte, the architect of a scheme to provide undetectable performance-enhancing drugs to professional athletes, including baseball stars Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi and Olympic track champion Marion Jones decades ago, died Monday. He was 75.
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Obiri sets NYC Marathon mark; Kipruto wins men's race at line
Hellen Obiri of Kenya broke the women's course record by more than two minutes in winning her second New York City Marathon title, while Benson Kipruto held off Alexander Mutiso Munyao in a sprint to the finish line to take the men's race.
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World Athletics blames employees for 'systematic theft' of $1.7M
World Athletics, the Monaco-based governing body for track and field, says it lost more than $1.7 million to "systematic theft" involving its own employees.
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Badminton coach banned four years for courtside betting
The former coach of a two-time Olympic badminton quarterfinalist has been banned from the sport for four years for betting on games courtside.
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American Magic won't race in '27; 1st America's Cup without U.S
For the first time in the event's 175-year history, there will be no American boat in the America's Cup as American Magic said it would not be competing in 2027.
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Former champ Golovkin to run for presidency of Olympic boxing body
Longtime middleweight champion Gennadiy Golovkin is running for the president's role at World Boxing, the new body aiming to run Olympic bouts at the Los Angeles Games in 2028.
