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		<title>Olympic flame for Winter Games ignited during ceremony in Greece</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 14:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Olympic flame]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sochi Olympics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Using the sun&#8217;s rays, the Olympic flame lighting for the Winter Games in Sochi went off without a hitch in southern Greece Sunday, ahead of its journey across Russia&#8217;s nine time zones and even a trip to space before the Feb. 7-23 games. The ceremony was held with actresses dressed as ancient priestesses at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ovechkin excited over role starting torch relay</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Sep 2013 12:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Alexander Ovechkin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sochi Olympics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Washington Capitals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Alex Ovechkin said he is thrilled to kick off Russia&#8217;s Olympic torch relay for the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi &#8212; a mammoth effort covering the country&#8217;s nine time zones that will include a trip to outer space. &#8220;I&#8217;m going to be probably smiling all the time and I&#8217;m going to remember this stuff for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yoshida sets 2020 as target</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/09/22/more-sports/olympics/yoshida-sets-2020-as-target/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=yoshida-sets-2020-as-target</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Sep 2013 13:59:14 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Saori Yoshida]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokyo 2020]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wrestling world championships]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Fresh from winning her 11th consecutive 55-kg title at the world wrestling championships in Budapest, Olympic champion Saori Yoshida reiterated her determination to keep on competing until the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after arriving back in Japan on Sunday. The 29-year-old Yoshida comfortably defeated Sofia Mattson in the final on Thursday and has now won a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Softball gold medalist Ueno expresses disappointment</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2013 14:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[2008 Beijing Olympics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2020 Olympics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[softball]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yukiko Ueno]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yukiko Ueno, who won the last Olympic gold medal in softball as Japan&#8217;s ace pitcher at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, expressed her disappointment on Monday with the International Olympic Committee&#8217;s vote to exclude the sport from the Olympic program. Softball and baseball had fielded a joint bid in their campaign to return to the Olympics [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Syrian war factored into Istanbul&#8217;s failed bid, IOC members say</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/09/09/more-sports/olympics/syrian-war-factored-into-istanbuls-failed-bid-ioc-members-say/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=syrian-war-factored-into-istanbuls-failed-bid-ioc-members-say</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2013 14:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pirate Irwin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2020 Olympics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[civil war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Istanbul]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The bloody Syrian civil war cost Istanbul votes over Tokyo to host the world&#8217;s biggest sporting event in 2020, two influential International Olympic Committee members said. Istanbul &#8212; which had been trying to bring the Olympic Games for the first time to a predominantly Muslim country &#8212; reached the final round of voting for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Six standing in election to become new IOC president</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2013 10:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[IOC Presidential candidates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Details of the six men bidding to replace outgoing International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge in vote by fellow IOC members on Tuesday: Thomas Bach &#8212; Germany Perceived for years as the man most likely to succeed Rogge, and still the favorite. The Olympics has been in the 59-year-old German lawyer&#8217;s blood for almost his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wrestling voted back in for 2020 Tokyo Olympics</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Sep 2013 15:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[2020 Olympics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wrestling]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wrestling, which was dropped from the Olympics list of core sports in February, regained its spot Sunday, beating out a combined baseball-softball bid and squash for inclusion in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the newly elected host city. Wrestling was the last to make a final presentation of the three finalists in front of International Olympic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Istanbul can&#8217;t hide disappointment after fifth failed bid</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/09/08/baseball/istanbul-cant-hide-disappointment-after-fifth-failed-bid/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=istanbul-cant-hide-disappointment-after-fifth-failed-bid</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Sep 2013 07:32:49 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[2020 Olympics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Madrid]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A groan went out in the old city of Istanbul where hundreds of hopeful Turks heard the announcement Saturday that Tokyo had been chosen to host the 2020 Olympics.]]></description>
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		<title>Madrid&#8217;s Olympic hopes crushed a third straight time</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/09/08/more-sports/olympics/madrids-olympic-hopes-crushed-a-third-straight-time/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=madrids-olympic-hopes-crushed-a-third-straight-time</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Sep 2013 07:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[2020 Olympics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Istanbul]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pau Gasol]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tens of thousands of Spaniards were devastated after Madrid lost its bid to host the 2020 Olympics on Saturday amid fears about the country&#8217;s economy and unemployment rate. It was the third straight time the capital failed in attempts to win the Summer Games. The International Olympic Committee meeting in Buenos Aires eliminated the city [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wrestling poised for return at 2020 Games: sources</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/09/08/more-sports/olympics/wrestling-poised-for-return-at-2020-games-sources/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=wrestling-poised-for-return-at-2020-games-sources</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Sep 2013 07:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[2020 Olympics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[baseball]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[squash]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wrestling, which was dropped from the Olympics list of core sports in February, is all but guaranteed to regain its spot in the 2020 Summer Games, IOC sources said Saturday. Wrestling is competing against a combined baseball-softball bid and squash but is certain to win the final berth, according to HRH Tunku Imran of Malaysia, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What others are saying about Tokyo&#8217;s winning Olympic bid</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/09/08/more-sports/olympics/what-others-are-saying-about-tokyos-winning-bid/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=what-others-are-saying-about-tokyos-winning-bid</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Sep 2013 07:31:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Odeven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2020 Olympics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[analysis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Whenever it rolls around, the Olympic bid story will travel to the front pages of the world's media. Here are a few highlights from the rivers of keystrokes given to the topic of the 2020 Olympic host.]]></description>
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		<title>Nearly 50 years after epic win, Mills backs Tokyo for 2020</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/08/31/more-sports/olympics/nearly-50-years-after-epic-win-mills-backs-tokyo-for-2020/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=nearly-50-years-after-epic-win-mills-backs-tokyo-for-2020</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Aug 2013 13:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Odeven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[1964 Tokyo Olympics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Billy Mills]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Billy Mills&#8217; rise to prominence began nearly 50 years ago. Now, as he looks back on his highly successful career as a distance runner, author, humanitarian and motivational speaker, he reflects on how significant a role the 1964 Tokyo Olympics played in his life. In an exclusive interview with The Japan Times, the 75-year-old Mills [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A look back at when Tokyo was awarded 1964 Olympics</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/08/24/more-sports/olympics/a-look-back-at-when-tokyo-was-awarded-1964-olympics/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=a-look-back-at-when-tokyo-was-awarded-1964-olympics</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Aug 2013 13:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Odeven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[1964 Tokyo Olympics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IOC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been more than 50 years since Tokyo was awarded the 1964 Summer Olympics, and it was done before several landmark events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. Consider the following: ■ The IOC&#8217;s decision on May 26, 1959, occurred in Munich, West Germany. (East and West Germany reunited decades later, signaling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tokyo 2020&#8242;s chances looking good</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/06/29/more-sports/olympics/tokyo-2020s-chances-looking-good/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=tokyo-2020s-chances-looking-good</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2013 15:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Odeven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[IOC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[olympics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokyo 2020]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The much-anticipated IOC 2020 Evaluation Commission Report, which was made public on Tuesday, shines the spotlight on the strengths and weaknesses of the three candidate cities. Tokyo, Madrid and Istanbul now have a little more than two months to find ways to increase support for their Olympic bids, especially outside of their respective countries and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ASIJ student McNeill helping to boost Tokyo 2020&#8242;s bid</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/06/23/more-sports/olympics/asij-student-mcneill-helping-to-boost-tokyo-2020s-bid/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=asij-student-mcneill-helping-to-boost-tokyo-2020s-bid</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jun 2013 15:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Odeven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2020 Olympics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are no definitive guidelines in place, no simple slogans summarizing how individuals and groups should support or oppose an Olympic bid. Of course, it&#8217;s up to them. Longtime Japan resident Jeff McNeill and his son, Mark, possess the enthusiasm that many within Japan&#8217;s international community have for Tokyo&#8217;s bid to host the 2020 Summer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CAS rules Murofushi was victim</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former Olympic champion Koji Murofushi, who last month lost his appeal against disqualification from an election to become an International Olympic Committee member representing athletes, was the victim of an &#8220;overzealous&#8221; Japanese Olympic Committee, according to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The CAS concluded in a detailed report of the arbitral award released Tuesday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turkey touts enthusiasm for 2020 bid</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A resounding majority of Istanbul residents back the city&#8217;s candidacy to host the 2020 Olympic Games, Turkish Sports Minister Suat Kilic said Monday. &#8220;Eighty-three percent of Istanbul&#8217;s population support the bid -that&#8217;s 11 million people who want a city which bridges East and West to host the Games,&#8221; Kilic told reporters amid a visit by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wrestling icons Yoshida, Icho promote Tokyo 2020 Olympic bid</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:34:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The International Olympic Committee Evaluation Commission continued its tour of venues for Tokyo&#8217;s bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics on Wednesday with a visit to Tokyo Big Sight. The sprawling complex next to Tokyo Bay would play host to wrestling, fencing and taekwondo if the capital city wins the right to host the games, as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tokyo support for 2020 Olympics now at 70 percent: IOC</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Support is rising nationwide for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic bid, according to International Olympic Committee officials, and support is now at 70 percent in Tokyo, it was announced.]]></description>
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		<title>Japan launches petition to save Olympic wrestling</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Japan Wrestling Federation launched an online petition site to keep wrestling in the Olympics on Monday with the aim of submitting 100,000 signatures to the International Olympic Committee. The website, titled &#8220;Save Olympic Wrestling,&#8221; can be accessed in several languages. The federation plans to submit the signatures to the IOC by its executive board [...]]]></description>
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		<title>200-day countdown event held for Tokyo 2020 Olympic bid</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Tokyo Olympic bid committee held a commemorative event Tuesday to mark 200 days before the vote to decide the host city for the 2020 Summer Olympics. The event was held jointly with the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry at the international terminal of Tokyo&#8217;s Haneda airport. Those in attendance included kabuki actor Ichikawa [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JOC taking steps to address crises</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:24:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a series of scandals that have rocked the sports world in recent weeks, the Japanese Olympic Committee is working to improve how it handles its societal duties. At the same time, the JOC recognizes the urgency to work to restore public faith in Japanese sports at a time when Tokyo is a finalist for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan wrestling head not ready to give up fight</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan Wrestling Federation President Tomiaki Fukuda on Wednesday called into question the International Olympic Committee&#8217;s decision to drop wrestling from the 2020 Games, saying the sport&#8217;s governing body has failed to give &#8220;clear reasons&#8221; for why wrestling is being removed. Fukuda said the fight to keep wrestling in the Olympics was far from over. &#8220;The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IOC set to drop wrestling for 2020</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The IOC's decision stuns Japan, which collected six wrestling medals at the 2012 London Games.]]></description>
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		<title>Coaches in two other sports admit seeing physical abuse: survey</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:12:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the wake of claims of physical and verbal abuse made by national women&#8217;s judo team members, a Kyodo News survey on Sunday found that training staff in two additional sports admitting knowing of physical abuse. In a questionnaire distributed to coaches and development staff of 25 federations other than judo that participated in last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No abuse within organizations, 31 Olympic sports federations claim</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Japanese Olympic Committee announced Friday that the representatives of all 31 Olympic sports federations it questioned over two days said no abuse exists within their organizations at the national level. The questioning was the first step in an investigation by the JOC into physical and verbal abuse in Japanese sports. The investigation was prompted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JOC starts abuse probe of national sports federations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In response to allegations of physical and verbal abuse in the national women&#8217;s judo team, the Japanese Olympic Committee on Thursday began investigating abuse in its other affiliated federations, with 13 of the bodies questioned telling media they were free of abuse. For two days, the JOC will listen as the heads of development from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tokyo 2020 officials head to Europe</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 00:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Envoys for the Tokyo 2020 Bid Committee left Japan on Sunday for Lausanne, Switzerland, where they will present the International Olympic Committee with Tokyo&#8217;s candidature file on Monday. Among those making the presentation will be bid committee CEO Masato Mizuno, silver medal-winning women&#8217;s soccer player Homare Sawa and Paralympic swimmer Takayuki Suzuki. Tokyo, Madrid and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sawa to issue Tokyo 2020 file to IOC</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2012 00:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reigning FIFA Women&#8217;s World Player of the Year Homare Sawa will present Tokyo&#8217;s candidature file for the 2020 Olympics to the International Olympic Committee next month, the Tokyo bid committee announced Friday. &#8220;We must make the bid a success at all costs,&#8221; said new Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose, who was installed as the committee&#8217;s new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doha plans bid for 2024 Olympics</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2012 00:02:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Doha will make a fresh bid to bring the Summer Olympics to the Middle East for the first time in 2024, having missed out on the 2020 Games. Oil-rich Qatar, named as surprise host for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, failed to make the short-list for the 2020 Games, leaving Madrid, Tokyo and Istanbul in [...]]]></description>
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