By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Confidential medical data of gold medal-winning gymnast Simone Biles, seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams and other female U.S. Olympians was hacked from a World Anti-Doping Agency database and posted online Tuesday. WADA said the hackers were a “Russian cyber espionage group” called Fancy Bears.Gold medallists USA's centre Brittney Griner (L) and USA's small forward Elena Delle Donne pose with their medal after the final of the Women's basketball competition at the Carioca Arena 1 in Rio de Janeiro on August 20, 2016 during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. / AFP PHOTO / Andrej ISAKOVICANDREJ ISAKOVIC/AFP/Getty Images They revealed records of “Therapeutic Use Exemptions” (TUEs), which allow athletes to use otherwise-banned substances because of
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Rio police charge Lochte with false report of robbery
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian police charged American swimmer Ryan Lochte on Thursday with filing a false robbery report over an incident during the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. A police statement said Lochte would be informed in the United States so he could decide whether to introduce a defense in Brazil. The indictment will also be sent to the International Olympic Committee’s ethics commission, the statement said. Lochte initially said that he and fellow swimmers Jack Conger, Gunnar Bentz and Jimmy Feigen were robbed at gunpoint in a taxi by men with a police badge as they returned to the Olympic Village from a party Aug. 15. However, security video suggested the four actually faced security guards after vandalizing a gas
Swimmer Feigen apologizes for ‘serious distraction’ in Rio
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. swimmer James Feigen apologized for the “serious distraction” he and three teammates caused at a gas station during the Rio Olympics, saying he omitted facts in his statement to police. “I omitted the facts that we urinated behind the building and that Ryan Lochte pulled a poster off the wall,” Feigen said in a statement Tuesday on the website of his lawyer in Austin, Texas. He maintains the group didn’t force their way into a bathroom and a gun was pointed at them. Feigen said the group left the French House party around 5 a.m. in a taxi to travel back to the Athlete Village.FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2016, file photo, United States James Feigen smiles
FIFA Statement on CAS decision concerning Gibraltar
Following the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) concerning Gibraltar, the FIFA Council is expected to discuss the matter at its next meeting on 9 and 10 May 2016 and decide on the next steps, including a potential request to amend the 66th FIFA Congress agenda in order to submit the Gibraltar FA’s application for FIFA membership. ...