Graham Dunbar, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette - Page 5 of 7

This Jan. 17, 2018, photo shows United States' Mikaela Shiffrin goeing airborne during a training session of the alpine skiing, women's World Cup downhill in Cortina d'Ampezzo, northern Italy. Shiffrin is trying to become the first person to win consecutive Olympic slalom titles.

Alpine skiing primer: Olympic showcase of speed and thrills

by Graham Dunbar AP Sports WriterFebruary 5, 2018

Russian athletes vote with their ballots during an Russian Olympic committee meeting in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017. Russia's Olympic Committee said on Tuesday that Russian athletes are overwhelmingly in favor of competing at the 2018 Winter Games despite a ban on the national team. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

WADA shares Moscow lab evidence with Olympic sports bodies

by Graham Dunbar Associated PressDecember 14, 2017

FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2014, file photo, a Russian skating fan holds the country's national flag over the Olympic rings before the start of the men's 10,000-meter speedskating race at Adler Arena Skating Center during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Russia could be banned from competing at the Pyeongchang Olympics. The decision will come on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017 when the International Olympic Committee executive board meets in Lausanne, less than nine weeks before the games open on Feb. 9 in South Korea. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

IOC: Russians can compete at Olympics, but without flag

by Graham Dunbar Associated PressDecember 6, 2017

International Olympic Committee, IOC, President Thomas Bach from Germany arrives for the opening of the IOC executive board meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, Switzerland, Sunday, July 9, 2017. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)

Los Angeles Olympic announcement coming but not this week

by Graham Dunbar Associated PressJuly 9, 2017

FILE - This is a Friday, 27. July 2012, file photo of Chairman of the two chambers of the new FIFA Ethics Committee Michael Garcia from the US during a press conference at the Home of FIFA in Zurich, Switzerland. A big mystery in the recent era of corruption linked to FIFA is being revealed this week. The report into suspected corruption in the 2018-2022 World Cup bidding contests has been the mystery ever since Garcia delivered it more than 2-1/2 years ago. (AP Photo/Keystone, Walter Bieri, File)

FIFA publishes Garcia report on 2018-2022 World Cup bidding

by Graham Dunbar Associated Press, and Rob Harris Associated PressJune 28, 2017

International Olympic Committee, IOC, President Thomas Bach from Germany, speaks during a press conference after an executive board meeting, at the Olympic Museum, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Friday, June 9, 2017.

3-on-3 basketball added to 2020 Tokyo Olympics

by Graham Dunbar Associated PressJune 9, 2017

At left is a Feb. 13, 2008, file photo showing the facade of Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles. At right, in a Feb. 3, 2017, file photo, the Eiffel Tower is lit with colors for Paris 2024 during the launch of the international campaign of Paris as candidate for the 2024 Olympic summer games in Paris. The IOC has formally proposed picking the 2024 and 2028 Olympic host cities at the same time this year. Los Angeles and Paris now seem certain to both be awarded a Summer Games in September 2017 as the IOC tries to safeguard its signature event for the next decade.

Los Angeles likely to get Summer Olympics in 2024 or 2028

by Graham Dunbar Associated PressJune 9, 2017

FILE - In this Thursday Aug. 25, 2016 file photo, former FIFA President Sepp Blatter arrives at the International Court of Arbitration for Sport, CAS, for his appeal on a six-year ban on football related activities in Lausanne, Switzerland. Sepp Blatter said on Friday April 21, 2017, that he has met with U.S. Department of Justice officials and is not a suspect in their investigation of corruption linked to FIFA. (Valentin Flauraud/Keystone via AP, File)

Sepp Blatter questioned by Swiss, U.S. investigators

by Graham Dunbar Associated PressApril 21, 2017

Cristiano Ronaldo, left, of Portugal and Antoine Griezmann of France smile on the stage during the The Best FIFA Football Awards 2016 ceremony held at the Swiss TV studio in Zurich, Switzerland, Monday, Jan. 9, 2017. (Ennio Leanza/Keystone via AP)

Cristiano Ronaldo wins FIFA best player award for 4th time

by Graham Dunbar Associated PressJanuary 9, 2017

Michel Platini leaves the international Court of Arbitration for Sport, CAS, after a hearing in Lausanne Switzerland Thursday Aug. 25, 2016. Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter attended the hearing at the CAS, for his appeal on a six-year ban on football related activities Thursday. The 80-year-old Blatter denies wrongdoing in authorizing a US2 million payment to former FIFA vice president Michel Platini in 2011. They claimed it was for backdated and uncontracted salary for work Platini did in advising Blatter from 1999 to 2002. (Laurent (AP Photo/Graham Dunbar)

Sepp Blatter says he will accept verdict as CAS appeal begins

by Graham Dunbar Associated PressAugust 25, 2016