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Cher: ‘I immediately said no’ to performing at Olympics in Russia
In a new interview in Canada’s weekly news magazine Maclean’s, actress and singer Cher said she declined an invitation to open the winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia because of the country’s anti-gay laws.
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Olympic snowboarder denounces Russian anti-gay law
PORTLAND, Maine — Two-time Olympic gold-medal winner Seth Wescott says the Winter Olympics in Russia could be tarnished because of Russian legislation that bans gay “propaganda.”
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New Olympic Committee leader to be tested quickly by Sochi, Rio
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — New IOC President Thomas Bach will be tested quickly by two troublesome Olympics: the Winter Games less than five months away in the southern Russian resort of Sochi, and the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro — still three years away but setting off alarms.
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Sochi asks IOC to help stop ‘speculation’ over Russia’s anti-gay law
The head of the Sochi Olympics asked the IOC on Sunday to help “stop this campaign and this speculation” related to the anti-gay law that has been overshadowing preparations for next year’s Winter Games in Russia.
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IOC to reconsider Isinbayeva Olympic ambassador role following anti-gay remarks
International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge says the Olympic body will consider whether Russian pole vault star Yelena Isinbayeva should be dropped as an Olympic ambassador following her comments about homosexuals.
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Putin offers assurances on gay rights at Sochi Olympics
NOVO-OGARYOVO, Russia — President Vladimir Putin sought to ease concerns that Russia’s new anti-gay law would be used to punish athletes who display rainbow flags during the Winter Olympics in Sochi, while insisting that gays are not discriminated against in his country.
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Pro-gay protests at the Winter Olympics in Sochi? Dream on…
It is fanciful to suggest that Sochi-bound Olympians will or should follow the example of Tommie Smith and John Carlos, the U.S. sprinters who struck a world-electrifying blow for the African-American cause by thrusting their black-gloved fists in the air on the Olympic medal podium in 1968. Those were angry times…
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Olympic committee president ‘comforted’ Russia will respect IOC Charter
UNITED NATIONS — International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge said Friday he is “comforted” that Russia has agreed to respect the Olympic Charter’s ban on any kind of discrimination following its adoption of a law against gay “propaganda” that has sparked an international backlash.
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Putin signs decree banning rallies, demonstrations in Olympic Sochi
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree banning demonstrations and rallies for two and a half months in Sochi around the 2014 Winter Olympics.
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LGBT rights advocates to urge Procter & Gamble to drop Olympics sponsorship
CINCINNATI, Ohio — LGBT activists will deliver nearly 200,000 signatures to Procter & Gamble headquarters in Cincinnati on Wednesday, urging the maker of everything from perfumes to pet food to end its sponsorship of the 2014 Winter Olympics in anti-gay Russia.