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International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach attends an IOC Executive Board meeting Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018, in Tokyo. The IOC said boxing will take place at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. But exactly who runs the tournament and the details of qualifying are up in the air because of charges of corruption and malfeasance surrounding the boxing federation that runs the sport at the Olympics. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Whither Olympic boxing: Will it be in Tokyo, or not?

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, left, and Italian Olympic Committee President Giovanni Malago', shakes hands for photographers at the end of a press conference in Rome, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018. Bach has given his blessing for Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo's bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics to move forward without funding from the Italian government. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

2026 Milan-Cortina bid moves forward without gov’t funding

By ANDREW DAMPF - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday April 19, 2018 file photo, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach addresses a press conference in New Delhi, India. Bach said in Jakarta, Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018, that he isn't certain if, or when, esports might be incorporated into the Olympic Games. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri,File)

Bach: No Olympic future for esports until ‘violence’ removed

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

In this Thursday, July 26, 2018, photo, girls dance in a studio at the Mangyongdae Children's Palace in Pyongyang, North Korea. Mangyongdae Children's Palace is for talented school children to attend extracurricular classes and a popular place for tourists to visit during their stay in the capital. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, File)

IOC disappointed UN won’t grant North Korea sports exemption

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International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach from Germany attends a press conference after the executive board meeting of the IOC, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Friday, July 20, 2018. (Valentin Flauraud/Keystone via AP)

IOC leader happy with shrinking 2026 Winter Olympic contest

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

International Olympic Committee, IOC, President Thomas Bach from Germany, reacts prior to the opening of the International Olympic Committee, IOC, executive board meeting, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Wednesday, May 2, 2018. (Jean-Christophe Bott/KEYSTONE via AP)

IOC says boxing still risks being removed from 2020 Olympics

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

President of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach talks to The Associated Press about his visit to North Korea in the Koryo Hotel, Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, March 30, 2018. Bach arrived in Pyongyang on Thursday to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and discuss development of sports in North Korea with the preparation of its athletes to qualify and participate in upcoming Olympics.(AP Photo)

IOC president says Kim committed to Tokyo, Beijing Olympics

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International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach, left, is greeted by North Korean Sports Minister Kim Il Guk on his arrival at the Pyongyang Airport in North Korea, Thursday, March 29, 2018. IOC President Bach arrived in North Korea on Thursday after playing a key role in allowing it to participate in last month's Pyeongchang Olympic Games in South Korea. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)

IOC chief visits NKorea after its participation in Olympics

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Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee speaks to Associated Press reporters at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Alyssa Goodman

Bach on Koreas: ‘Now it’s for politics to take over’

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Column: Another Olympic city faces a financial calamity

By PAUL NEWBERRY - Associated Press

Vice President Mike Pence, second from bottom right, sits between second lady Karen Pence, third from from bottom left, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Friday, Feb. 9, 2018. Seated behind Pence are Kim Yong Nam, third from top right, president of the Presidium of North Korean Parliament, and Kim Yo Jong, second from top right, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)

With extraordinary political theater, Winter Olympics begin

By FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press

France's Chafik Besseghier performs in the men's single short program team event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, Friday, Feb. 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

The Latest: Spotlight on united Koreas in ceremony, on ice

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FILE - In this July 19 2012, file photo, young children join hundreds of fans gathered at Johannesburg's O.R. Thambo Airport to bid farewell to the South Africa Olympic team members who were departing for the games in London. The Olympics could be finally heading to Africa, but first there'll be a tiny step to take: hosting the much smaller Youth Olympic Games in 2022. (AP Photo/Emoke Bebiak, File)

Olympic Games in Africa? A door long shut could be opening

By ERRIN HAINES WHACK - Associated Press

International Olympic Committee member and Court of Arbitration for Sport president John Coates is projected on a screen as he delivers a report on the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics during the 132nd IOC Session prior to the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018. Pictured below Coates are Ugur Erdener of Turkey, from bottom left, Zaiqing Yu of China, former IOC President Jacques Rogge, IOC President Thomas Bach and Christophe De Kepper of Belgium. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

The Latest: Cold comes to Pyeongchang ahead of Olympics

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International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach leads the 132nd IOC Session prior to the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Contentious IOC meetings kick off with Olympics set to open

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

IOC President Thomas Bach speaks during the opening ceremony of the 132nd IOC session ahead of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

IOC opens 2 days of meeting on eve of Pyeongchang Olympics

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

ICAS’s Coates responds to Bach over IOC concerns

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Moscow in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Feb. 2, 2018. Mutko says Russian athletes whose doping bans were lifted deserve to be treated as &quot;clean and honest&quot; at the Pyeongchang Olympics. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

IOC chief calls CAS ruling ‘extremely disappointing’

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

The Olympic rings are displayed at the Main Press Center for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. A team of South Korean officials travelled to North Korea on Tuesday to check logistics for joint events ahead of next month's Winter Olympics in the South, as the rivals exchanged rare visits to each other amid signs of warming ties. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Bach wants to avoid post-Olympic Russian doping cases

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2014 file photo Alexander Zubkov of Russia carries the national flag as he leads the team during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. When the International Olympic Committee board prepares to vote Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017 on whether to ban Russia from February’s Winter Olympics, its members will decide the fate of numerous medals yet to be won. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, file)

IOC to offer Olympic medal ceremonies after Sochi appeals

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press