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Two broad allegations have been made by The BBC. Both are based on flawed assumptions that Seb Coe strongly refutes. – The IAAF	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Everything you read about him, he's such a fantastic person and he has done so much for the game of golf. – Matthew Fitzpatrick	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
On Friday June 17, the IAAF Council will make a transformative decision for our global athletics community when the Council meets to decide whether the Russian Athletics Federation will be reinstated to allow participation in the Rio Games, while we acknowledge some modest progress has been made in Russia, Athletics Canada feels strongly there is little evidence of a reversal in a systematic and deep rooted doping culture in Russian Athletics, and therefore there is no justification to grant re-inclusion. – Athletics Canada	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
(With it) we can digitally view the currents, based on thousands of measurements we did over the last three years with Sailing Team Germany and it gives you the basic patterns of the current combined with wind direction and wind speed, that is a key part in our decision which side we will chose to sail in. – France German sailor Philipp Buhl	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
My opinion is that water quality is not good or it is very bad, there were illnesses like with Erik Heil and to cut short a sailor's competition at the Olympics is the absolute worst that can happen because of such a long preparation which has essentially marked your entire life. ANALYTICAL TOOLS. – France German sailor Philipp Buhl	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Mentally it is very demanding, i am one of the medal hopes among sailors and what I have been telling myself is ... it will only happen with pressure. But expectation and pressure are part of the territory. – France German sailor Philipp Buhl	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The track looks great, the place is great. A little bit of a concern with those run-offs. There are two or three which are really not looking good. That’s not great, i really trust the (governing) FIA to get the job done, they have all the calculations and simulations. They know exactly the speeds. – Nico Rosberg	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I think they’ve done a fantastic job, when I laid it out in the first place I was told I was mad, trying to get the old city and the new city together. It looks like it’s worked alright. – Bernie Ecclestone	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The minute people tell me what human rights are, then you can have a look at them and see how and when and where it applies. Do any of you know what human rights are ? . – Bernie Ecclestone	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Just as everybody was getting into step and things were starting to move, it's as if one wheel has come off, it is really too bad. – Yoshiro Mori	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The French are trying to deal with a real security threat, behave responsibly, come and enjoy the game, but just have a think about the wider position. – Martin Glenn	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
This is a bunch of good fans having a good time. What's happening is the police are trying to enclose people, it's not hooliganism at all, it's just a bunch of guys having a good time, having a good drink, that's it. – One England fan	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
When I look at the numbers in that context, it kind of baffles you and is kind of cartoonish, it does n’t ever seem like the right decision to go take the ball from Clayton. – Los Angeles Dodgers	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The regulation for the selection of national team representatives was made with the aim of demanding a high level of morality of our national team athletes and considering the dignity required of a public figure, doping is against the fair play spirit, a basic requirement of athletes, and we decided that a rigorous response was needed for educational purposes to young athletes. – The KOC	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
There is an interesting constitutional, jurisdictional issue there, it would bring up the larger question of who is really running track and field, is it the IAAF or is it the IOC? – Dick Pound	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
This statement is extremely disgusting and blatantly homophobic, these are young girls in a very macho, masculine society who are trying to make a living, but are being underpaid or not paid on time. – Bisi Alimi	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
These are young girls in a very macho, masculine society who are trying to make a living, but are being underpaid or not paid on time. – Bisi Alimi	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Many potential sponsors have shied away from supporting the women's game because of the misconception that it is synonymous with lesbianism. – Seyi Akinwunmi	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We cannot close our eyes to the absolutely provocative actions by supporters from other countries, you have probably seen the outrageous images on TV when the Russian flag is getting stamped on and when insults are being screamed about the Russian (political) leadership and about leading Russian sports people. – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The fraud of dishonest people should not jeopardize the career of the other innocent fellow athletes and throw a stain on our country's reputation, the right of any athlete who has never violated any of the existing rules to perform at the Olympic Games is inviolable. – Thirteen Olympic medalists	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
If you look at the new port, if you look at the new hotels and shops which have been created and will be created by this enhancement of the tourism industry, i think you can really say there will be a much better Rio de Janeiro after the Olympic Games. – Thomas Bach	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The first several years of the draft were a disaster because we weren't prepared, it's still a struggle, but we're adjusting. – Edwin Rodriguez	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It was just like free agency. – Edwin Rodriguez	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
If I'm paying you $10 million, I want to regulate you, keep you close to me. – Carlos Guilbe	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

Two broad allegations have been made by The BBC. Both are based on flawed assumptions that Seb Coe strongly refutes.

– The IAAF

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Everything you read about him, he's such a fantastic person and he has done so much for the game of golf.

– Matthew Fitzpatrick

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

On Friday June 17, the IAAF Council will make a transformative decision for our global athletics community when the Council meets to decide whether the Russian Athletics Federation will be reinstated to allow participation in the Rio Games, while we acknowledge some modest progress has been made in Russia, Athletics Canada feels strongly there is little evidence of a reversal in a systematic and deep rooted doping culture in Russian Athletics, and therefore there is no justification to grant re-inclusion.

– Athletics Canada

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

(With it) we can digitally view the currents, based on thousands of measurements we did over the last three years with Sailing Team Germany and it gives you the basic patterns of the current combined with wind direction and wind speed, that is a key part in our decision which side we will chose to sail in.

– France German sailor Philipp Buhl

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

My opinion is that water quality is not good or it is very bad, there were illnesses like with Erik Heil and to cut short a sailor's competition at the Olympics is the absolute worst that can happen because of such a long preparation which has essentially marked your entire life. ANALYTICAL TOOLS.

– France German sailor Philipp Buhl

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Mentally it is very demanding, i am one of the medal hopes among sailors and what I have been telling myself is ... it will only happen with pressure. But expectation and pressure are part of the territory.

– France German sailor Philipp Buhl

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The track looks great, the place is great. A little bit of a concern with those run-offs. There are two or three which are really not looking good. That’s not great, i really trust the (governing) FIA to get the job done, they have all the calculations and simulations. They know exactly the speeds.

– Nico Rosberg

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I think they’ve done a fantastic job, when I laid it out in the first place I was told I was mad, trying to get the old city and the new city together. It looks like it’s worked alright.

– Bernie Ecclestone

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The minute people tell me what human rights are, then you can have a look at them and see how and when and where it applies. Do any of you know what human rights are ? .

– Bernie Ecclestone

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Just as everybody was getting into step and things were starting to move, it's as if one wheel has come off, it is really too bad.

– Yoshiro Mori

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The French are trying to deal with a real security threat, behave responsibly, come and enjoy the game, but just have a think about the wider position.

– Martin Glenn

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This is a bunch of good fans having a good time. What's happening is the police are trying to enclose people, it's not hooliganism at all, it's just a bunch of guys having a good time, having a good drink, that's it.

– One England fan

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

When I look at the numbers in that context, it kind of baffles you and is kind of cartoonish, it does n’t ever seem like the right decision to go take the ball from Clayton.

– Los Angeles Dodgers

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The regulation for the selection of national team representatives was made with the aim of demanding a high level of morality of our national team athletes and considering the dignity required of a public figure, doping is against the fair play spirit, a basic requirement of athletes, and we decided that a rigorous response was needed for educational purposes to young athletes.

– The KOC

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

There is an interesting constitutional, jurisdictional issue there, it would bring up the larger question of who is really running track and field, is it the IAAF or is it the IOC?

– Dick Pound

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This statement is extremely disgusting and blatantly homophobic, these are young girls in a very macho, masculine society who are trying to make a living, but are being underpaid or not paid on time.

– Bisi Alimi

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

These are young girls in a very macho, masculine society who are trying to make a living, but are being underpaid or not paid on time.

– Bisi Alimi

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Many potential sponsors have shied away from supporting the women's game because of the misconception that it is synonymous with lesbianism.

– Seyi Akinwunmi

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We cannot close our eyes to the absolutely provocative actions by supporters from other countries, you have probably seen the outrageous images on TV when the Russian flag is getting stamped on and when insults are being screamed about the Russian (political) leadership and about leading Russian sports people.

– Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The fraud of dishonest people should not jeopardize the career of the other innocent fellow athletes and throw a stain on our country's reputation, the right of any athlete who has never violated any of the existing rules to perform at the Olympic Games is inviolable.

– Thirteen Olympic medalists

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

If you look at the new port, if you look at the new hotels and shops which have been created and will be created by this enhancement of the tourism industry, i think you can really say there will be a much better Rio de Janeiro after the Olympic Games.

– Thomas Bach

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The first several years of the draft were a disaster because we weren't prepared, it's still a struggle, but we're adjusting.

– Edwin Rodriguez

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It was just like free agency.

– Edwin Rodriguez

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

If I'm paying you $10 million, I want to regulate you, keep you close to me.

– Carlos Guilbe

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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