International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge urged Russia on Monday to get tougher on drug cheats, voicing his concern at the high number of doping cases among Russian biathletes and cross-country skiers. Just four days before the start of the Vancouver Games, Rogge said he raised the ...

VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Russia has been warned to get its anti-doping act together days before the start of the Vancouver Olympics after several of their athletes have been busted for taking banned drugs in the past months. Russia, who will host the next winter Games in the Black Sea resort of Sochi in 2014, has been trying to root out cheats ...

Jacques Rogge says the NHL should realize that sending its players to the Olympics raises the league's exposure and increases its fan base. "I think it's important for the Olympic Games to have the NHL," the president of the International Olympic Committee said ...