US swimmer Ryan Lochte banned 10 months - reports
US swimmer Ryan Lochte has been hit with a 10-month suspension following his bogus gunpoint robbery story during a drunken night out at the Olympics
Thu Sep 08 2016
Olympics: Swimmer Ryan Lochte charged over false robbery claim
The Brazilian authorities have charged US swimming star Ryan Lochte with making a false statement about being robbed at gunpoint during the Olympics, police said.
Fri Aug 26 2016
US Olympic swimmer Feigen says he omitted facts to protect teammates
Feigen said he failed to tell police that the swimmers had urinated behind a building or that teammate Ryan Lochte had torn a metal-framed advertising poster from a wall.
Thu Aug 25 2016
US swimmer Ryan Lochte apologizes over Rio 'robbery' story
US Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte, who had falsely claimed he and three teammates were robbed in Rio, apologized Friday for his behavior.
Fri Aug 19 2016
US swimmers quit Brazil after admitting to inventing mugging
US Olympic authorities apologized to Brazil on Thursday as two US swimmers were allowed to go home having retracted a fabricated story about being mugged in Rio.
Fri Aug 19 2016
Rio 2016: Rio organisers issue Lochte apology
Lochte, who won gold in the men's 4x200 metre freestyle relay last week to take his impressive haul of Olympic medals to 12, was involved in a harrowing incident on Sunday.
Tue Aug 16 2016
U.S. swimmer Lochte says gun held to forehead in taxi hold-up
Lochte and swimming team mates were returning to the Athletes' Village from a party hosted by the French Games delegation, when armed men carrying police badges pulled them over.
Mon Aug 15 2016
Olympics: Lochte beats Phelps! No, wait...
CBC's Elliotte Friedman mistook Phelps for Lochte right up to the finish of Thursday's race in Rio, only realising his mistake after the camera had zoomed in on a victorious Phelps.
Fri Aug 12 2016
Astro AWANI's revamped English news website, AWANI International, launches on Oct 21
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Sat Oct 19 2024
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Sat Oct 19 2024
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Sat Oct 19 2024
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Sat Oct 19 2024
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Fri Oct 18 2024
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Fri Oct 18 2024
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Fri Oct 18 2024
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