Kenya is being investigated for breaching the world anti-doping code, WADA said Thursday, and could be declared non-compliant in a matter of weeks.
The World Anti-Doping Agency said an independent compliance review committee will now evaluate Kenya and make a recommendation to WADA's board.
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Sevilla will play Barcelona in the Copa del Rey final after drawing 2-2 with Celta Vigo on Thursday, advancing 6-2 on aggregate.
Sevilla will play Luis Enrique's side in the final on May 21, after it eliminated Valencia 8-1 on aggregate in the other semifinal on Wednesday.
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Playing with a heavy heart a night after the wife of assistant coach Monty Williams died, Russell Westbrook led Oklahoma to a 121-95 victory over New Orleans on Thursday.
Ingrid Williams was involved in a car crash Tuesday in Oklahoma City and died Wednesday. A moment of silence was observed by both teams who had ties to the couple. Monty Williams coached the Pelicans last season before coming to Oklahoma City to help new coach Billy Donovan.
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When Greg Anthony arrived in Vancouver to join the inaugural Grizzlies team in 1995, the cash in his pocket wasn't the only currency that he needed to exchange.
Anthony was a star in college at mighty UNLV and went to the NBA to play for the Knicks, who took a backseat to nobody in New York during those playoff days.
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An opposition activist group and a rebel say Kurdish fighters and their allies have captured a military air base in northern Syria.
Abdul-Jabbar Abu Thabet, a local rebel commander in the Aleppo province, said Thursday that Mannagh air base fell to the People's Protection Units, or YPG, and their allies after fierce battles.
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Legendary surfer Eddie Aikau would have gone out. But Wednesday's surf in Hawaii didn't stack up to his namesake competition's big-wave standards, and the event was called off hours before it was supposed to happen.
"Eddie would go" is the mantra of the Quiksilver surfing competition in memory of Aikau, a Native Hawaiian surfer famous for riding monster waves and saving hundreds of lives as Waimea Bay's first official lifeguard.
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Barcelona broke the club record with its 29th consecutive unbeaten game when its second-stringers salvaged a 1-1 draw against Valencia in the Copa del Rey semifinals on Wednesday.
Barcelona reached its third straight Copa final 8-1 on aggregate after it won the first leg 7-0 at the Camp Nou last week.
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U.S. women's national team goalkeeper Hope Solo asserted that if the Olympics were held today, she would not go out of concern about the Zika virus.
Solo's apprehension about the Rio Games this summer was first reported by Sports Illustrated this week. She reiterated those comments following the U.S. team's 5-0 victory over Costa Rica on Wednesday night to open the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament.
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Kobe Bryant and LeBron James hugged and seemed to be in a world of their own.
One on one, despite the noise of 20,000 fans in the background.
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Grizzlies center Marc Gasol is out indefinitely with a broken bone in his right foot.
"Marc is a cornerstone of our franchise, and we are focused on getting him healthy," general manager Chris Wallace said in a statement issued Tuesday. "Marc will be out indefinitely and a further update will be provided after the All-Star break."
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