Olympic Official Who Delivered Rio Games Sentenced to 30 Years for Bribery

By BY TARIQ PANJA from NYT Sports Carlos Arthur Nuzman was found guilty after a trial that featured claims of rigged votes, gold bars and at least $2 million in payoffs to top sports officials.https://nyti.ms/3ldSX7c

For Korea’s Golfers Eyeing the Olympics, More Than Four Is a Crowd

By BY KAREN CROUSE from NYT Sports Each country can send only four women to Tokyo, and with six Korean golfers in the world’s top 15, just making the team can feel harder than winning gold.https://nyti.ms/3wo9pWK

The Russia Ban That Isn’t Really a Ban Stokes Anger

By BY ANDREW KEH AND TARIQ PANJA from NYT Sports Critics say the World Anti-Doping Agency’s banishment of Russia has too many loopholes.https://nyti.ms/2P84ZiU

Microsoft Says Russians Hacked Antidoping Agency Computers

By BY NICOLE PERLROTH AND TARIQ PANJA from NYT Sports The Russians were supposed to turn over their own computer data to avoid further penalties. Then they went on the offensive.https://nyti.ms/2olXKt4

Simone Biles, in Tears, Says She Still Cannot Trust U.S.A. Gymnastics

By DANIELLE ALLENTUCK from NYT Sports After a training session ahead of this week’s United States Gymnastics Championships, Biles described some of the emotional aftermath of the sport’s sexual abuse scandal.https://nyti.ms/2TkGeAI

Former Rio Governor Describes Extensive Bribery in Bid for 2016 Olympics

By TARIQ PANJA from NYT Sports Sergio Cabral, who is serving a 200-year prison sentence, testified that as many as nine International Olympic Committee members were paid off.https://nyti.ms/2JpPcrJ

Gwen Jorgensen Tries to Solve the Marathon

By LINDSAY CROUSE from NYT Sports The world’s top female triathlete was sick of swimming every day. Now she wants to win a marathon gold medal in Tokyo. A husband who takes care of the baby should help.https://nyti.ms/2IHUzBE

What U.S. Prosecutors Say 7 Russian Spies Did to Attack Antidoping Efforts

By REBECCA R. RUIZ from NYT Sports Fuller details of the Russian government’s cyberattacks on various sports and antidoping organizations.https://nyti.ms/2QpzNta

I.O.C Orders One of Its Members to Leave Games After Altercation With Guard

By TARIQ PANJA from NYT Sports Adam Pengilly, who has been highly critical of the I.O.C. for its handling of Russia, was punished quickly while other ethics cases languish.http://nyti.ms/2sBMOc7