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* Organisers say Mediterranean Games safe * Erdogan opens venues (Updates with Games organisers' reaction) By Karolos Grohmann BERLIN, June 10 (Reuters) - Violent protests across several major Turkish cities since the end of May have raised concerns for the safety of the upcoming Mediterranean Games in the country's coastal city of Mersin. In a letter obtained by Reuters and addressed to 2013 Mediterranean Games organisers, the International Committee of Mediterranean Games (ICMG) is asking for security assurances and more information regarding the on-going demonstrations. ...

By Karolos Grohmann BERLIN, June 10 (Reuters) - Violent protests across several major Turkish cities since the end of May have raised concerns for the safety of the upcoming Mediterranean Games in the country's coastal city of Mersin. In a letter obtained by Reuters and addressed to 2013 Mediterranean Games organisers, the International Committee of Mediterranean Games (ICMG) is asking for security assurances and more information regarding the on-going demonstrations. ...

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ST PETERSBURG, Russia, May 29 (Reuters) - The InternationalOlympic Committee on Wednesday recalculated the rankings of the26 sports federations in the Olympics to determine revenuedistribution from the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. 2016 Rankings Group A. Aquatics, athletics, gymnastics. Group B Basketball, cycling, football, tennis, volleyball. Group C Archery, badminton, boxing, judo, rowing, shooting, tabletennis, weightlifting. Group D Canoe/kayak, equestrian, fencing, handball, hockey, sailing,taekwondo, triathlon, wrestling. Group E Modern pentathlon, golf, rugby. ...

By Karolos Grohmann ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Athletics will get a lower share of Olympic revenues in the future after the International Olympic Committee on Wednesday recalculated the federations' revenues according to their contribution to the Games. The 26 sports federations at the London 2012 Olympics divided up $519 million based on their IOC ranking, with athletics, the flagship sport of the Games, expected to receive around $47 million as the only one in the top earning Group A. ...

By Karolos Grohmann ST PETERSBURG, Russia, May 29 (Reuters) - Athletics will get a lower share of Olympic revenues in the future after the International Olympic Committee on Wednesday recalculated the federations' revenues according to their contribution to the Games. The 26 sports federations at the London 2012 Olympics divided up $519 million based on their IOC ranking, with athletics, the flagship sport of the Games, expected to receive around $47 million as the only one in the top earning Group A. ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) -- Swimming and gymnastics were the big winners Wednesday in a new revenue-sharing ranking of Olympic sports, signaling the start of the debate over how to split the money from the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro.

May 28 (Reuters) - Uzbek gymnast Luiza Galiulina, expelled from the London Olympics for doping last year, will have to serve a two-year ban after the World Anti-Doping Agency WADA won its dispute with the ruling body of gymnastics. The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) had imposed a six-month ban on Galiulina, who tested positive for the banned diuretic furosemide at a pre-Games doping control. WADA appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in December for the sentence to be increased to two years. ...