THE HOT CORNER

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OLYMPICS: Russia has signaled it will file an appeal against its fouryear Olympic ban due to World Anti-Doping Agency sanctions which President Vladimir Putin on Thursday branded “unfair.” The Russian anti-doping agency’s supervisory board voted Thursday to file an arbitration case with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Switzerland. WADA ruled Russia had manipulated data to cover up past offenses.

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TENNIS: The All England Club has appointed Sally Bolton to take over as chief executive in 2020. Bolton will replace Richard Lewis, who announced in September he will step down after next year’s Wimbledon tournament.

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SUPER BOWL: Canada’s Supreme Court has overturned a decision that allowed viewers to see U.S. commercials during the Super Bowl. Bell Canada received an exclusive license from the NFL in 2013 to broadcast the Super Bowl in Canada and sold ad time to Canadian businesses to be inserted into the program on both Canadian and American stations. The practice denied Canadian viewers a chance to see U.S. commercials that often generated as much buzz as the game.

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SKIING: Mikaela Shiffrin is starting her Christmas racing break early by skipping a World Cup meeting this weekend in France. After sitting out a training run Thursday ahead of a downhill scheduled Saturday, the threetime defending overall World Cup champion said she will now focus on preparing for Dec. 28-29 races in Austria.

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WEIGHTLIFTING: Ukrainian weightlifter Oleksiy Torokhtiy has been stripped of his gold medal from the 2012 Olympics and banned for doping. The IOC said he tested positive for the banned steroid turinabol when his sample from the 2012 London Games was retested using modern methods.