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The Latest: CAS opens 2 offices in Rio

MOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on the Rio Games (all times local to Rio de Janeiro):

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7:10 p.m.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport has opened two temporary offices in Rio de Janeiro to handle doping cases at the games.

Usually used as a higher court after an initial sanction of an athlete, CAS says "for the first time in the history of the Olympic Games" it will be used as "a first-instance authority."

In a statement, CAS says it will adjudicate on doping cases "after hearing the parties concerned" and "may also impose provisional suspensions pending the conclusion of the procedure.