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Germany will host this seasons bobsled and skeleton world championships, which were pulled out of Russia after numerous competitors considered a boycott in response to that nations widespread doping program.Koenigssee was the track selected by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation for the championships, which will be held Feb. 13-26 -- even though some nations felt they could be moved a week earlier. Koenigssee will also host a weekend of World Cup racing in January.Sochi lost the hosting rights last week in the fallout of the Russian doping scandal. The track at Krasnaya Polyana was used for the 2014 Sochi Olympics, which World Anti-Doping Agency investigator Richard McLaren concluded was corrupted by a state-backed doping program.That led to a number of athletes and teams talking boycott.For me personally, Im just happy that it was moved and we will still get to have a world championships with full participation from all nations, said U.S. skeleton slider Matt Antoine, who was going to boycott if the event was in Russia as scheduled. I still want to compete in the world championships. I just wasnt going to do it in Russia.Koenigssee has a history of stepping in as a replacement site. The 2011 world championships were originally awarded to Cortina dAmpezzo, Italy, then moved to Koenigssee two years before the event because of track concerns.This time, they are moving with worlds less than two months away -- an unprecedented scramble following an unprecedented scandal.The Russians have said they will not boycott worlds, even going as far as to say that they understood why the IBSF made the decision.Many athletes cited the integrity of the doping process as their primary concern about competing at the worlds in Russia, especially after the second McLaren report was released showing the depth of the doping program there.McLarens report showed that some Russian gold medalists from the Sochi Games were tainted by doping. 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BURLINGTON, Vt. -- The University of Vermont has canceled its womens basketball teams upcoming game in North Carolina over a state law that governs transgender bathroom access.The Catamounts were scheduled to face the Tar Heels on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus on Dec. 28, but announced the cancellation on their athletic website Wednesday night.UNC team spokesman Mark Kimmel told The Associated Press on Thursday that the Tar Heels were working to find a replacement on the schedule.UVM athletic director Jeff Schulman said in a statement that the cancellation was a result of concerns over the law, which requires transgender people to use the restrooms in schools and many public buildings that correspond to the sex on their birth certificates, rather than their gender identity.Schulman said the law discriminates against the transgender community.We strive very hard to create an inclusivee climate for our students and staff in which they all can feel safe, respected, and valued, he said in statement.dddddddddddd It would be hard to fulfill these obligations while competing in a state with this law, which is contrary to our values as an athletic department and university.Fellow America East team Albany had cancelled a mens basketball game against Duke in November.The NBA has moved the 2017 All-Star Game to New Orleans instead of hosting it in Charlotte, North Carolina, as originally scheduled because of the law.The Burlington Free Press (http://bfpne.ws/2bPSPGg ) reported that UVM and UNC had agreed to the nonconference game on March 29, less than a week after the law went into effect.---Information from: The Burlington Free Press, http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com ' ' '