New wrestling chief promises swift rules overhaul
Wrestling needs to overhaul its often mystifying rules as the sport seeks against the odds to retain its Olympic status, according to the new interim ...
Kirilenko taking time off from Russia team
Minnesota Timberwolves forward Andrei Kirilenko is taking time off from the Russian national team for family reasons, local media reported.
Russia to fight to keep wrestling in Olympics
President Vladimir Putin's spokesman says Russia will do all it can to persuade the International Olympic Committee to keep wrestling in the Olympics.
Column: For judo's giant Teddy, life lonely at top
Roger Federer has Rafael Nadal, the Yankees have the Red Sox, Ferrari has McLaren, but Teddy Riner is all alone. In his sport, judo, the Olympic ...
Led by Ligety, US gets most golds at ski worlds
Julia Mancuso got the ball rolling with an almost forgotten bronze medal on the same day Lindsey Vonn had a season-ending crash. Ted Ligety followed ...
Jacques Rogge to meet with wrestling leader
Facing a wave of criticism from around the world, IOC President Jacques Rogge will meet with the head of wrestling's governing body to discuss ways ...
Russia plans to appeal wrestling's drop from games
The head of the Russian Olympic Committee says it plans to appeal to the IOC to restore wrestling in the games. The International Olympic Committee's ...
Column: Swifter, higher, stronger? Or just dumber?
The motto of "swifter, higher, stronger" says little about the Olympics these days and everything about the lengths to which the clueless ...
Wrestling body reacts to Olympic rejection
Wrestling officials called Tuesday's decision to drop the sport from the Olympic program an "aberration" against a founding event. Known by its French ...
IOC strips 2004 bronze medal from Russian lifter
The IOC has stripped a Russian weightlifter of his bronze medal from the 2004 Athens Olympics following retesting of his doping samples. The IOC asked ...
US, other sliders upset with Sochi ice conditions
Bobsled and skeleton athletes from the U.S and other nations are upset over ice conditions at the track that will be used for Sochi Olympics, saying ...
Putin angry over Sochi Olympics cost overruns
A year before the 2014 Winter Olympics are to begin, President Vladimir Putin has demanded that a senior member of the Russian Olympic Committee be ...
What time is it? Russia's Medvedev resists change
When will the sun come up today? In Russia, it's a matter of fierce debate, and one that may reflect the sinking stature of Prime Minister Dmitry ...
Putin scolds officials over delays, cost overruns
Russian President Vladimir Putin scolded government officials Wednesday over a two-year delay and huge cost overruns in the construction of the ski ...
IOC chief defends high costs for Sochi Olympics
With the Winter Olympics a year away, IOC President Jacques Rogge praised Sochi organizers on Wednesday and defended the $51 billion price tag.
Sochi a point of national pride for Putin's Russia
One year before Russia hosts its first Winter Olympics, this Black Sea resort is a vast construction site sprawling for nearly 40 kilometers (25 ...
Hamelin wins 1,000 in short track World Cup
Double Olympic champion Charles Hamelin of Canada won the men's 1,000-meter race at a short-track speedskating World Cup event on Sunday. The Canadian ...
Invest now, Russia says _ but warning signs loom
Is Russia a haven of promise for the bruised global economy? Russian officials insist it is — and are bringing out the vodka in snowy Davos to change ...
IOC denies Russian reports of time switch request
The International Olympic Committee denies asking Russia's government to turn clocks back one hour to benefit broadcasters of the 2014 Sochi Winter ...
Sochi unveils torch for 6-month Olympic relay
Sochi organizers have presented the torch that will carry the Olympic flame on its six-month journey through Russia ahead of next year's Winter Games.
Sochi Olympic sites to be checked for quake damage
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered officials to inspect Olympic sites at the 2014 Winter Games' capital, Sochi, which was hit by an ...
Britain increases funds in bid for Olympic medals
Britain is pumping record amounts of cash into its Olympic sport programs, aiming to win more medals in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 than it did as host ...
Lochte sets world record at short-course worlds
Ryan Lochte broke his own world record in the 200-meter individual medley on Friday at the short-course world championships in Istanbul, and he ...
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