Pescante endorses IOC presidential candidate Bach
Longtime IOC member Mario Pescante of Italy has endorsed Thomas Bach's bid to become the next president of the Olympic body. A day after declaring his ...
Gay athletes have come out while active or retired
Even before Jason Collins, plenty of other athletes around the world have come out as gay, either while still active or in retirement. From Martina ...
In Olympic year, half the battle is keeping fit
A luxury sports car, it turns out, is a very appropriate place to interview an Olympian about how he injured his back. Because the contrast between ...
Italy's Schwazer gets 3 ½-year ban for doping
Italy's anti-doping tribunal has banned former Olympic race walk champion Alex Schwazer for 3 ½ years. Schwazer, who won the 50-kilometer event at the ...
Former 200m record holder Mennea dies at 60
Pietro Mennea, an Olympic sprint champion from Italy who held the world record in the 200 meters for 17 years, died Thursday. He was 60. The Italian ...
Giovanni Malago elected as new CONI president
Giovanni Malago is the new president of the Italian Olympic Committee, replacing Giovanni Petrucci. Malago, organizer of the 2009 swimming world ...
Newspapers around the world run with Pistorius
Photographs of Oscar Pistorius, some with a gray hood covering his head and others with him running in the Olympic Stadium in London, were splashed ...
Body slam for wrestling: Sport cut from Olympics
For wrestling, this may have been the ultimate body slam: getting tossed out of the Olympic rings. The vote Tuesday by the IOC's executive board ...
Before vote, CONI president Petrucci bids farewell
Gianni Petrucci is leaving as president of the Italian Olympic Committee after 14 years and four terms. Three candidates are bidding to succeed ...
Olympic fencing champ Vezzali joins Monti's ticket
Six-time Olympic fencing champion Valentina Vezzali has announced she is running on Italian Premier Mario Monti's ticket in the national elections ...
Pope to Italy athletes: don't give in to doping
Pope Benedict XVI told Italy's Olympic team on Monday not to be tempted by performance-enhancing drugs, saying doping was a "blind alley" that isn't ...
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