Sports federations criticize IOC move on wrestling
The association of summer Olympic sports has come out against the IOC move to cut wrestling from the program for the 2020 Games. The ruling council ...
Spanish government approves new anti-doping law
Spain's government on Friday approved tougher anti-doping laws to come into line with World Anti-Doping Agency standards and bolster Madrid's bid for ...
6 from 2005 worlds caught in doping retests
Six athletes from Russia and Belarus, including three gold and two silver medalists, have been caught for doping in retests of their samples from the ...
Polish wrestler to return 1980 Olympic medal
A Polish wrestler says he is returning his Olympic medal in protest over the sport's proposed removal from the program of the 2020 Games.
Greece backs Istanbul's 2020 Olympic bid
Greece has offered its support to regional rival Turkey's bid to host the 2020 Olympics. The prime ministers of both countries signed an agreement ...
Lavillenie in tears despite winning pole vault
Olympic champion Renaud Lavillenie's joy at winning the men's pole vault title at the European Indoor Athletics Championships on Sunday was ...
Bulgaria's wrestling coach starts hunger strike
Bulgaria's national wrestling team coach Armen Nazaryan has started a hunger strike to protest the IOC decision to drop wrestling from the Olympic ...
Ennis among Olympic stars to receive honors
Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis was one of a number of British gold medalists from the London Games to collect honors from Queen Elizabeth ...
AP Interview: Wrestling plans election in Turkey
Fighting to retain wrestling's Olympic status, the sport's governing body plans to meet in Turkey within weeks to elect a president and press for ...
Russian wrestler to return his Olympic gold
A Russian wrestler says he is returning his Olympic gold medal in protest against the International Olympic Committee's decision to drop his sport ...
Istanbul wants wrestling if it wins Olympic bid
The head of Istanbul's bid for the 2020 Olympics hopes a winning vote coincides with wrestling being reinstated to the program by the IOC.
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 ...
Bulgarian wrestler to return Olympic gold to IOC
Top Bulgarian wrestler Valentin Yordanov has said he will return his Olympic gold medal to protest the IOC decision to drop wrestling from the Olympic ...
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.
Hamilton says he paid $40,000 a year for doping
Disgraced former U.S. cyclist Tyler Hamilton told a Spanish court Tuesday he paid tens of thousands of euros (dollars) a year to the doctor at the ...
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 ...
Olympics ceremony wins London theater prize
Director Danny Boyle's Olympics opening ceremony has been named theater event of the year at London's Whatsonstage awards. Boyle's spectacular ...
Farah to make marathon debut in London in 2014
Double Olympic long-distance champion Mo Farah says he will run his first full marathon in the prestigious London event in 2014. The 29-year-old Farah ...
IOC to discuss role of World Anti-Doping Agency
The IOC will hold a conference on the role of the World Anti-Doping Agency amid increasing tensions over how to deal with performance-enhancing drugs.
Spain to maintain doping fight beyond Puerto trial
Spain's sports authorities have vowed to maintain their campaign to end the country's reputation for widespread doping as the long-awaited Operation ...
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 ...
CAS sets date for Murofushi's IOC election case
Former Olympic champion Koji Murofushi will go to sport's highest court on April 10-11 in his disputed bid to become an International Olympic ...
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 ...
Rogge: Rio Olympic organizers don't need warning
IOC President Jacques Rogge believes he won't need to publicly warn organizers of the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics about delayed preparations. An IOC ...
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