Japan Olympic Team

Japan Olympic Team

• Wrestling seeks to add 2 women's weight classes

  Wrestling's international governing body is poised to add two weight classes for women in its push to remain in the Olympics, The Associated Press has ... 

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  Japan's PM would applaud Istanbul 2020 win

  Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he would be "the first to applaud" if Istanbul is chosen to host the 2020 Olympics. Tokyo and Madrid are also ... 

• Istanbul bid wants wrestling back for 2020 Games

  The head of Istanbul's bid for the 2020 Olympics hopes a winning vote coincides with wrestling's reinstatement. The International Olympic Committee ... 

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  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 ... 

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  South Korean soccer player to get Olympic medal

  A South Korean soccer player who displayed a political banner at the London Olympics will get his bronze medal back, the IOC announced Tuesday. 

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  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 ... 

• AP Source: SKorean to get Olympic medal back

  A South Korea soccer player who displayed a political banner at the London Olympics will receive his bronze medal, an official familiar with the ... 

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  Tokyo opens 2020 Olympic bid campaign in London

  Tokyo began its international promotion campaign for the 2020 Olympics in London on Thursday, promising to match or surpass the success of the games ... 

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  Trio of bid cities give 2020 Olympic files to IOC

  Exactly eight months before the vote, the race for the 2020 Summer Games moved into a crucial phase Monday when the three candidate cities submitted ... 

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  IOC opens case on SKorea soccer player for banner

  The IOC says it has opened a disciplinary case against a South Korea soccer player who displayed a political banner after his team beat Japan in the ...