France Olympic Team

France Olympic Team

• 5 Olympians Who Went to Court

  Oscar Pistorius, facing a charge of premeditated murder in the Valentine's Day slaying of his girlfriend, is one of several OIympians who found ... 

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  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 ... 

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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 ... 

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  IOC drops wrestling from 2020 Olympics

  IOC leaders dropped wrestling from the Olympic program on Tuesday, a surprise decision that removes one of the oldest Olympic sports from the 2020 ... 

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  IOC board meets to decide on dropping 1 sport

  IOC leaders met Tuesday to decide which sport to drop from the summer Olympic program, with modern pentathlon the most at risk. The IOC executive ... 

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  Famed French mountaineer Maurice Herzog dies at 93

  France loved him for his indefatigable, pioneering spirit — the first man to climb an 8,000-meter Himalayan peak despite losing all his fingers and ... 

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  GBR star Ainslie retires from Olympic sailing

  His spot in Olympic sailing history secure, Ben Ainslie will now try to become the first Englishman to hoist the America's Cup in victory. That would ...