http://www.mail.com/in-en/organizations/2082-united-olympic-team.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/in-en/organizations/2082-united-olympic-team.html http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/2060538-wada-to-hold-meeting-china-gene-doping.html LONDON (AP) — Olympic officials and scientific experts will meet in China next month to review the progress in developing a test for gene doping, the potential future of cheating in sports. IOC medical commission chairman Arne Ljungqvist said researchers have made significant advances in devising a test, leaving officials hopeful a method can be approved ... Fri, 03 May 2013 10:16:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/2060538-wada-to-hold-meeting-china-gene-doping.html 2013-05-03T10:16:16Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2052392-gay-athletes-while-active-retired.html 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 Navratilova to Greg Louganis to Sheryl Swoopes, men and women from a variety of sports have openly acknowledged their sexuality, though many others are believed to still be reluctant to come forward. ... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:32:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2052392-gay-athletes-while-active-retired.html 2013-04-30T00:32:38Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/hockey/2022410-boston-marathon-bombs-worlds-cities-alert.html LONDON (AP) — With two high-profile events in the days ahead — Margaret Thatcher's funeral and the London Marathon — British officials are looking anew at security precautions following the bombings in Boston. Terror threat levels in Europe and elsewhere, however, have remained unchanged, in contrast to other recent bombings and thwarted attacks that rais... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:06:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/hockey/2022410-boston-marathon-bombs-worlds-cities-alert.html 2013-04-16T20:06:14Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/1897894-led-ligety-us-golds-ski-worlds.html SCHLADMING, Austria (AP) — 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 with three golds to earn the title from local media of "Der Koenig von Schladming" — "The King of Schladming." And 17-year-old Mikaela Shiffrin capped a historic world championships... Sun, 17 Feb 2013 16:42:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/1897894-led-ligety-us-golds-ski-worlds.html 2013-02-17T16:42:29Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/hockey/1895172-nhl-meets-with-iihf-olympic-issue.html NEW YORK (AP) — Two days of talks between the NHL and international hockey officials wrapped up Friday with signs that the league will wind up sending its players to the 2014 Sochi Games. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and International Ice Hockey Federation President Rene Fasel met for about 2½ hours after a 90-minute get-together Thursday night. No new t... Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:38:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/hockey/1895172-nhl-meets-with-iihf-olympic-issue.html 2013-02-15T20:38:43Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/1888842-jacques-rogge-to-meet-with-wrestling-leader.html LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — 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 the ancient sport can fight to save its place in the Olympics. The IOC executive board dropped wrestling from the program of the 2020 Games on Tuesday, a decision which brought a s... Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:37:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/1888842-jacques-rogge-to-meet-with-wrestling-leader.html 2013-02-13T17:37:23Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/1888490-defending-gs-champion-maze-favorite-worlds.html SCHLADMING, Austria (AP) — With the season's World Cup discipline title already secured, defending champion Tina Maze will be the one to beat in the women's giant slalom at the Alpine skiing world championships. The Slovenian, who is also likely to clinch the overall title, has dominated GS this year by winning the first four races. With two events left a... Wed, 13 Feb 2013 10:50:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/1888490-defending-gs-champion-maze-favorite-worlds.html 2013-02-13T10:50:29Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/hockey/1888428-column-swifter-higher-stronger-dumber.html The motto of "swifter, higher, stronger" says little about the Olympics these days and everything about the lengths to which the clueless fuddy-duddies at the IOC will go in pursuit of the almighty buck. At this pace, "The Bachelor" and "The Voice" will be locks for the 2020 Games. Not so wrestling, which the IOC executive committee dropped in a secret vo... Wed, 13 Feb 2013 08:44:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/hockey/1888428-column-swifter-higher-stronger-dumber.html 2013-02-13T08:44:29Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/1884656-us-sliders-upset-with-sochi-ice-conditions.html 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 it's impairing their ability to get ready for this weekend's World Cup finale and prepare for the 2014 Games. The issue is not about speed, safety or design — everyone's satisfied with those elements — but ra... Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/1884656-us-sliders-upset-with-sochi-ice-conditions.html 2013-02-11T21:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/1883128-ligety-wins-super-combi-2nd-gold-ski-worlds.html SCHLADMING, Austria (AP) — Ted Ligety is no longer just a giant slalom specialist. By winning gold medals in super-G and super-combined at the world championships, the American has shown he's an all-around threat with the 2014 Sochi Olympics exactly a year away. Ligety added the super-combi title to his expanding resume Monday with a superb downhill and a... Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/1883128-ligety-wins-super-combi-2nd-gold-ski-worlds.html 2013-02-11T20:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/health/1871168-knee-shredded-lindsey-vonn-season.html SCHLADMING, Austria (AP) — All it took was a moment. Lindsey Vonn landed hard and tumbled face first with a piercing shriek. Just like that, her season was done. The star American skier was on the ground with two ligaments in her right knee torn, a bone in her lower leg broken. The cascading fall down the slope during the super-G at the world championship... Tue, 05 Feb 2013 22:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/health/1871168-knee-shredded-lindsey-vonn-season.html 2013-02-05T22:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/1869360-sochi-point-national-pride-putins-russia.html SOCHI, Russia (AP) — One year before Russia hosts its first Winter Olympics, this Black Sea resort is a vast construction site sprawling for nearly 40 kilometers (25 miles) along the coast and 50 kilometers (30 miles) up into the mountains. After arriving at Sochi's new airport, there's no escape from the clang and clatter of the drilling, jackhammering and mixing of cement ... Tue, 05 Feb 2013 10:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/1869360-sochi-point-national-pride-putins-russia.html 2013-02-05T10:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/1826932-ioc-strips-lance-armstrong-olympic-bronze-medal.html LONDON (AP) — Thirteen years after he stood on the podium in Sydney, Lance Armstrong has been stripped of the bronze medal he won at the 2000 Olympics because of his involvement in doping. The International Olympic Committee sent a letter to Armstrong on Wednesday night asking him to return the medal, just as it said it planned to do last month. The decis... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:41:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/1826932-ioc-strips-lance-armstrong-olympic-bronze-medal.html 2013-01-17T12:41:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/1824514-bode-miller-to-rest-season.html Bode Miller will skip the rest of the World Cup season to rest his surgically repaired left knee. The two-time overall champion had microfracture surgery nearly a year ago and has not competed at all this season. He will skip the rest of the season as well as he doesn't want any sort of setback with the Sochi Olympics — his last one, he said — so close. ... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/1824514-bode-miller-to-rest-season.html 2013-01-16T15:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/1813900-canadas-humphries-wins-bobsled-world-cup-event.html KOENIGSSEE, Germany (AP) — Olympic and world champion Kaillie Humphries of Canada bounced back to win a women's bobsled World Cup event Friday and hand German rival Cathleen Martini her first defeat on the Koenigssee course in three years. Martini beat Humphries last week in Altenberg but the Canadian and her brakewoman Chelsea Valois powered down in snow... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 18:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/1813900-canadas-humphries-wins-bobsled-world-cup-event.html 2013-01-11T18:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/1781826-douglas-wins-ap-female-athlete-year-honor.html Gabby Douglas, the first African-American to win the all-around Olympic gymnastics title in London, was chosen The Associated Press female athlete of the year on Friday in a vote by U.S. editors and news directors. Douglas received 48 of 157 votes, seven more than American swimmer Missy Franklin, who won four gold medals and a bronze in London. Serena Wil... Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/1781826-douglas-wins-ap-female-athlete-year-honor.html 2012-12-21T15:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/1781194-larry-probst-re-elected-usoc-chair.html Once considered a reluctant conscript to the U.S. Olympic Committee, Larry Probst now embraces his role. So much, in fact, that he's staying on for another four years. The USOC board on Thursday unanimously voted in Probst for a second term as chairman, a position the 62-year-old chairman of the Electronic Arts video game empire has used to try to shore u... Fri, 21 Dec 2012 09:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/1781194-larry-probst-re-elected-usoc-chair.html 2012-12-21T09:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/1773940-britain-increases-funds-bid-olympic-medals.html LONDON (AP) — 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 nation in London this year. Despite continuing austerity measures in Britain, the sports body pledged Tuesday to invest 276 million pounds ($448 million) — an increase of 5 percent — to meet a tar... Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/1773940-britain-increases-funds-bid-olympic-medals.html 2012-12-18T16:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/1767212-lochte-sets-world-record-short-course-worlds.html ISTANBUL (AP) — 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 celebrated by giving his medal to a boy in the crowd. The Olympic star finished the eight laps in one minute and 49.63 seconds. Daiya Seto of Japan won silver in 1:52.80 and Laszlo Cseh of Hungary ... Fri, 14 Dec 2012 20:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/1767212-lochte-sets-world-record-short-course-worlds.html 2012-12-14T20:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/1761636-americans-extend-gold-tally-short-course-worlds.html ISTANBUL (AP) — Matthew Grevers and Olivia Smoliga won men's and women's 100-meter backstroke and Ryan Lochte anchored a relay victory Thursday at the short-course world championships in Istanbul, raising the U.S. team's leading tally of gold medals to six. Grevers won in 49.89 seconds, barely defeating Stanislav Donets of Russia, who finished in 49.91 in... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/1761636-americans-extend-gold-tally-short-course-worlds.html 2012-12-13T20:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/1761798-column-1-athlete-year-2012-messi.html PARIS (AP) — 'Tis the season for making merry and for choosing our top sports men and women of the year, two distinctly separate annual rituals that in fact dovetail neatly, because part of the joy and merriment of following sports is debating who is best at them. This being an Olympic year, we were spoiled for choice in 2012. Oscar Pistorius is a temptin... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 08:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/1761798-column-1-athlete-year-2012-messi.html 2012-12-13T08:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/1748052-grand-prix-final-tests-olympic-ice-arena.html SOCHI, Russia (AP) — No matter how they do in the competition, competitors at the Grand Prix Final appear sure to go home pleased with the arena where figure skating will be held at the 2014 Winter Olympics. The GP Final, whose senior events begin Friday, is an official test event for the Iceberg Arena, a new 12,000-seat rink that's part of the cluster of... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 12:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/1748052-grand-prix-final-tests-olympic-ice-arena.html 2012-12-06T12:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/1745528-ioc-strips-4-medals-2004-athens-olympics.html LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Eight years after winning Olympic medals in Athens, four track and field athletes from eastern Europe were ordered to hand them back Wednesday because of positive doping tests. Lance Armstrong, meanwhile, can hold onto his bronze medal from the 2000 Sydney Games for a little while longer. The International Olympic Committee ex... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/1745528-ioc-strips-4-medals-2004-athens-olympics.html 2012-12-05T22:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/1739142-doping-ethics-cases-top-agenda-ioc-board.html LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Four months after the highs of the London Olympics, the IOC is turning to less uplifting matters: drug-tainted medals from past games, ethics violations in ticket sales and suspension of national Olympic bodies. The fate of Lance Armstrong's bronze medal from the 2000 Sydney Games and doping cases involving five medalists from... Mon, 03 Dec 2012 09:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/1739142-doping-ethics-cases-top-agenda-ioc-board.html 2012-12-03T09:37:00Z