http://www.mail.com/subjects/2100-olympic-games.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/subjects/2100-olympic-games.html http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2105086-ap-interview-rogge-praises-wrestlings-changes.html LONDON (AP) — Wrestling's governing body has "reacted well" and made the necessary changes to give the sport a chance of saving its place in the Olympics, IOC President Jacques Rogge said. In an interview with The Associated Press, Rogge said FILA has dealt with the issues that led the IOC executive board in February to remove wrestling from the list of c... Thu, 23 May 2013 19:45:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2105086-ap-interview-rogge-praises-wrestlings-changes.html 2013-05-23T19:45:59Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2105416-krzyzewski-returning-to-coach-usa-basketball.html DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski just couldn't pass on "the ultimate honor" of representing his country again as the U.S. men's national team coach. Krzyzewski is returning as coach through 2016, extending a run that included leading the Americans to two straight Olympic golds while helping reshape a program that needed a jolt to keep up wit... Thu, 23 May 2013 17:35:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2105416-krzyzewski-returning-to-coach-usa-basketball.html 2013-05-23T17:35:35Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2104738-taiwans-wu-confirms-hell-ioc-presidency.html TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — C.K. Wu confirmed Thursday he is running for president of the International Olympic Committee, becoming the fourth candidate and the second from Asia bidding to replace Jacques Rogge. Wu, a 66-year-old architect from Taiwan who has been International Amateur Boxing Association president since 2006, said he is declaring his candidacy ... Thu, 23 May 2013 09:45:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2104738-taiwans-wu-confirms-hell-ioc-presidency.html 2013-05-23T09:45:13Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2102750-richard-carrion-declares-ioc-presidential-bid.html LONDON (AP) — Richard Carrion of Puerto Rico entered the IOC presidential race Wednesday, promising to use his business experience to guide the Olympics through the world's troubled financial times and proposing to deploy IOC staff permanently in host cities to help organize the games. The 60-year-old Carrion, a banking executive who chairs the IOC financ... Wed, 22 May 2013 13:46:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2102750-richard-carrion-declares-ioc-presidential-bid.html 2013-05-22T13:46:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2099830-safrican-court-acquits-brother-oscar-pistorius.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — One Pistorius brother is free of charges — acquitted Tuesday of culpable homicide in the death of a woman in a road accident. The famous younger brother, Olympian double-amputee Oscar Pistorius, still must face his day in court for shooting and killing his girlfriend. Carl Pistorius cried tears of relief Tuesday as a magistrate acquitt... Tue, 21 May 2013 16:57:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2099830-safrican-court-acquits-brother-oscar-pistorius.html 2013-05-21T16:57:12Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2097300-russian-oligarchs-foot-2014-sochi-olympics.html SOCHI, Russia (AP) — The mountains of Sochi are now home to Potanin's slope, Gazprom's gondola lift and Sberbank's ski jump. The nicknames used by locals and an army of construction workers leave no doubt about who is paying for the 2014 Winter Games: Russia's business powerhouses. Other countries that have hosted the Olympics have overwhelmingly used pub... Mon, 20 May 2013 15:48:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2097300-russian-oligarchs-foot-2014-sochi-olympics.html 2013-05-20T15:48:33Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2095772-coach-return-to-us-team-longer-ruled.html Mike Krzyzewski is no longer ruling out a return as coach of the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team. Though the Duke coach had repeatedly said he wouldn't be back after last summer, USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo says they spoke about a week ago and there has been "movement" toward a return. Krzyzewski told Sports Illustrated ... Sun, 19 May 2013 02:51:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2095772-coach-return-to-us-team-longer-ruled.html 2013-05-19T02:51:34Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2094668-report-michael-phelps-planning-comeback.html Is Michael Phelps planning a comeback? A report Friday night from WBBH, an NBC television affiliate in Fort Myers, Fla., said Phelps will return to swimming with an eye toward competing at the 2016 Rio Olympics. The three-paragraph story on the station's Web site was posted by news anchor Peter Busch, who is the son of Frank Busch, director of the U.S. na... Sat, 18 May 2013 22:37:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2094668-report-michael-phelps-planning-comeback.html 2013-05-18T22:37:27Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2095374-wrestling-rules-changed-to-sport-olympics.html MOSCOW (AP) — Wrestling's governing body hopes rule changes designed to make matches more exciting and easier to understand will get the sport back in the Olympics. The federation, known by the acronym FILA, is also changing its constitution to include a female vice president and will increase the number of women's weight classes if it remains in the Olym... Sat, 18 May 2013 19:26:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2095374-wrestling-rules-changed-to-sport-olympics.html 2013-05-18T19:26:06Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2094826-fila-approves-rules-to-wrestling-games.html MOSCOW (AP) — Wrestling's governing body has approved new rule and constitutional changes aimed at modernizing the sport and keeping it in the Olympics after 2016. A special congress Saturday of the federation, known by the acronym FILA, decreed there will be a mandatory women's vice-presidency role. The new rules will ensure matches are made up out of tw... Sat, 18 May 2013 09:30:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2094826-fila-approves-rules-to-wrestling-games.html 2013-05-18T09:30:20Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2094786-denmarks-hoyer-wins-presidency-badminton-body.html KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Former Olympics champion Poul-Erik Hoyer has pledged to improve the image of badminton after winning the presidency of the sport's world governing body. The Dane polled 145 votes Saturday to beat Justian Suhandinata of Indonesia by 25 votes, becoming the first European to lead the Badminton World Federation since 1993. Hoyer ... Sat, 18 May 2013 08:42:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2094786-denmarks-hoyer-wins-presidency-badminton-body.html 2013-05-18T08:42:56Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2093114-sonic-video-games-coming-to-nintendo.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sonic the Hedgehog is rolling with Nintendo. Sega says it will exclusively release the next three games starring the popular blue critter on Nintendo platforms. The first title will be called "Sonic Lost World" and is set for release on the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS later this year. "With 'Sonic Lost World,' we're going... Sat, 18 May 2013 00:26:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2093114-sonic-video-games-coming-to-nintendo.html 2013-05-18T00:26:09Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2093658-prince-to-weeks-to-play-russia.html Epiphanny Prince is headed to Russia. The Brooklyn native will miss a few weeks of the WNBA season to join the Russian national women's basketball team for the EuroBasket tournament from June 15-30. Prince will leave the Chicago Sky on June 4 to train with the Russian team for a week before the tournament begins. She'll be back with the Sky at the end of ... Fri, 17 May 2013 18:26:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2093658-prince-to-weeks-to-play-russia.html 2013-05-17T18:26:17Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2088704-iran-beats-us-grand-central-exhibition.html NEW YORK (AP) — Iran's wrestling team visited the United States for the first time in a decade and found a virtual home meet. The fans waving Iranian flags and stomping on the temporary bleachers were treated to a show of dominance by the wrestling power Wednesday in the exhibition at Grand Central Terminal. Iran beat the Americans 6-1. ... Thu, 16 May 2013 00:18:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2088704-iran-beats-us-grand-central-exhibition.html 2013-05-16T00:18:12Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2088632-franklin-ready-to-walk-high-school-aisle.html Missy Franklin is starting to feel like a grown-up. "I don't know where the time went," she said, breaking into a bubbly laugh. "We just went to the bank the other day and signed everything over. It's crazy. I do feel a little bit older." Sure, the star of the London Olympics still has much of her life in front of her. But Franklin reached one important m... Wed, 15 May 2013 23:02:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2088632-franklin-ready-to-walk-high-school-aisle.html 2013-05-15T23:02:33Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2088352-pound-drug-testing-failing-to-lack-will.html LONDON (AP) — Former WADA president Dick Pound has written a report for the World Anti-Doping Agency assessing the current state of drug-testing. It doesn't paint a pretty picture. Despite increased testing and scientific advances to detect more sophisticated substances, Pound said anti-doping programs are failing. Drug cheats are getting away scot-free b... Wed, 15 May 2013 20:43:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2088352-pound-drug-testing-failing-to-lack-will.html 2013-05-15T20:43:53Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2086628-foot-healed-blanka-vlasic-will-return-ny-meet.html At the height of her success, high jumper Blanka Vlasic had to relearn how to leap. There was really no other choice for the 29-year-old Croatian. A fragment of a bone in her left ankle broke off and embedded into her Achilles, requiring surgery to shave part of the tendon on her takeoff foot. That was 16 months ago. Since then, she co... Wed, 15 May 2013 08:39:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2086628-foot-healed-blanka-vlasic-will-return-ny-meet.html 2013-05-15T08:39:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2083768-us-russia-iran-work-to-save-olympic-wrestling.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — In Iran, Olympic wrestling champion Jordan Burroughs felt like Justin Bieber, LeBron James and Tom Brady all rolled into one. Not so much in his home country, though the New Jersey native was greeted by more than a dozen television cameras Tuesday when the American team arrived at the United Nations for a news conference with the Ira... Tue, 14 May 2013 20:18:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2083768-us-russia-iran-work-to-save-olympic-wrestling.html 2013-05-14T20:18:23Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2083354-vikings-light-with-design-stadium.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Opening the roof over the new home of the Minnesota Vikings would have forced planners of the $975 million project to eliminate some of the fancy features. So the team, the public agency in charge of the stadium and the architects designing it literally saw the light. The yet-to-be-named multi-purpose facility will have a translucent ro... Tue, 14 May 2013 02:56:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2083354-vikings-light-with-design-stadium.html 2013-05-14T02:56:45Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2082252-russia-scraps-visas-foreign-athletes.html MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin has waived visa requirements for athletes, coaches and other staff attending international sporting events in Russia. Russia is hosting the Winter Olympics next year and the soccer World Cup in 2018. In August, the Athletics World Championships will be held in Moscow. The decree Putin signed Tuesday said the visa wai... Mon, 13 May 2013 17:22:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2082252-russia-scraps-visas-foreign-athletes.html 2013-05-13T17:22:52Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2079900-uk-prince-injured-us-officer-launch-warrior-games.html COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Combat helicopter pilot Prince Harry of Britain along with Olympic swimming champion Missy Franklin joined an American naval officer who had been blinded in Afghanistan in launching the Warrior Games for wounded service members. Lt. Bradley Snyder, Harry and Franklin lifted a torch Saturday to ignite an Olympic-style cauldro... Sun, 12 May 2013 08:04:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2079900-uk-prince-injured-us-officer-launch-warrior-games.html 2013-05-12T08:04:51Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2079010-prince-harry-missy-franklin-launch-warrior-games.html COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Escorted by Britain's Prince Harry and swimming superstar Missy Franklin, a U.S. Navy officer blinded by an improvised bomb in Afghanistan lit an Olympic-style cauldron Saturday to launch the Warrior Games for wounded service members. Lt. Bradley Snyder, Harry and Franklin completed the last leg of a brief torch relay at the... Sat, 11 May 2013 22:52:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2079010-prince-harry-missy-franklin-launch-warrior-games.html 2013-05-11T22:52:04Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2077428-americas-cup-boat-nosedived-broke-pieces.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The America's Cup catamaran that capsized in San Francisco Bay, killing an Olympic gold medalist, nosedived during a difficult maneuver and broke into many pieces, an official said Friday. However, it remained unclear why the Artemis flipped on Thursday, trapping crew member Andrew "Bart" Simpson under the wreckage for at least 10 min... Fri, 10 May 2013 21:21:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2077428-americas-cup-boat-nosedived-broke-pieces.html 2013-05-10T21:21:37Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2075248-british-sailor-dies-americas-cup-practice.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Andrew "Bart" Simpson had already garnered an Olympic gold medal in sailing in 2008 and a silver at last year's games when Artemis Racing came calling with a chance to win yachting's top prize — the America's Cup. "Moving the family to San Fran for 6 months is pretty hectic!!!," Simpson tweeted in March. "The cup should be fun though!... Fri, 10 May 2013 18:16:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2075248-british-sailor-dies-americas-cup-practice.html 2013-05-10T18:16:34Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/2077190-nhl-confident-players-will-to-sochi-olympics.html STOCKHOLM (AP) — NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly says the league is "proceeding under the assumption" its players will take part in the 2014 Sochi Olympics. NHL representatives and international hockey and Olympic officials met in Stockholm on Friday in a new round of talks aimed at securing an agreement for the league's participation in the Sochi Games... Fri, 10 May 2013 17:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/2077190-nhl-confident-players-will-to-sochi-olympics.html 2013-05-10T17:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2076412-pescante-endorses-ioc-presidential-candidate-bach.html ROME (AP) — 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 candidacy for IOC president, Bach attended a ceremony in Rome Friday marking the Italian Olympic Academy's 25th anniversary. Academy founder Pescante called Bach the guest of honor, saying "it's... Fri, 10 May 2013 12:00:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2076412-pescante-endorses-ioc-presidential-candidate-bach.html 2013-05-10T12:00:07Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2076414-ioc-president-rogge-pays-tribute-to-simpson.html LONDON (AP) — IOC President Jacques Rogge paid tribute Friday to former Olympic sailing champion Andrew "Bart" Simpson after his death in a training accident. The 36-year-old Briton was trapped underwater Thursday after his catamaran capsized while training in San Francisco Bay for the America's Cup. Simpson was one of Britain's leading sailors, having wo... Fri, 10 May 2013 11:56:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2076414-ioc-president-rogge-pays-tribute-to-simpson.html 2013-05-10T11:56:51Z