Taiwan's Wu confirms he'll run for IOC presidency
C.K. Wu confirmed Thursday he is running for president of the International Olympic Committee, becoming the fourth candidate and the second from Asia ...
AP Source: Coach K returning to US men's team
Mike Krzyzewski had decided to remain coach of the U.S. men's Olympic basketball team. Krzyzewski will try to lead the Americans to a third straight ...
Russian oligarchs foot most of 2014 Sochi Olympics
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 ...
Coach K return to US team no longer ruled out
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 ...
Report: Michael Phelps planning comeback
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 ...
Wrestling rules changed to keep sport in Olympics
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.
FILA approves new rules to keep wrestling in games
Wrestling's governing body has approved new rule and constitutional changes aimed at modernizing the sport and keeping it in the Olympics after 2016.
Denmark's Hoyer wins presidency of badminton body
Former Olympics champion Poul-Erik Hoyer has pledged to improve the image of badminton after winning the presidency of the sport's world governing ...
Prince to miss a few weeks to play for Russia
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 ...
Iran beats US in Grand Central exhibition
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 ...
Foot healed, Blanka Vlasic will return at NY meet
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.
US, Russia and Iran work to save Olympic wrestling
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 ...
Vikings see the light with design of new stadium
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 ...
UK prince, injured US officer launch Warrior Games
Combat helicopter pilot Prince Harry of Britain along with Olympic swimming champion Missy Franklin joined an American naval officer who had been ...
Prince Harry, Missy Franklin launch Warrior Games
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 ...
America's Cup boat nosedived, broke into pieces
The America's Cup catamaran that capsized in San Francisco Bay, killing an Olympic gold medalist, nosedived during a difficult maneuver and broke into ...
British sailor dies during America's Cup practice
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 ...
IOC President Rogge pays tribute to Simpson
IOC President Jacques Rogge paid tribute Friday to former Olympic sailing champion Andrew "Bart" Simpson after his death in a training accident.
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 ...
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 ...
WADA to hold meeting in China on gene doping
Olympic officials and scientific experts will meet in China next month to review the progress in developing a test for gene doping, the potential ...
IOC, WADA condemn ruling on Puerto blood bags
Olympic and anti-doping officials condemned a Spanish court's decision to destroy the blood bags seized in the Operation Puerto case, saying it ...
Tokyo governor apologizes for remarks on Istanbul
Tokyo's governor has apologized for making critical comments about rival candidate Istanbul in the bidding for 2020 Olympics. Naoki Inose, who is also ...
Gay athletes have come out while active or retired
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 ...
USOC: 10 cities interested in hosting 2024 Games
The U.S. Olympic Committee is talking to 10 cities about a possible bid for the 2024 Summer Games, including a joint proposal from San Diego and ...
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