Cuba eyes semi-pro league to reinvigorate boxing
Protective headgear has been the rule of the ring for more than 50 years in Cuba, which banned professional boxing shortly after the 1959 revolution.
APNewsBreak: IOC to retest 2006 Turin samples
With the eight-year deadline approaching, the IOC will retest doping samples from the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin in a bid to catch any drug cheats ...
APNewsBreak: IOC to retest Turin Olympic samples
The IOC has decided to retest doping samples from the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin in an effort to catch any drug cheats who escaped detection at the ...
Lagat ready for 'challenge' of NYC Half
Running outdoors. Cold weather. St. Patrick's Day in New York City. That's the unusual racing scenario for Bernard Lagat, who will make his ...
Putin indicates support for Olympic wrestling
Dropping wrestling from the Olympics would not sit well with Vladimir Putin. Putin was quoted by Russian news agencies as saying Wednesday "the ...
LA expresses interest in hosting 2024 Olympics
Los Angeles wants back into the Olympics, throwing its hat into the ring to bring them back to southern California on the 40th anniversary of its last ...
Wrestling considers changing singlet for Olympics
Kicked out of the Olympics and desperately trying to get back in, wrestling hopes a wardrobe change will wow those set to rule on the sport's fate.
Spanish government approves new anti-doping law
Spain's government on Friday approved tougher anti-doping laws to align with World Anti-Doping Agency standards and bolster Madrid's bid for the 2020 ...
Norman to advise China golf team ahead of Olympics
China is turning to Greg Norman to identify and coach its best players for the Olympics. The China Golf Association on Friday appointed Norman the ...
Pistorius bought, collected guns in Olympic year
In his Olympic year, Oscar Pistorius steadily became an avid firearms collector, joining a gun-collecting club and purchasing a collection of firearms ...
IOC panel sets off on visits to 2020 bid cities
Seven months before the vote, the International Olympic Committee is sending a panel of experts on a series of site-inspection visits that could prove ...
Coach K again says he won't be back as US coach
Mike Krzyzewski said again Tuesday he doesn't plan to return as U.S. men's basketball coach after leading the Americans to two Olympic gold medals.
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 ...
New wrestling chief promises swift rules overhaul
Wrestling needs to overhaul its often mystifying rules while the sport seeks to retain its Olympic status, according to the new interim president of ...
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 ...
Wrestlers to protest Olympic ruling to drop sport
Wrestlers from the world's top wrestling nations plan to lie on their mats Thursday in Tehran in a unique show of unity to protest a decision by the ...
Tyler Hamilton discloses doping payments to doctor
Cyclist Tyler Hamilton told a Spanish court Tuesday he paid tens of thousands of dollars a year for doping to the doctor at the heart of the Operation ...
US, Iran find common ground: Olympic wrestling
The caretakers of the Olympics may have inadvertently accomplished what has eluded diplomats: Galvanizing Iran and the U.S. on a common goal.
USOC sounding out 35 cities for 2024 Olympic bid
The U.S. Olympic Committee is looking for cities interested in bidding for the 2024 Summer Games. The USOC sent letters to the mayors of 35 cities ...
Lochte struggles to balance demands of TV, pool
Ryan Lochte is warming to the idea of being a TV star. Even if it's not doing much for his swimming. Lochte is struggling to balance the demands of ...
Lagat breaks US indoor 2-mile record at Millrose
Bernard Lagat lagged behind his planned pace for the entire 2 miles of his race at the Millrose Games. He still set the record he came to break.
Wrestling president quits after Olympic omission
The president of the international wrestling federation has quit in the wake of the IOC's decision to remove the sport from the 2020 Olympics.
Bolt in shock over Pistorius arrest
Usain Bolt was in shock when he heard fellow Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius had been arrested and charged in the shooting death of his model ...
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 ...
News of Pistorius leaves many in disbelief
Out in the small Italian town of Gemona, among many places around the world, the arrest of Oscar Pistorius on murder charges was hard to believe.
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