New York: The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) said yesterday it was pleased with the level of interest by cities in possibly hosting...
New York: The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) said yesterday it was pleased with the level of interest by cities in possibly hosting...
NEW YORK: The mayor of Los Angeles has notified the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) that the city is interested in bidding to...
MADRID: The ability of Tokyo, Istanbul and Madrid to provide a convincing reason why they want to stage the Olympic Games and not...
TOKYO: Japan’s corporate giants are ready to chip in for another Summer Olympics in Tokyo in hopes the Games will provide the same...
TOKYO: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said yesterday Tokyo could be an inspiration for other cities if it wins the right to host the...
SOFIA: Bulgarian wrestling coach and two-times Olympic champion Armen Nazaryan has started a hunger strike to protest the sport being dumped from the...
LANDQUART, Switzerland: St Moritz is famous as a playground for the rich yet financial concerns are undermining public support for the glitzy resort’s...
The team members and officials of Qatar Paralympic team which took part in the 8th GCC Paralympic Championship 2013 are seen along with...
Tokyo: The Japan Wrestling Federation (JWF) has launched an online petition site seeking 100,000 signatures to help the sport remain an Olympic discipline....
TOKYO: Japanese wrestling chiefs yesterday urged Olympic medallists the world over to join forces to save their sport from the chop at the...
SYDNEY: Australian swimmer Libby Trickett yesterday called for healing within the sport after reports exposed a “toxic” atmosphere at the London Olympics including...
WASHINGTON: Nike and Oakley, two American companies that were sponsors of Oscar Pistorius, have cut ties with the South African Olympic athletics hero...
A general view of the Olympic stadium for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics in Adler, near Sochi, Russia, yesterday. Construction will be completed...
BERLIN: Wrestling is ready to change and correct the mistakes that led to the sport’s surprise 2020 Olympic exit last week, interim international...
LAUSANNE: The surprise recommendation to drop wrestling from the Olympics has angered athletes, officials and fans around the world and the International Olympic...
LAUSANNE: Pakistan could soon join neighbours India as Olympic outcasts with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) yesterday considering suspending the country over what...
LAUSANNE: Wrestling was in a state of shock after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) made a surprise recommendation yesterday to drop the sport...
PARIS: International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge (pictured) said he had been privileged to be in charge of global sport’s most powerful body...
