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.
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.
Wrestling's governing body has approved new rule and constitutional changes aimed at modernizing the sport and keeping it in the Olympics after 2016.
Wrestling's governing body has approved new rule and constitutional changes aimed at modernizing the sport and keeping it in the Olympics after 2016.
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.
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.
By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer The son of the U.S. national swim team director is reporting that Michael Phelps is planning a comeback for the 2016 Rio Olympics.
By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer Is Michael Phelps planning a comeback?
Sonic the Hedgehog is rolling with Nintendo.
Sonic the Hedgehog is rolling with Nintendo.
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Epiphanny Prince is headed to Russia.
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Epiphanny Prince is headed to Russia.
Iran's wrestling team visited the United States for the first time in a decade and found a virtual home meet.
Iran's wrestling team visited the United States for the first time in a decade and found a virtual home meet.
By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer Missy Franklin is growing up.
By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer Missy Franklin is starting to feel like a grown-up.
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.
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.
By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer At the height of her success, high jumper Blanka Vlasic had to relearn how to leap.
By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer At the height of her success, high jumper Blanka Vlasic had to relearn how to leap.
By LUKE MEREDITH AP Sports Writer The governments of the United States and Russia can sometimes be at odds.
In Iran, Olympic wrestling champion Jordan Burroughs felt like Justin Bieber, LeBron James and Tom Brady all rolled into one.
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.
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.
President Vladimir Putin has waived visa requirements for athletes, coaches and other staff attending international sporting events in Russia.
President Vladimir Putin has waived visa requirements for athletes, coaches and other staff attending international sporting events in Russia.
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...
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...
Britain's Prince Harry is meeting with wounded service members competing in the Paralympic-style Warrior Games in Colorado.
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...
Britain's Prince Harry is meeting with wounded servicemen and women competing in the paralympic-style Warrior Games in Colorado.
Britain's Prince Harry, a veteran combat helicopter pilot, is meeting with wounded servicemen and women competing in the paralympic-style Warrior Games in Colorado.
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...
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.
NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly says the league is "proceeding under the assumption" its players will take part in the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly says the league is "proceeding under the assumption" its players will take part in the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
IOC President Jacques Rogge paid tribute Friday to former Olympic sailing champion Andrew "Bart" Simpson after his death in a training accident.
IOC President Jacques Rogge paid tribute Friday to former Olympic sailing champion Andrew "Bart" Simpson after his death in a training accident.
Longtime IOC member Mario Pescante of Italy has endorsed Thomas Bach's bid to become the next president of the Olympic body.
Longtime IOC member Mario Pescante of Italy has endorsed Thomas Bach's bid to become the next president of the Olympic body.
One sailor died another was hurt after a boat carrying a Swedish flag capsized Thursday in San Francisco Bay while practicing for the upcoming America's Cup races .
A 72-foot-long, high-tech catamaran sailboat capsized Thursday in San Francisco Bay while practicing for the America's Cup races this summer, killing an Olympic gold medalist from England and injuring another sailor,...
Thomas Bach has become the first member to declare his candidacy for IOC president, saying his long experience in the Olympic movement has prepared him for one of the most powerful jobs in sports.
Thomas Bach became the first member to declare as a candidate for IOC president on Thursday, saying his long experience in the Olympic movement makes him "well prepared" for one of the most powerful jobs in sports.
Germany's Thomas Bach is set to become the first IOC member to come forward as a candidate to succeed Jacques Rogge as president of the Olympic body.
Germany's Thomas Bach is set to become the first member to declare he is a candidate to succeed Jacques Rogge as president of the International Olympic Committee.
By LUKE MEREDITH AP Sports Writer 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 learned.
By LUKE MEREDITH AP Sports Writer 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 learned.
Saudi Arabia's official press agency says private girls' schools are now allowed to hold sports activities in the kingdom, "according to the rules of Shariah."
Saudi Arabian girls will be allowed to play sports in private schools for the first time, according to a decision announced on Saturday, the latest in a series of incremental changes aimed at slowly increasing women's...
