Winter Olympics biathlon track dangerous: Russian Olympic Committee
by IANS
The track is hosting its first major test event with a World Cup round that has so far seen many falls on the steep slopes. ...  
04:50 PM, Mar 10, 2013

Wrestling to hold election congress in Moscow The world wrestling federation will hold an extraordinary congress in May to elect a new president as the ancient sport battles to maintain its place on the Olympic programme. ...  
10:41 PM, Mar 09, 2013

Los Angeles pursues 2024 Olympics
by IANS
The USOC is deciding whether to bid for the 2024 Games and recently sent a letter to 35 of America's largest cities to gauge interest. ...  
02:52 PM, Mar 09, 2013

Wrestling gets backing of world body for national Oly units The influential Association of National Olympic Committees backed the move for wrestling's re-inclusion in the Olympics. ...  
07:19 PM, Mar 08, 2013

India welcome IOC move to meet minister to end deadlock P.K. Deb, the secretary of India's sports ministry, was optimistic that the request for talks with the sports minister might lead to a quick end to the impasse. ...  
12:23 PM, Mar 08, 2013

Wrestling pledges changes but running out of time Wrestling will implement a string of immediate changes as the sport seeks to win back its Olympic spot with time fast running out, acting international federation president Nenad Lalovic said. ...  
11:08 PM, Mar 07, 2013

IOC calls joint meeting of IOA, sports minister this month The IOC made it clear that the current IOA dispensation under Abhay Singh Chautala will have no role in the meeting. ...  
07:14 PM, Mar 07, 2013

Sushil, Yogeshwar open to returning Olympic medals
by IANS
Kumar and Dutt said they won't hesitate to return their Olympic medals if it helps the sport stay at the 2020 Games. ...  
05:54 PM, Mar 07, 2013

IOC impressed with Tokyo's bid to host 2020 Olympics "We have been hugely impressed by the quality of the bid presentations made by the bid committee. Across the board, they have just been excellent," an IOC official said. ...  
04:21 PM, Mar 07, 2013

Jwala happy to be back in All England Championship Jwala had taken a break after the London Olympics and for the last two months, has been working out to get back in shape for All England. ...  
12:33 PM, Mar 02, 2013

Mary Kom allotted land promised by State Govt for academy The land was promised to her in August last year but the approval from the state cabinet came only earlier this month. ...  
02:20 PM, Mar 01, 2013

Wrestling faces tough fight to pin down Olympic spot With only seven months to convince IOC members to remove wrestling from the chopping block, wrestling officials are marshalling their forces. ...  
08:45 AM, Mar 01, 2013

Govt will save wrestling from Olympics axe: Vijay Kumar Vijay Kumar is confident that the Indian government will do all it can to save the sport from being completely dropped from the 2020 roster. ...  
05:42 PM, Feb 27, 2013

Japan federation unveils petition site in support of wrestling The wrestling federation has launched an online petition site seeking 100,000 signatures to help the sport remain an Olympic discipline. ...  
05:58 PM, Feb 25, 2013

Wrestlers fume as cricketers back squash for Olympics Cricket stars like Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag supporting squash's bid for inclusion in the 2020 Olympics has left India's wrestling fraternity distraught. ...  
01:17 PM, Feb 24, 2013

Sachin, Sehwag, Harbhajan back squash's Olympic bid
by IANS
Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and Harbhajan Singh are backing inclusion of squash in the Olympic programme for the 2020 Summer Games. ...  
05:56 PM, Feb 22, 2013

Wrestling removal a wake-up call for hockey: Negre
by IANS
"We believe that hockey is very strong in the Olympics, but we need to see how we can make it better," the FIH president added. ...  
10:39 PM, Feb 21, 2013

Indian luge pioneer Keshavan fears slide into oblivion Keshavan was just 16 when he participated in the 1998 Winter Olympics at Nagano and since then he has represented India at three more Games. ...  
03:02 PM, Feb 19, 2013

Wrestling can change, says new federation chief Wrestling is ready to change and correct the mistakes that led to the sport's surprise 2020 Olympic exit last week, said interim FILA chief Nenad Lalovic. ...  
05:06 PM, Feb 18, 2013

Oscar Pistorius' agent begins canceling races Pistorius' agent has begun cancelling races since the Olympic athlete was charged with the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. ...  
11:02 AM, Feb 17, 2013