Olympics: Crestfallen Nordhagen warns Hamaguchi of Xu threat in ...
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ATHENS : Christine Nordhagen believes China&#39;s Xu Wang can cause an upset in Monday&#39;s Olympic women&#39;s 72kg freestyle wrestling semi-final against five-time world champion Kyoko Hamaguchi.
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Australia&#39;s Olympic 1,500 metres champion Grant Hackett says long-distance swimmers are being robbed of their chance to shine at the Athens Games.
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OKLAHOMA CITY -- An Oklahoma Olympic legend spoke out Monday on the controversy surrounding the gold medal won last week by American gymnast Paul Hamm.
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A British Olympian risked sparking controversy on Tuesday by calling on China to do more to end the ongoing conflict in Sudan's Darfur region, amid a row over attempts by the British Olympic Association to gag its athletes.
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Although they cannot take away Paul Hamm&#39;s gold medal in the men&#39;s gymnastics all-around final, officials with the International Gymnastics Federation could announce sanctions today against judges in the event, an FIG spokesman said Friday.
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Hungarian hammer thrower Adrian Annus has appealed against the removal of his Olympic gold medal. Annus was stripped of his title after failing to submit to a follow-up drugs test in Athens last month.
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AMMAN: An Iranian nuclear arms buildup would be a &quot;nightmare,&quot; German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer warned yesterday, saying Europe is looking to head off any dangerous confrontation with Tehran.
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MOSCOW, Sep 13 (IPS) - President Vladimir Putin has issued a blunt warning  to heads of organisations and regional administrations involved  with the preparations for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi,  Russiaâs southern sea resort, to eschew corruption.
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â¢ The Olympics are less than a week away and organizers are pulling the pieces together for the Aug. 13 opening. â¢ Dana Vollmer will be one of those tales of courage that come up during the Olympics.
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10.01: Adesso è ufficiale, Costas Kenteris e Katerina Thanou non gareggeranno alle Olimpiadi. Al termine dell&#39;audizione davanti alla commissione disciplinare del Cio per non essersi presentati ad un test antidoping, il velocista ha dichiarato: &quot;non ...
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The US Olympic Committee says &quot;outrageous and improper&quot; pressure is being put on gymnast Paul Hamm to give up his gold medal to a South Korean rival.
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SYDNEY/COLOGNE  - Certain horrifying prospects come to mind as the West gets ready to descend on Beijing to cover the 2008 Olympic Games.
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WHILE Valentino Rossi coasted into his familiar position at the head of the pack for the Australian Motorcycle grand prix today, rival Sete Gibernau warned: &quot;Don&#39;t write me off.
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The chief organizer of the Turin 2006 winter Olympics, Valentino Castellani meets the media in Turin, Italy, Thursday, Nov. 4, 2004 after announcing he is resigning amid an internal power struggle for control of the games.
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Adrian Annus faces the threat of becoming the second Hungarian athlete to be stripped of a gold medal after he failed to show up for a drugs test yesterday.
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An athlete was attacked by a spectator tonight as he was heading for gold in the Olympic menâs marathon in Athens. Brazilian Vanderlei de Lima had a 40 second lead in the latter
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ATHENS--Once the confusion had abated and the Greek police had calmed down her father, Kyoko Hamaguchi was the lone Japanese wrestler to be left out of the Olympic finals.