Gardner Loses Quest for Repeat Wrestling Gold
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US heavyweight Rulon Gardner lost his Olympic title Wednesday after being beaten in the semi-final stage of the 120kg Greco-Roman wrestling event by Georgiy Tsurtsumia of Kazakhstan.
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Karam Ibrahim of Egypt clinched the gold in wrestling men&#39;s Greco-Roman 96kg category at the Athens Olympics on August 26 by defeating Ramaz Nozadze of Georgia 12-1.
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Former champion Mary Pierce lost to Dally Randriantefy of Madagascar 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 Wednesday in the second round of the SEAT Open.
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Daniel Cormier and Joe Williams of the United States each lose in Olympic freestyle wrestling, leaving America without a finalist in the three gold medal matches.
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HIGHLIGHT: Emotional moments. We saw Sydney hero Rulon Gardner, crying as he removed his sneakers and left them on the mat -- a traditional signal of retirement -- after winning a bronze medal in Greco-Roman wrestling.
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A Greek athlete loses his medal after he tests positive for drugs, and a Russian is also reported to have failed a test.
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They called it the &quot;Miracle on the mat.&quot; A super heavyweight became a media darling. America learned that wrestling wasn&#39;t always about turnbuckles and elbow drops.
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The South Korean gymnast who lost the all-around title to Paul Hamm because of a scoring error filed an appeal Sunday with a sports arbitration panel asking it to help him get a gold medal.
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the man who came back from a broken neck to compete in Athens - saw his hopes of an Olympic medal slip away after a disastrous final round in the individual showjumping.
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ATHENS - After suffering a stunning 4-1 overtime loss to Kazakhstan&#39;s Georgiy Tsurtsumia in the men&#39;s Greco-Roman super heavyweight semifinals, defending champion Rulon Gardner came back to win the bronze medal today by defeating Sajad Barzi of Iran, 3
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American Rulon Gardner wins two pool matches, his first in the Olympics since his upset of Russia's Alexander Karelin in Sydney, to move within one victory of reaching the Greco-Roman semifinals.
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A bitterly disappointed Andre Agassi  had his hopes of a third U.S. Open title ended by top seed  Roger Federer Thursday but the American again reiterated that  he would not be retiring just yet.
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ATHENS, Greece -- The winner of Wednesday&#39;s women&#39;s shot put has been stripped of her gold medal after failing a drugs test after the competition.
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com. Roy Jones jr., once dubbed as the &#39;pound for pound&#39; best fighter in the sport of boxing, was knocked out for a second consecutive time during a title match on September 25th in Memphis, Tennessee.
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The United States had been confident of coming away from the first Olympic women&#39;s wrestling tournament with the maximum four medals.
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American Kerry McCoy remained in the  hunt for an Olympic medal after winning two bouts in the 120kg  class on the first day of the Olympic freestyle wrestling  competition Friday.
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Andy Roddick lost to Igor Andreev and James Blake was beaten by Ivo Karlovic, meaning both seeded Americans disappeared in the same day.