Badminton open to Olympic changes after scandal

During the past 40 years or so, college wrestling programs have been in a frequently unsuccessful fight for their lives. Nearly half of the 147 Division I wrestling programs in 1982 are gone. Athletic directors would lop off wrestling teams, then hide be

sports jobs instead of training for the 2020 Olympics. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that wrestling will be cut from the 2020 Olympic games. The news comes as a shock to the wrestling world, as the sport is one of the oldest in Olym

London, Feb 17: President of wrestling’s world governing body FILA resigned from his position in the wake of the recommendation to drop the sport from the Olympics. Switzerland’s Raphael Martinetti had been the president of FILA since 2002, the BBC repor

The International Olympic Committee on Tuesday decided to drop wrestling from the Olympic program. The decision to remove one of the oldest Olympic sports from the 2020 Games sent shock waves through the wrestling community. The IOC board acted after rev

London, Feb. 17 (ANI): Olympic hero Mo Farah has been accused of undermining the spirit of the London Marathon after he signed a lucrative deal to run just half the race. The double Olympic gold medalist is being paid 250,000 pounds by sponsor Virgin to

PHUKET, Thailand — The president of the international wrestling federation quit Saturday in the wake of the IOC’s decision to remove the sport from the 2020 Olympics. Raphael Martinetti’s resignation was announced at the FILA executive committee meeting