Los Angeles wants to host its third Summer Olympics. The U.S. Olympic Committee has received a letter from the host of the 1932 and 1984 Games, with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa putting America's second biggest city in ... Read more
LONDON (AP) — Kicked out of the Olympics and desperately trying to get back in, wrestling hopes a wardrobe change will wow those set to rule on the sport's fate. The acting head of wrestling's governing body ... Read more
HAINAN, China (AP) — China is turning to Greg Norman to identify and coach its best players for the Olympics. The China Golf Association on Friday appointed Norman the exclusive advisory coach of its national ... Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — A decision on whether NHL players will head to the 2014 Sochi Olympics isn't likely to be reached this week. Discussions were scheduled for Thursday and Friday between the NHL, the NHL players' ... Read more
LONDON (AP) — Only six months ago, Oscar Pistorius was running circles around the track at the Olympic Stadium, a shining example of what a person can achieve in the face of adversity as he competed at the ... Read more
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — For wrestling, this may have been the ultimate body slam: getting tossed out of the Olympic rings. The vote Tuesday by the IOC's executive board stunned the world's wrestlers, who ... Read more
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — For wrestling, this may have been the ultimate body slam: getting tossed out of the Olympic rings. The vote Tuesday by the IOC's executive board stunned the world's wrestlers, who ... Read more
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — IOC leaders dropped wrestling from the Olympic program on Tuesday, a surprise decision that removes one of the oldest Olympic sports from the 2020 Games. The IOC executive board ... Read more
SOCHI, Russia (AP) — A year before the 2014 Winter Olympics are to begin, President Vladimir Putin has demanded that a senior member of the Russian Olympic Committee be fired, apparently due to cost overruns in ... Read more
SOCHI, Russia (AP) — With the Winter Olympics a year away, IOC President Jacques Rogge praised Sochi organizers on Wednesday and defended the $51 billion price tag. Speaking in an interview with The Associated ... Read more