Posts Tagged Summer Olympic games

FILA approves new rules to keep wrestling in games

Freestyle wrestlers Mehdi Taghavi Kermani, left, from Iran, and Kellen Russell from Ann Harbor, Mich., compete at an international wrestling exhibition at Grand Central Terminal on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, in New York. Kermani won the bout. The event dubbed "The Rumble on the Rails" marked the fourth straight year a New York City landmark was transformed into a wrestling meet to raise money for charity, with the last two in Times Square. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

MOSCOW (AP) — Wrestling’s governing body has approved new rule and constitutional changes aimed at modernizing the sport and keeping it in the Olympics after 2016.

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Denmark’s Hoyer wins presidency of badminton body

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Former Olympics champion Poul-Erik Hoyer has pledged to improve the image of badminton after winning the presidency of the sport’s world governing body.

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Wrestling federation plots strategy at meeting

United States freestyle wrestler Kyle Dake, top, takes down Iran's Hassan Tahmasebi during competition at an international wrestling competition at Grand Central Terminal, Wednesday, May 15, 2013, in New York.  The U.S., Iran and Russia will compete in a "solidarity" event billed "The Rumble On The Rails" to showcase competition as part of World Wrestling Month. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

MOSCOW (AP) — Wrestling’s governing body is preparing for what could be the match of its life.

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Prince to miss a few weeks to play for Russia

In this July 21, 2011, file photo, Chicago Sky's Epiphanny Prince dribbles the ball against the Indiana Fever during the first half of a WNBA basketball game in Indianapolis. Prince will miss a few weeks of the WNBA season to join the Russian national women's basketball team for the EuroBasket tournament from June 15-30. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

Epiphanny Prince is headed to Russia.

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AP source: Amateur boxing head eyes IOC presidency

In this Saturday, Nov. 4, 2006 file photo Ching-Kuo Wu, of Taiwan, is congratulated by well-wishers after he was elected new president of the International Boxing Association in a election during the XVI AIBA Congres in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. C.K. Wu of Taiwan has notified IOC President Jacques Rogge, Friday May 17, 2013, he will be a candidate to succeed him as head of the Olympic body. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)

LONDON (AP) — Amateur boxing association chief C.K. Wu of Taiwan is entering the race for president of the International Olympic Committee.

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