After blowing out her knee in a crash at worlds four months ago, Lindsey Vonn was excited to show off how far she’s come with a morning workout from her home in Vail Thursday.
All three cities vying to host the 2020 Summer Olympics - Tokyo, Madrid, and Istanbul - made pitches to international sports officials Thursday at the SportAccord conference in St.
IOC President Jacques Rogge on Friday defended the executive board’s decision to include wrestling on the shortlist of candidate sports for the 2020 Olympics, which some think is too quick a turnaround after it was removed in February.
Michael Phelps has spent the better part of his retirement swinging golf clubs and deflecting rumors of a return to the pool, but on Wednesday the swimming legend tried his hand at cards, entering the $5000 no-limit hold ‘em event at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
After 3,208 days as a silver medalist, American shot putter Adam Nelson was finally awarded gold by the IOC Thursday after his Ukrainian rival Yuriy Bilonog was found to have been doping in 2004.
Karate’s History: Run by the World Karate Federation, which was founded in 1961 and which has been hosting worlds (roughly) every two years since 1970.
Sport Climbing’s History: Run by the International Federation of Sport Climbing, which was founded all the way back in 2007; world championships in the sport date back to 1991.
Baseball/Softball’s History: The two sports joined forces to create the World Baseball Softball Confederation earlier this year to strengthen the 2020 bid.
Seoul Olympics pole vaulting champ Sergei Bubka of Ukraine entered the race to replace Jacques Rogge as IOC President Tuesday, making his announcement in St.
Whether or not the IOC’s recommendation to remove wrestling from the Olympics holds in the coming months, the decision has served as a wake-up call for a number of sports that they will look to evolve for the Games.
The wind and rain held London 800m gold medalist David Rudisha to nearly five seconds slower than his world record pace, but there’s no keeping down the champ: he still won the New York Grand Prix by more than a second Saturday, clocking 1:45.14 to dominate the field.
It was an unseasonably ugly day at the Adidas Grand Prix on New York’s Randall Island Saturday, with rain, wind, and cold temperatures slowing times all over the track.
Dozens of Olympic gold medalists, record holders, and world champions are descending on New York’s Randall Island this weekend to square-off at the adidas Grand Prix Diamond League Meet.
Amid the ongoing fight against steroids, the World Anti-doping Agency said Thursday it’s planning to administer a record 2,500 tests at February’s Sochi Olympics, which is roughly 350 more than at the Vancouver Winter Games four years ago.
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