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Olympics-Yordanov returns gold in protest at wrestling's demise

February 20, 2013 10:30
* By Angel Krasimirov SOFIA, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Bulgarian wrestling federation president Valentin Yordanov sent back his Olympic gold medal from the 1996 Atlanta Games on Wednesday, protesting against the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recommendation to drop the sport from the Games.

Olympics-Wrestling rolls dice, selects Las Vegas for worlds

February 19, 2013 20:30
Feb 19 (Reuters) - Las Vegas will host the 2015 world wrestling championship in the first qualifier for what could be wrestling's final appearance as an Olympic sport in the 2016 Rio Games. The sport's governing body selected Las Vegas over bids from several other cities including Tehran, New Delhi, Panama City, and Sochi, site of the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Olympics: Hands off wrestling, say Greeks

February 14, 2013 15:09
Greece threw its weight behind the campaign to keep wrestling, a sport which has survived from the ancient Olympics, on the Games programme on Thursday. Greek Sports Undersecretary Giannis Ioannidis called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) not to remove the sport from the 2020 programme. In a letter to IOC president Jacques Rogge, Ioannidis said he expressed the feelings "of all the Greeks, but also the respect of our people and its sports history to keep the sport of wrestling in the Olympic Games programme".

Olympics: Greek Olympic committee up in arms over wrestling

February 13, 2013 14:16
The Hellenic Olympic Committee announced Wednesday they fully support the Greek wrestling federation's fight against Tuesday's decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to remove wrestling from the programme for the 2020 Olympics. "This is one decision that is clearly at variance with the history of the Olympics and sport in general. There should be a revision of this decision and the Hellenic Olympic Committee will support with all its forces, any effort in this direction," the announcement by the Greek committee said.

Olympics: Wrestlers vow to fight Olympic removal

February 13, 2013 11:45
Wrestlers around the world on Wednesday vowed to fight to save the ancient sport's Olympic status, after the International Olympic Committee voted to drop it for the 2020 Games. Japan and Turkey -- whose cities Tokyo and Istanbul are bidding to host the Games in seven years' time -- led the calls for the world body to reconsider, as an online petition was organised urging a rethink and gained thousands of supporters.

UPDATE 6-Olympics-Wrestling in shock as IOC wields Games axe

February 13, 2013 11:01
* Wrestling took part in first modern Games in 1896 * Federation says vote an aberration * Olympic exit will hit sport's finances (Updates with U.S. Olympic Committee reaction) By Karolos Grohmann LAUSANNE, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Wrestling was left in a state of shock after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) made a surprise recommendation on Tuesday to drop the sport from the 2020 Games.

Reuters Sports News Summary

February 13, 2013 10:31
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Football: IOC allows S. Korean footballer to receive medal

February 12, 2013 10:30
South Korean footballer Park Jong-Woo will finally receive his Olympic bronze medal, along with a stern warning for an overt political gesture he made at the London Games, Korean officials said Tuesday. The decision to award Park his medal was taken after the footballer appeared before an International Olympic Committee (IOC) disciplinary hearing in Lausanne, Switzerland on Monday. "The IOC disciplinary commission warned him over his action in London, but he will receive the medal," a spokesman for the Korean Olympic Committee told AFP.

Olympics: Wrestling out of Olympic programme for 2020 - IOC

February 12, 2013 09:30
Wrestling, an Olympic sport since the first Games in ancient Greece, looks set to be dropped, after the International Olympic Committee on Tuesday voted to remove it from the programme for 2020. The decision, taken by the 15 members of the IOC executive board in Lausanne, Switzerland, leaves the sport grappling against seven other disciplines for inclusion at the Games, the location of which will be decided later this year. "It's a real shock. Wrestling was not on the radar," an IOC source told AFP.

URGENT ¥¥¥ Olympics: Wrestling out of Olympic programme for 2020 - IOC

February 12, 2013 08:47
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday opted to remove wrestling from the programme of sports at the 2020 Games, a spokesman said. The decision, taken at the IOC's executive committee meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, means wrestling now faces a fight against seven other sports for inclusion at the Games, the location of which will be decided later this year. stp/phz/ak
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