AS IT IS 2013-06-02 Wrestling May Still Be an Olympic Sport Hi again. Nice to have you with us on As It Is. Im Kelly Jean Kelly. People who like the sport of wrestling can breathe a sigh of relief at least for now. Wrestling has passed the first test...
Russias Winter Olympics to Break Spending Records It is the largest construction site in Europe: 100,000 men and 500 companies are working around the clock. They are building hotels, skating rinks and ski jumps for next years Winter Olympics in Sochi...
RIO DE JANEIRO, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Legendary swimmer Michael Phelps has ruled out the possibility of competing at the Rio 2016 Olympics, saying he is happier in retirement. Speaking ahead of Monday night's Laureus World Sports Awards in Rio de Jane...
SOFIA, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- A former Olympic gold medialist from Bulgaria said Wednesday that he's going to return his medal to pretest the IOC decision of dropping wrestling from the Olympic program. Valentin Yordanov, a seven-time world championship...
US, Iran Go to the Mat for Olympic Wrestling World Championship wrestling in Tehran pits the United States against Iran. But the match is about more than victory for one side or the other. For the wrestlers and their coaches, it is the start of a sha...
By David Schickert Raad Aweisat is planning to travel to Athens, Greece, this August and become the first-ever Palestinian swimmer to represent his people at the Olympics. Though he lives in a war-tor...
By Brian Byrns Argentina has won its first Olympic gold medal in more than 50 years in Athens, and in Buenos Aires, people are in the streets celebrating the Argentine men's football team's 1-0 victor...
By David Byrd The Olympics returned to their ancient home while two Greek sprinters left the Games in disgrace Wednesday on Day five of the competition at the Athens Olympic Games. Russia's Irina Korz...
By Raymond Thibodeaux A Kenyan boxer widely regarded as his country's best hope for a boxing gold medal in the Athens Olympics has had to withdraw from competition after being injured in a robbery whi...
Paula Wolfson The outlook for the summer Olympic games in Athens was high on the agenda when President Bush met at the White House with the new Greek Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis. Both men vowed t...
