Tag: olympic wrestling
Nuzman Denies Backing Baseball-Softball for 2020 and Reiterates Support for Wrestling
Honorary International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Carlos Nuzman has insisted he has not backed the joint baseball-softball bid for inclusion at the 2020 Olympics, despite...
Mystery as Iranian Wrestlers Quit U.S. to Fly Home
Iran cut its trip short to the United States that was supposed to help showcase wrestling's campaign to stay in the Olympics.
The Iranians...
U.S., Iran and Russia Join Forces to Save Olympic Wrestling
The United States, Russia and Iran wrestling teams are preparing to meet Wednesday, May 15, 2013, for an historic exhibition in New York that...
USA and Iran Wrestling Teams to Meet Each Other as Part of Campaign to...
An international match between the United States and Iran is due to take place at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena this month as...
Wrestling Hires Consulting Firm to Restore Olympic Status
International management firm TSE Consulting have been appointed by the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (FILA) to develop a strategic plan, which it...
Don’t Return Medals to IOC in Protest, Russian Olympic President Tells Wrestlers
Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) President Alexander Zhukov has urged the country's Olympic wrestling medalists not to return their medals to the International Olympic Committee...
Rogge to Meet New International Wrestling President Next Week
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge will hold a meeting with the new head of wrestling next week to discuss the sport's controversial...
Wrestling’s Olympic Future: Now What?
So interesting, indeed, to bear witness to the emotional recoil to the move by the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) policy-making executive board to cut...
The Embarrassment for the IOC is that They Have Been Skewered by Their Own...
Tuesday, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive board removed a sport from the Olympic program and woke up to discover they had lit a...
