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France's Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida successfully defended her European indoor pentathlon title Friday, edging Yana Maksimava of Belarus by eight points.

Wrestling needs to overhaul its often mystifying rules while the sport seeks to retain its Olympic status, according to the new interim president of the international wrestling federation.

Makeba Alcide scored a collegiate-record 4,569 points in the pentathlon to give the Arkansas women the early lead Friday at the Southeastern Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships.

The president of the international wrestling federation quit Saturday in the wake of the IOC's decision to remove the sport from the 2020 Olympics.

Facing a wave of criticism from around the world, IOC President Jacques Rogge will meet with the head of wrestling's governing body to discuss ways the sport can fight to save its place in the Olympics.

I am still wrestling with the IOC's shocking and inexplicable decision to drop wrestling from the Summer Olympics while preserving the modern pentathlon (which was expected to get the boot). Wrestling is a sport that is popular worldwide. It goes all...

IOC leaders dropped wrestling from the Olympic program on Tuesday, a surprise decision that removes one of the oldest Olympic sports from the 2020 Games.

Removing a sport from the Olympics is one of the IOC's most sensitive tasks. After months of evaluation, a decision will come next week. The century-old competition of modern pentathlon appears the most at risk.

Sunday 25 October 1914: Woken up during the night with orders — probable advance ... They treat us as if we were Infantry always forgetting that we have not got the gun powder which Infantry have. — Diary of a World War I Cavalry Offic...

The family collection is complete, thanks to Laura Asadauskaite's victory in the London Games.

Great start, better finish.

The complete roster for the 530-member U.S. Olympic team for the 2012 London Games. Athletes listed by sport, with their respective discipline or event.

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Nataliya Dobrynska set a world record in the pentathlon at the world indoor championships, showing she is ready for a repeat Olympic gold medal at the London Games.

Modern pentathlon has joined other sports in adopting a "no needles" policy as part of its anti-doping rules ahead of the 2012 London Olympics.

London organizers marked the completion of the Aquatic Center by having 17-year-old Tom Daley take the first dive in the venue, days after he qualified for his second Olympics. "It's a pretty big moment for us," organizing committee chairman Sebas...