LAUSANNE (Reuters) – International Cycling Federation (UCI) president Pat McQuaid enjoys the support of the International Olympic Committee despite the sport’s tarnished image and the UCI’s bitter row with the World Anti-Doping Agency, the IOC said.

The UCI’s credibility has been dealt a severe blow since American Lance Armstrong admitted to doping last month after he was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles.

LAUSANNE, Feb 13 (Reuters) – International Cycling Federation (UCI) president Pat McQuaid enjoys the support of the International Olympic Committee despite the sport’s tarnished image and the UCI’s bitter row with the World Anti-Doping Agency, the IOC said.

The UCI’s credibility has been dealt a severe blow since American Lance Armstrong admitted to doping last month after he was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles.

LAUSANNE, Feb 13 (Reuters) – The surprise recommendation to drop wrestling from the Olympics has angered athletes, officials and fans around the world and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) played down the finality of its decision on Wednesday.

“We knew even before whichever sport will not be included would lead to criticism from followers of that sport,” IOC President Jacques Rogge told reporters. “I had contact with the FILA (international wrestling federation) president and we agreed to meet at the first opportunity.

LAUSANNE (Reuters) – The surprise recommendation to drop wrestling from the Olympics has angered athletes, officials and fans around the world and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) played down the finality of its decision on Wednesday.

The IOC’s 15-member executive board voted on Tuesday to recommend that the sport be dropped from the 2020 Olympic program, with a final decision resting with the IOC session in September in Buenos Aires.

LAUSANNE, Feb 13 (Reuters) – The surprise recommendation to drop wrestling from the Olympics has angered athletes, officials and fans around the world and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) played down the finality of its decision on Wednesday.

The IOC’s 15-member executive board voted on Tuesday to recommend that the sport be dropped from the 2020 Olympic programme, with a final decision resting with the IOC session in September in Buenos Aires.

LAUSANNE, Feb 12 (Reuters) – Russian weightlifter Oleg Perepetchenov was stripped of his 2004 Olympic bronze medal on Tuesday after a retest of his sample from the Athens Games returned positive for the banned substance clenbuterol.

The International Olympic Committee demanded the return of his medal “as soon as possible” from the Russian Olympic Committee, spokesman Mark Adams told reporters.

LAUSANNE (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.

Contested in the first modern Olympics in 1896 and part of the ancient Games in Olympia, wrestling will now join seven other candidate sports battling for one spot in a revamped programme.

LAUSANNE (Reuters) – South Korean footballer Park Jong-woo will receive his bronze medal from the 2012 London Olympics despite triggering a diplomatic row in a match against Japan, the International Olympic Committee said on Tuesday.

The midfielder had held up a sign referring to a territorial dispute between South Korea and Japan while celebrating a 2-0 win over their fierce rivals in the bronze medal game in London in August.

LAUSANNE (Reuters) – South Korean footballer Park Jong-woo will receive his bronze medal from the 2012 London Olympics despite triggering a diplomatic row in a match against Japan, the International Olympic Committee said on Tuesday.

The midfielder had held up a sign referring to a territorial dispute between South Korea and Japan while celebrating a 2-0 win over their fierce rivals in the bronze medal game in London in August.

LAUSANNE, Feb 12 (Reuters) – South Korean footballer Park Jong-woo will receive his bronze medal from the 2012 London Olympics despite triggering a diplomatic row in a match against Japan, the International Olympic Committee said on Tuesday.

The midfielder had held up a sign referring to a territorial dispute between South Korea and Japan while celebrating a 2-0 win over their fierce rivals in the bronze medal game in London in August.