Japan's six-times Olympic champion Akinori Nakayama has died at the age of 82, the Japan Gymnastics Association said on Monday.

Russian three-time Olympic freestyle wrestling champion Buvaisar Saitiev has died at the age of 49, Russian sports officials said.

Buvaisar Saitiev, who is widely regarded as possibly the greatest freestyle wrestler of all time after capturing three Olympic gold medals and six World Championships, has tragically died at the age o ...

Japan's six-times Olympic champion Akinori Nakayama has died at the age of 82, the Japan Gymnastics Association said on Monday. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Peggy Fleming, a 1968 Olympic champion in figure skating, is opening up about the “heartbreaking” similarities between the Washington D.C. plane crash and the 1961 plane crash at the beginning of her ...

Legendary Japanese gymnast, six-time Olympic champion, and seven-time world champion Akinori Nakayama has died at the age of ...

Japanese gymnast Akinori Nakayama, who won six Olympic gold medals and gave his name to a ring manoeuvre still performed by ...

Tributes have been paid to Dick McTaggart, the only Scottish boxer to win an Olympic gold medal, who has died aged 89.

A former Russian official is believed to have died after falling out of a ... She said her husband, a three-time Olympic wrestling champion, was 'not very' injured by the fall itself, suffering ...

Saitiev won Olympic gold in 1996, 2004, and 2008 in the 74 kg category and claimed six world and European titles, cementing his wrestling legacy.

Russian three-time Olympic freestyle wrestling champion Buvaisar Saitiev has died at the age of 49, Russian sports officials said Sunday. Sports Minister Mikhail Degtyarev told Tass news agency ...