As president, Barack Obama, an avid basketball player, will find that many leaders in other countries also have a strong interest in athletics.

As president, Barack Obama, an avid basketball player, will find that many of his counterparts in other countries have athletic pursuits of their own.

Brazil’s first truly national soccer museum is a reminder in this soccer-mad nation of how Brazilians became the most successful footballers the world has known.

Like the story of Chechnya’s long and often bitter relationship with Russia, the history of Chechen wrestling is filled with frustration, betrayal and loss.

The government is taking a step to shore up the reputation of that most dubious of national sports icons: the men?s soccer team.

Officials in Uganda?s blind community say Bashir Ramathan has become a hero to the estimated 500,000 Ugandans who are blind.

Officials in Uganda?s blind community say Bashir Ramathan has become a hero to the estimated 500,000 Ugandans who are blind.

Russia has pumped billions of dollars from its oil-soaked coffers into rebuilding an athletics infrastructure left to rot after the Soviet Union.

Russia, motivated by fear of losing its Olympic ascendancy, has pumped billions of dollars from its oil-soaked coffers into rebuilding an athletics infrastructure left to rot after the Soviet Union.

China?s athletes are feeling the pressure of the country?s unofficial but undeniable ambition to cap the hosting of the Olympic Games by finishing atop the medal board.