5th June - A gold medal at the London Olympics will be worth $250,000 (£178,775) for United States wrestlers under a new scheme announced scheme established to keep the top competitors in the sport.

June 5 - Indian wrestlers training for next year's Commonwealth Games are angry over their federation's failure to reimburse their expenses for two overseas tournaments.

FEBRUARY 16 - SWEDISH wrestler Ara Abrahamian, who threw his bronze medal away in protest at the Olympics last year, will not be able to get it back, Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled today.

November 6 - THE Swedish wrestler who dropped his medal in protest at the Beijing Olympics has been banned from the sport for two years, wrestling's governing body FILA said today.

DECEMBER 30 - THE British Wrestling Association (BWA) have announced that Ukrainian Anatolii Kharytoniuk, a former world championship silver medallist, has been appointed as the national performance coach as the sport begins preparations for the 2012 Olympics.