Wrestling will be fighting to prove its relevance in Rio after battling back from the brink of Olympic extinction. One of the key sports at the ancient Olympics, wrestling has been part of every ...

In 2016, Icho became the first woman in any sport to win individual gold in the same discipline at four consecutive Olympics. Was wrestling an original Olympic sport? Wrestling was part of the Ancient ...

The main objective in wrestling is to pin the opponent, which is achieved by holding his or her shoulder blades to the mat for about a second. A pin, also known as a "fall," automatically ends the ...

Leonidas of Rhodes is our guide to the Olympic Games, as held in Ancient Greece. Running. Jumping. Throwing. Wrestling. Boxing. Horse racing. We’ve got it all going on! Welcome to Olympia ...

Young men trained in the nude, engaging in various sports such as wrestling, running ... bodies and their physical ...

Image caption, The ancient Olympic athletes would ... where Olympians could practise their boxing and wrestling. The main event at the Olympics was not a sporting event, but a sacrifice.

The sport dates back to the fourth century and has some similarities to sumo wrestling Unesco has accepted ... march under a united flag at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.