The official candidacies for the 2020 United World Wrestling Bureau elections have been received and confirmed. There are seven positions up for re-election in 2020, including six seats on the Bureau and the position of UWW President. Five…
Wrestling News: In a letter to the United World Wrestling (UWW) president Nenad Lalovic, Iran’s National Olympic Committee has asked for the modify Komeil Ghasemi’s 2012 Olympic medal. The Iran wrestler had originally won bronze in then 120…
United World Wrestling (UWW) has officially announced that the world championship will be held in Serbia in December. Any competition wishing to be held in 2020 must follow the criteria as established by the Executive Board and must…
Stefan Kazaryan of Armenia, former wrestler and referee inducted into the UWW Hall of Fame in 2011, has died. He was 84. In addition to success on the mats and as a referee, Kazarayan was also an establishing…
Wrestling News: The United World Wrestling (UWW) has cleared the air on the report about the possibility of Greco Roman’s exclusion from the Olympic programme. It says that Greco classical style wrestling will not be excluded from the…
Junior age-group wrestlers are sceptical over United World Wrestling’s (UWW) decision of resuming competitions from September. U23 Asian champ Naina Kanwal says it is not the best idea for the resumption of competitions as the coronavirus cases are…
Wrestling News: United World Wrestling (UWW) on Wednesday (today) released the tentative dates for 2020 and 2021. As per the new proposed schedule, there will be no world championships in any age group this year except the U23…
Wrestling News: The United World Wrestling (UWW) on Wednesday (today) came out with tentative dates for the UWW wrestling calendar 2020 and 2021. The competitions are expected to resume from September 1. The Cadet, Junior, and U23 Continental…
The Iran Wrestling Federation (IWF) has proposed to host the senior world championships next year in December in a webinar chaired by United World Wrestling (UWW) president Nenad Lalovic. With the one-year postponement of the Tokyo Olympics, world…
Hasan YAZDANI (IRI), an Olympic gold medalist and two-time world champion in freestyle, is one of the world’s biggest stars in international wrestling. After winning a junior world title in 2014, Yazdani made his mark at the senior…