Mohammad Hossein Askari’s comeback to the mat has made 97kg men’s freestyle a battleground in Iran. Askari made a comeback to the mat in 2019 after serving a four-year ban. His biggest win after the return was in…
With the postponement of 2021 Tokyo Games, the fans are forced to wait for one more year until they see their favourite athlete taste the Olympic glory. Similarly, the dreams of the new crop of wrestlers to etch…
The United States has long been one of the world’s top wrestling nations. The American freestyle team won the world team title at the 2017 World Championships in Paris, France, finishing with six medals, including two world champions.…
With wrestling currently on hold along with the rest of world sports and looking for a distraction, I started to wonder about the Tokyo Olympics, which have been postponed for a year. Would that have any affect on…
Many sports personalities from around the world have become synonymous with a nickname. These names are often given by fans or friends and mostly related to the athlete’s personality. Like Russia’s greatest Greco-Roman wrestler Aleksandr Karelin was called…
No country has dominated the wrestling landscape in the past decade as Russia has. The Russian Federation has no intention of slowing down after capturing five team titles in the past three years. Whom will Russia turn to…
In the search to find purpose and to accomplish something new each day while in isolation, Erica Wiebe has discovered a talent for getting dressed upside down. It’s all part of the optimism and sense of humour that…
Over the years there have been many rivalries but nothing comes close to wrestling battles between Turkey’s Taha Akgul and Georgia’s Geno Petriashvili. The two are the best wrestlers in the 125kg men’s freestyle wrestling. Akgul alongside 97kg…
Two-time world champion Magomedrasul Gazimegmedov said that he will change his weight category to compete at the Tokyo Games. Originally scheduled to be held this year in July, Olympics were deferred to 2021 in the wake of coronavirus…
Olympic Champion Taha Akgul feels that quarantine due to Coronavirus has hampered injured athletes. The Turkish wrestler had suffered shoulder surgery in 2019 December after sustaining a severe shoulder injury during a national training camp. After staying away…