Wrestling

Turkish wrestler Buse Tosun Çavuşoğlu has been crowned the "Female Wrestler of the Year" by the United World Wrestling (UWW), marking her exceptional achievements in 2024.

Çavuşoğlu's consistent performance in women's freestyle wrestling has made her one of the standout athletes on the international stage.

Greece celebrated ten medals at the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship held at “Dyo Aorakia” in Heraklion, Crete, with Nikitas Markoulakis and Alexandros Kastrounis adding their names to the list of medalists.

Magomed Ramazanov secured Bulgaria's third Olympic gold medal at the Paris 2024 Games, defeating the renowned Iranian wrestler Hassan Yazdanicharati in the freestyle wrestling competition in the 86 kg category.

After 24 years, Bulgaria has secured another Olympic champion in wrestling. Semen Novikov claimed the gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling in the 87 kg category at the Paris 2024 Olympics, defeating Alireza Azizkhoon Mohmadipiani with a dominant 7-0 victory in the final.

Their torsos slick with oil and sweat, the fighters grapple and tussle for gold and glory, competing in a venerable Turkish sport dating back to the time of the Ottomans.

Every July, scores of wrestlers flock to the Kırkpınar tournament in the northwest of the country, a national and international attraction that gained UNESCO cultural recognition in 2010.

The 663rd Kırkpınar Oil Wrestling Festival has kicked off in the northwestern province of Edirne with the newly determined preselection system for the first time in its history.

The countdown has begun for one of the oldest wrestling festivals, held since 1360 in the northwestern province of Edirne, with hotel occupancy in the border city reaching its peak, according to a sector representative.

A Russian and a Ukrainian have officially received permission from the International Wrestling Federation (UWW) and will represent Bulgaria.

In ancient Greece the trio of wrestling, boxing & pankration were together known as the barea athla meaning the “heavy events”

Turkish wrestler Rıza Kayaalp has broken new ground by being the world champion for the fifth time.

The Greco-Roman style wrestler has bagged the gold medal in the 130kg category in the World Wrestling Championships in Serbia's capital Belgrade on Sept. 13, after defeating his Iranian competitor, Amin Mirzazadeh.