Boxer Theagenes of Thasos was one of the towering sports figures from the ancient Olympic Games who supposedly won 1,400 ...

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 ...

It's time for the 2024 Olympics! Get psyched for this summer's festivities by reflecting on top terms related to the history of the Games. Japan claimed two of Friday's three freestyle wrestling ...

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 ...

PARIS (Reuters) - Iran's Saeid Esmaeili won the men's 67kg Greco-Roman wrestling gold at the Paris Olympics on Thursday. Ukraine's Parviz Nasibov claimed silver while Cuba's Luis Orta of Cuba and ...

Every four years, around 50,000 people came from all over the Greek world to watch ... could practise their boxing and wrestling. The main event at the Olympics was not a sporting event, but ...

As a result, Kamal Bey has been added to the U.S. Olympic roster and will compete in the Greco-Roman 77kg tournament. In total, UWW reallocated 16 wrestling quota spots after the International Olympic ...