Nigeria Protests Plan to Eliminate Wrestling From Olympics | allAfrica.com
The Federal Government has joined the rest of the world to protest the recently announced recommendation by the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that wrestling be...
View ArticleBank Top’s bid to give wrestling a fighting chance | The Bolton News
PINTS of Grappler and Bear Hug are being brewed in Bolton to raise the profile of wrestling after it was scrapped from the Olympics. Head brewer at Bank Top Brewery, Dave Sweeney, was a keen wrestler...
View ArticleGreek athletics federation wants wrestling kept in Games | Reuters
The Greek athletics federation (SEGAS) joined on Tuesday the chorus of opposition to an International Olympic Committee (IOC) executive board recommendation to drop wrestling from the Olympic Games....
View ArticleFILA announces May as World Wrestling Month | TheMat.com – USA Wrestling
VEVEY, SWITZERLAND – FILA, the international federation for the sport of wrestling, has announced that World Wrestling Month will be held this May. The 177 countries that are members of the...
View ArticleMay announced as “World Wrestling Month” as part of campaign to keep sport in...
May will be “World Wrestling Month”, the sport’s world governing body has declared, as it steps up its attempts to keep its place on the Olympic programme after Rio 2016. The International Federation...
View ArticleWyckoff Wrestling Royalty Decries Olympic Snuff | Wyckoff, NJ Patch
The Olympic Wrestling Club is lined with trophies and photos, many celebrating the career of three-time All-American and two-time National Champion, Florian Ghinea. Ghinea, the 39-year-old owner of...
View ArticleCPOW CHAIR BILL SCHERR: A Shout Out to the UFC! | TheMat.com – USA Wrestling
As wrestling fights for its life to stay in the Olympic program, it is important to celebrate and understand the Ultimate Fighting Championships. It has become a tremendous source of pride and...
View ArticleBahamas joins the fight to keep the Olympic sport of wrestling |...
Nassau, Bahamas – The Bahamas Amateur Wrestling Federation (BAWF) has joined with federations around the Americas in a campaign to reinstate wrestling as an Olympic Sport. The executive board of the...
View ArticleWomen’s Senegalese Wrestling and the Real Victims of the IOC | Wrestlingroots
For centuries female wrestlers in Senegal have competed in seasonal wrestling matches as a way to help create good fortune for the annual rice crop. However, with the expansion of Olympic...
View ArticleWrestling may change rules to appease those difficult Olympic gods | Iran...
International wrestling is organizing fiercely to try to stop wrestling from being dropped from the Olympics. There is planning to change the rules to make the sport more appealing to the Olympic...
View ArticleFILA hires TSE as wrestling fights for Olympic status | SportsProMedia
The International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (FILA) has hired TSE Consulting to develop a strategic plan as the organisation looks to reclaim its Olympic status. TSE has signed a one...
View ArticleVladimir Putin and Russia’s support for Olympic wrestling | In Serbia News
SOCHI – The acting president of the International wrestling federation (FILA), Nenad Lalovic met in Sochi with Russian President Vladimir Putin and together they decided that this sport deserves to...
View ArticleWe’re ready for a long haul for Olympic inclusion: FILA chief | The Times of...
NEW DELHI: With little over a month to go for the crucial IOC meeting that will decide the fate of wrestling in Olympics, the international wrestling body chief Nenad Lalovic on Saturday said his...
View ArticleUSA, Iran wrestling teams to compete in historic event in Los Angeles |...
LOS ANGELES – USA Wrestling and Beat the Streets-Los Angeles, Inc. has announced that the United States and Iran will come together in a friendly international wrestling competition Sunday, May 19 at...
View ArticleWrestling will be back in Olympics: Sushil Kumar
Even as wrestlers world over remain unsure of their Olympic future, with the International Olympic Committee having dropped the sport from the 2020 Olympic Games a few months ago, star grappler Sushil...
View ArticleIOC may retain wrestling in 2020 Olympic program | The Voice of Russia
Wrestling has an opportunity to be included in the program of the 2020 Olympic Games, said International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge on Saturday at a press conference in the Peruvian...
View ArticleFILA to hold ‘extraordinary’ congress in Moscow | kens5.com
The federation for international wrestling will hold an “extraordinary” congress in Moscow later this month to discuss major changes designed to keep the sport in the Olympics. FILA said Wednesday...
View ArticleStrong lineups set for “United 4 Wrestling” USA vs. Iran dual meet in Los...
Olympic and World champion Jordan Burroughs of the USA, pictured in the 2013 U.S. Open finals, is among the stars on display in Los Angeles on May 19. Photo by Tony Rontundo/Wrestlers are Warriors LOS...
View ArticleOlympic champions Huynh, Igali will plead wrestling’s case to IOC | The Globe...
Olympic champion Carol Huynh believes wrestling is one of the purest sports. There’s no equipment, no padding – just “your hands, your heart and your mind.” “Those are the things that you bring to the...
View ArticleSignature campaign in Japan | Japan Wrestling Federation
“The Society to Preserve Wrestling in the Olympic Games” on May 2 delivered petitions with a total of 821,342 signatures to the Japan Wrestling Federation. The nationwide campaign drive, launched in...
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