Adam Saytiev, the Olympic freestyle-wrestling champion, does not even flinch when the gunshots ring out, echoing over the walls of his family’s home in the Russian city of Khasavyurt. They seem to ...

Russia said on Saturday that 10 of its wrestlers who were offered spots at the Paris Olympics as neutrals will refuse to compete. The Russian wrestling federation said in a statement that its ...

Last October, Russia's Security Council deputy secretary pledged that Russia would soon see the introduction of Sambo wrestling in the Olympic program KALININGRAD ...

The Russian president visited on Thursday a newly-built Sambo wrestling sports center in the country’s southern city of Krasnodar KRASNODAR, March 7. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin said on ...

ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin backed a return to the Olympics for wrestling on Thursday, saying it was one of the fundamental sports of the Games. Wrestling was ...

BEIJING -- Islam-Beka Albiev has won Russia's second Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling medal in as many matches in Beijing, defeating Vitaliy Rahimov of Azerbaijan in the 60-kilogram final. According to ...

Khamzat Chimaev delivered a highlight-reel victory by defeating Tyron Woodley in just 94 seconds in the Real American ...

MOSCOW, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs is unhappy after the President of the country's Wrestling Federation (WFR) Mikhail Mamiashvili was refused a visa to enter the United ...

LONDON, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Russia's Alan Khugaev won gold in the 84kg division of the Greco-Roman wrestling at the London Olympics on Monday. He beat former 96kg Olympic champion Karam Ebrahim of Egypt ...