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AP PHOTOS: Oil wrestlers battle for the title in a more than 600-year-old competition in Turkey
EDIRNE, Turkey (AP) — After nearly an hour of grappling with his opponent under the blazing sun, Turkey’s “Tireless Wrestler” was crowned the winner of the 663rd Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Championships. Yusuf Can Zeybek, from the Mediterranean province of Antalya, retained the...
John Cena announces his retirement from professional wrestling after 2025 season
John Cena announced Saturday night that he will retire from professional wrestling next year after two decades in the ring. The wrestler-turned-actor delivered a heartfelt speech to a stadium of World Wrestling Entertainment fans in Toronto, who booed in disappointment as Cena said...
Russia says it won't send wrestlers to the Paris Olympics as neutrals
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — 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 officials, coaches and athletes held a meeting and “came to...
Wrestler Kyle Snyder looks to become fourth American to win two Olympic gold medals
Kyle Snyder already has one of the best resumes ever for a U.S. wrestler, and he’s just now hitting his prime. At age 20, he became the youngest American wrestler to win Olympic gold when he achieved the feat at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, and then he claimed silver at the Tokyo...
'King Parris' hopes to live up to nickname, claim heavyweight wrestling gold at Paris Olympics
Mason Parris has a golden opportunity to live up to his fabulously coincidental nickname. Parris said years ago, he was dubbed ‘King Parris,’ and it stuck. “My old club wrestling coach kind of started calling me that in high school," the American freestyle...
'Generational talent' Kennedy Blades, 20, seeks Olympic gold in women's wrestling
Kennedy Blades initially struggled to fully appreciate her biggest moment on the mat. Her mind already was on Olympic gold. Blades, just 20 years old, defeated six-time world champion and Tokyo Olympics silver medalist Adeline Gray at the U.S. Olympic Wrestling Trials in April to...
Gable Steveson banks on himself in career switch: From wrestling champ to NFL bid with the Bills
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Gable Steveson thought he achieved the impossible with his stunning last-second takedown of three-time world wrestling champion Geno Petriashvili to win gold at the Tokyo Games. Three years later, the 24-year-old Steveson is raising the degree of...
Paris Olympics: What to know and who to watch during the wrestling competition
A roadmap to follow for the wrestling competition at the Paris Olympics: Athletes to Watch —Hassan Yazdani, Iran: Nicknamed “The Greatest,” Yazdani was a gold medalist at 74 kilograms in 2016. He lost to David Taylor in the gold medal match in the 86-kilogram...
Gable Steveson makes switch from wrestling to football by signing with the Buffalo Bills
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Olympic gold medal wrestler Gable Steveson is seeking to trade the mat for the gridiron by signing a standard undrafted rookie free agent contract with the Buffalo Bills on Friday. The Bills list the 24-year-old Steveson as a defensive lineman in hopes his...
From acting to the squared circle, Emmy winner Hauser is ready to rumble for Major League Wrestling
Paul Walter Hauser thanked his parents, voters, agents and fellow nominees in his acceptance speech in January when he won an Emmy for his role in “Black Bird.” Then, in a move more fitting for Sting than Stingray, Hauser cut a promo straight out of the squared circle. ...
