PARIS (AP) — The United States closed the gap on Japan in women’s wrestling at the Paris Olympics. The Japanese won four of the six gold medals for the third straight Olympics and claimed two bronze ...

Wrestling is a staple at the Summer Olympics. The sport debuted at the very first Games back in 1896, and it's been on the card for all but one edition since then (1900). But since those first matches ...

Wrestling, one of the oldest sports in the Olympic Games is back again for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Individuals will compete over seven days, from Aug. 5-11 at Champ-de-Mars Arena in Paris, with medal ...

Iowa's Kennedy Blades had one message heading into her gold-medal match. "I'm just going to go out there and have fun and just let it fly. No matter what happens, I'm still young, this is my first ...

In a move that seems to defy it's own motto of "Faster, Higher, Stronger," the International Olympic Committee recommended today that one of its original sports—wrestling—be dropped from the Summer ...

Kennedy Blades is already an Olympic medalist before ever suiting up for Iowa women's wrestling. The 20-year-old wrestler defeated Kyrgyzstan's Aiperi Medet Kyzy by an 8-6 decision in the 76-kilogram ...

Zain Retherford prepares to wrestle Nick Lee (not pictured) at the U.S. Olympic Wrestling Trials in State College. / Matthew O'Haren-USA TODAY Sports Zain Retherford, the U.S. wrestler who was pulled ...

(AP) For wrestling, this may have been the ultimate body slam: getting tossed out of the Olympic rings. The vote Tuesday by the IOC’s executive board stunned the world’s wrestlers, who see their sport ...

The best female athlete we've ever seen. That is how David Miller describes 20-year-old Amit Elor, Walnut Creek's Olympic gold medalist in wrestling. Miller, who has been Elor's strength and ...

Olympic gold medalist Henry Cejudo was silent on the other end of the phone line — shocked, really, beyond belief. He was about to head to church near his home in the Phoenix area Tuesday morning when ...

Real American Freestyle has announced a new partnership with ALT Sports Data, bringing sports betting to the Olympic-style ...