EDIRNE, Turkey (Reuters) - Some 2,200 oil wrestlers began fighting bouts at a stadium in the northwestern Turkish city of Edirne on Friday, competing to win a golden belt in a contest dating back to ...

EDIRNE, Turkey -- 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.

Turkish wrestler Yasemin Adar Yigit has won gold at the 2022 World Championships. Yigit, 30, beat Samar Hamza from Egypt 6-0 in the women's 76 kg final on Wednesday at the Stark Arena in Belgrade, ...

Turkish athletes claimed Saturday 2 gold medals in men's free-style wrestling on the first day of the 41th International Yasar Dogu Tournament held in the Turkish capital, Ankara. Turkey's Yakup Gor ...

There are few ways to better know a destination than by witnessing its national sport. In Türkiye, this means watching kispet-clad, olive oil-soaked wrestlers (or Pehlivan) grapple for supremacy in a ...

EDIRNE, Turkey (AP) — On a grass field slick with olive oil and steeped in tradition, hundreds of boys as young as 11 joined the ranks of Turkey’s most time-honored sporting event: the annual ...

ISTANBUL, 22 April (BelTA - Anadolu) - Turkish wrestler Riza Kayaalp won gold at the 2026 European Wrestling Championships. Kayaalp, 36, defeated Hungary’s Darius Attila Vitek 7-1 to claim the ...

Though he will miss entering the wrestling ring in front of millions this year, a Turkish Olympic silver medalist said Wednesday he supports postponing this summer’s Tokyo games. "People are facing ...

Their torsos slick with oil and sweat, the fighters grapple and tussle for gold and glory, competing in a venerable Turkish sport dating back to the time of the Ottomans.