U.S. wrestler Alan Vera died Monday night after suffering sudden cardiac arrest during a soccer game earlier this year, according to a statement from USA Wrestling. He was 33. A fixture on the ...
PARIS — Mijain Lopez has gone out on top. The 41-year-old Cuban defeated Yasmani Acosta Fernandez of Chile 6-0 in the 130-kilogram final at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday to win his fifth consecutive ...
Myles Amine of Brighton, who wrestles for San Marino, made a strong late charge but was denied his second Olympic bronze medal Friday in Paris. Amine, a bronze medalist three years ago in Tokyo, lost ...
Medals were issued to deserving wrestlers during Olympic competition on Saturday. Twelve total medals were issued across three events, the men's freestyle 74kg, men's freestyle 125kg and the women's ...
The ancient Olympic Games can be traced back to 776 B.C. — -- The Olympic Games that we know and celebrate today stem from events held thousands of years ago in Ancient Greece. The first recorded ...