Frank Staebler claimed Germany's first Greco-Roman world title in 21 years after beating South Korea's Hansu Ryu to 66 kilograms gold at the Wrestling World Championships here. 

Russian Wrestling Federation President Mikhail Mamiashvili has been denied a United States visa to attend the World Championships here.

An array of Olympic gold medallists will converge on here this coming week as they bid for top honours at the Wrestling World Championships and a spot at Rio 2016.

Wrestling is exploring the reintroduction of Greco-Roman contests for women, in what could mark a massive step for the cause of gender equality in one of the most physically demanding Olympic sports.

United World Wrestling (UWW) will deliver a high-definition live stream of every match from next week’s World Championships in Las Vegas, it has been announced.

Russia proved the dominant country on the opening day of freestyle competition at the Cadet Wrestling World Championships, securing three golds and a bronze in Sarajevo.

Azerbaijan’s Leyla Gurbanova continued her dominance of the women’s 52 kilograms division as she added the Cadet Wrestling World Championships title to the junior crown she won in Brazil just two weeks ago in Sarajevo.

USA Wrestling have announced Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will be an official sponsor for the 2015 World Wrestling Championships, which are set to take place from September 7 to 12 in Las Vegas.

Three Japanese wrestlers will head to next month’s World Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas as the overwhelming favourites to retain their titles after they maintained their position at the top of their respective division’s rankings.

Georgia claimed two gold medals on the opening night of the Junior Wrestling World Championships at the Pan-American Judo Center in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil.

Senegal National Olympic and Sports Committee (SNOSC) President Mamadou Diagna Ndiaye is to be proposed as a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), insidethegames has been told.

Chelyabinsk, the latest stop on the Olympic Movement's recent Russian tour, is a city in the Southern Urals most interesting for two rather unusual historical happenings. The first, over half a century ago in 1957, was a nuclear spillage at nearby Ozyorsk rated as history’s worst until Chernobyl in 1986 and Fukushima in 2011. This was followed in February 2013 by the falling of a meteor close to the city, the light of which was reportedly brighter than the sun.

United World Wrestling has reinstated the five-point throw for Greco-Roman competition and brought in a number of rule revisions, including increased penalties for illegal actions and the elimination of one-point exposure.

Canada’s women have claimed the team title at the Pan American Wrestling Championships thanks to their two gold medals in Chile’s capital Santiago.