Abdoulaye Sy’s strict combat preparation routine starts four months before the “special fight.” Every morning, he wakes up at 6 a.m., prays, and pours a mystery liquid prescribed by a marabout, or ...

Nasser Al-Attiyah had two ambitions growing up -- shooting guns and driving fast cars. Now 46, Al-Attiyah, who is in Delhi to participate at the Shooting World Cup, is one of the world's top rated ...

VALVERDE, Spain (Reuters) - Amid cheers from the crowd, 13-year-old Senegalese migrant Cheik Ndaa tricks his opponent into falling over and wins his first tournament in Lucha Canaria, a traditional ...

Wrestlers from fourteen member states of the sub-region are expected to be in a competitive mood when the 8th edition of the ECOWAS Traditional Wrestling Tournament holds in Dakar, Senegal from the ...

DAKAR — Wrestling is enormously popular in Senegal — and the decisions that award victory or crushing defeat to the grapplers are now overseen by the same technology that is dividing opinion in ...

For nearly six years, wrestler Modou Lô has reigned as the undisputed "king of the arena" in Senegal - a title that carries more weight than any footballing accolade in the country. Ahead of his ...

Dakar-Senegal — The Iba Mar Diop Stadium Dakar came agog on Thursday, 12th July 2012 with wrestlers from 13 of the 15 ECOWAS Member States hitting the sandy arena as the 5th ECOWAS African Wrestling ...

More popular than soccer in many parts of Africa, traditional wrestling has grown into a major sport. Every year, wrestlers hoping to achieve fame and fortune converge on Dakar for an annual ...

“Sumo,” a new play by Lisa Sanaye Dring about the Japanese wrestling sport, naturally has a certain exoticism given the cultural specificity of its subject. But it’s also a classic behind-the-scenes ...