#WrestleCasablanca

WATCH LIVE: U17 African Championships Guide

By United World Wrestling Press

CASABLANCA, Morocco (April 29) — The African Championships begins today with the U17 age-group. All then U17 weight class in Greco-Roman and five Women’s Wrestling weight classes — 43kg, 49kg, 59kg, 65kg and 73kg — will be in action on Tuesday.

Watch live matches here — WATCH LIVE

Follow live match order here — LIVE MATCH ORDER

Follow live results here — LIVE RESULTS

List of participants for U17 African Championships — PARTICIPANTS

All brackets for U17 African Championships — BRACKETS

Full schedule of U17 African Championships — SCHEDULE

The U20 African Championships will begin on Thursday, May 1.

#UnitedWorldWrestling

Lalovic meets Saudi Olympic vice president Fahad bin Jalawi

By United World Wrestling Press

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (April 25) -- United World Wrestling President Nenad LALOVIC met with Vice President of the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee Fahad bin Jalawi Abdulaziz bin Musaed in Riyadh during his visit to Saudi Arabia.

Lalovic met with Fahad bin Jalawi at the Prince Faisal bin Fahad Olympic Complex in Riyadh. President of the Saudi Wrestling Federation Fahad Al-Faraj was also present during the meeting.

Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee and the Saudi Wrestling Federation discussed enhancing cooperation with UWW in wrestling as the Saudi federation aspires to establish a strong group of male and female players capable of participating in the Olympic events in the coming years.

Lalovic also visited the training camp organized by the Saudi wrestling team. The session saw the participation of 14 male and female wrestlers [4 U17, 4 U20, 4 U23 and 2 senior wrestlers]. The training was under the supervision of the Juan LUIS (CUB).

Saudi wrestling has made progress in recent times with Munthir JANDU (KSA) winning a silver medal in the 63kg weight class at the U20 Asian Championships last year.