Arab C'Ships

United World Wrestling Supports Iraq as Nation Hosts First Wrestling Event in Decades

Thursday, April 26, 2018 - 14:56 By Tim Foley

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BAGHDAD (April 26) -- The nation of Iraq hosted the Cadet Arab Wrestling Championships last week in Baghdad -- the first event sanctioned in Iraq by United World Wrestling since the 1987 Arab Wrestling Championships.

In order to qualify to host the event, United World Wrestling required the Wrestling Federation of Iraq to meet exceptional safety standard for all athletes, delegations and fans.

Wrestlers from eight Arab nations competed the championships (Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia and Yemen), with four (Iraq, Syria, Tunisia and Yemen) earning gold medal finishes in either Greco-Roman or freestyle wrestling.  The teams competed under championship conditions on two mats inside of a 2500-person arena.

The opening ceremony was attended by the head of the Iraqi National Olympic Committee Raad HAMOUDI, President of the Arab Union Zamel SHAHARANI, and United World Wrestling bureau member Fouad MESKOUT. In opening the competition, the pair outlined the importance of sport in creating good will among nations, and the vital role sports like wrestling play in helping countries promote peace and safety.

Meskout also gave special thanks to all the volunteers and workers responsible for delivering a safe and productive championship event.

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Zagreb Open 2026 Live Blog: WW 53kg, 57kg, 72kg, 76kg & GR 77kg, 87kg

Saturday, February 7, 2026 - 01:36 By Vinay Siwach

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ZAGREB, Croatia (February 7) -- The fourth day of the Ranking Series in Zagreb will see the remaining four Women's Wrestling weight classes in action along with two Greco-Roman weight classes 77kg and 87kg.

WATCH LIVE | LIVE MATCH ORDER | DAY 3 RESULTS

11:25: Giullia PENALBER (BRA) with a dominant win on U23 world champion Zhala ALIYEVA (AZE) at 57kg. Aliyeva never got going and Penalber led 14-4 before getting the fall

11:15: Asian champion at 62kg MASNISHA (IND) has moved down to 57kg. She faces Tindra DALMYR (SWE) in her opening bout and begins well to score a takedown. Dalmyr gets a four-pointer but Manisha controls the rest of the bout and wins 9-4

11:10: Amory ANDRICH (GER) gets a fall over Samantha STEWART (CAN) at 57kg. Stewart has been adjusting to the 57kg weight class but Andrich made short work of Stewart

10:45: Couple of quick results from Greco-Roman. First up is Levente Levai (HUN), European champion at 72kg and now at 77kg, with a 3-0 victory against Mohamed Khalil (EGY). And Doniyorkhon NAKIBOV (UZB) holding on for a 3-2 victory against Alexandru SOLOVEI (MDA) at 77kg

10:30: Another day in the and we will see more wrestlers trying to adjust to the Olympic weight classes.