Greece threw its weight behind the campaign to keep wrestling, a sport which has survived from the ancient Olympics, on the Games programme on Thursday. Greek Sports Undersecretary Giannis ...

ATHENS, Greece: Greece threw its weight behind the campaign to keep wrestling, a sport which has survived from the ancient Olympics, on the Games programme on Thursday.

If you want to gain upper body muscle mass, this exercise inspired by the Ancient Greeks and Romans could tick all the boxes for your next workout.

Oil wrestling is one of the oldest sports in the world and is most often practiced in Turkey, though is also popular in areas such as Sohos, in northern Greece, which is pictured here.

Barry Johnson writes: Wrestling, the most elemental of sporting tests, does that: It reveals our strengths and weaknesses, sure, but also our character.

Inside Turkey’s ancient oil wrestling championship This real-life clash of the titans was once used as a morale booster for Ottoman troops and now draws visitors from all over the world to the ...

Chiseled gladiators, tight leather pants, and copious amounts of olive oil: Inside Turkey’s ancient oil wrestling festival ...

'This mystery exercise, used by wrestlers like Milo and gladiators like Spartacus, was ditch digging. Digging with a shovel was seen as one of the best ways to build upper-body strength in Ancient ...

Koca is one of hundreds of wrestlers competing at this year’s Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival in northwestern Turkey. Chiseled young men from all over the country, and even abroad, have come to ...

'This mystery exercise, used by wrestlers like Milo and gladiators like Spartacus, was ditch digging. Digging with a shovel was seen as one of the best ways to build upper-body strength in Ancient ...