Russian wrestler Abdulrashid Sadulaev, a two-time Olympic freestyle wrestling champion, has been banned from competing in the qualifying tournament for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, according to the Russian Wrestling Federation.

Algeria won five Olympic berths in Greco-Roman wrestling, Nigeria dominated in women's wrestling and Egypt took four in men's freestyle wrestling at the African & Oceania Olympic Games Qualifiers held in Alexandria, Egypt from 22-24 March.

Canadian wrestling legend and Rio 2016 gold medallist Erica Wiebe has announced her retirement. The 34-year-old from Stittsville, Ontario, also won a bronze medal at the 2018 World Championships and was a two-time Commonwealth Games champion.

The decision by United World Wrestling to lift the ban on the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has raised more questions in India. Now the Delhi High Court, has stepped in and said that the ad hoc committee will select the teams for the Asian Wrestling Championships and the World Olympic Qualifiers.

USA wrestlers had three Olympic quotas in women's wrestling and four out of six in freestyle wrestling after the 2023 World Championships. The women's team managed to secure three berths, but the freestyle team missed out at both weights.

The first continental wrestling qualifier of the year began on 28 February in the Mexican city of Acapulco. The Greco-Roman wrestlers were the first to compete in the Pan American qualifying tournament.

The controversy in Indian wrestling continues as the two governing bodies are set to hold Olympic trials on the same dates, causing confusion among the athletes.

The Mexican city of Acapulco hosted the 2024 Pan American Wrestling Championships from 21-24 February. Team USA won the team trophies in all three categories and took home all 10 gold medals in freestyle wrestling.

Hakuho, the sumo wrestler with the greatest number of wins with more than 1,100, could be demoted because of pupil's behaviour. During Wednesday's meeting, the Mongolian wrestler told JSA compliance committee that he was unaware of Hokuseiho's actions.

Turkiye's Taha Akgul, the most successful European freestyle wrestler of all time, won his 11th European title in the last 12 years. His opponent in the 125kg final at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships was, as expected, Georgia's Geno Petriashvili.

The sixth day of the 2024 European Wrestling Championships saw the first five freestyle wrestling finals. Two of the gold medals went to Armenian wrestlers.

Ukraine had lost three finals on the first day of the women's gold medal bouts at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships. They had one more finalist on the second day and Iryna Koliadenko finally brought the first gold medal to the Ukrainian team.

Azerbaijan and Turkey both won two gold medals on the first day of the women's wrestling finals at the 2024 European Championships. And it was no surprise to see Azerbaijan's Mariya Stadnik top the podium for the 10th time in her career.

United World Wrestling (UWW) announced on 13th February that it has lifted the suspension of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) with immediate effect.

Russia's freestyle wrestlers will not take part in the 2024 European Wrestling Championships with a full squad. Earlier it was reported that seven members of the national team had been refused visas by the Romanian embassy in Russia.