Straitstimes.com header logo

Choose edition

Search

singapore

asia

world

opinion

life

business

sport

Visual

Podcasts

SPH Rewards

STClassifieds

Paid press releases

Advertise with us

FAQs

Contact us

 

Wrestling

Singaporean MMA fighter Garie Tang wins gold at Brazilian jiu-jitsu’s world championship

Garie Tang defeated three opponents to stand atop the podium at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Dec 12.
Garie Tang defeated three opponents to stand atop the podium at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Dec 12.

In a tiny hall far from Cairo, a club forges Egyptian girls' Olympic wrestling dreams

Young girls in action during a Judo training session at the one-room Manshiya club in El Mansoura, Egypt, December 15, 2025. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
Young girls in action during a Judo training session at the one-room Manshiya club in El Mansoura, Egypt, December 15, 2025. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

WADA names India worst doping offender for third straight year

Commuters ride past a signboard cut-out advertising the 2030 Commonwealth Games in Ahmedabad on Nov 29, 2025.
Commuters ride past a signboard cut-out advertising the 2030 Commonwealth Games in Ahmedabad on Nov 29, 2025.

Singapore SEA Games contingent monitoring situation in flood-hit Songkhla

Members of rescue teams distribute supplies to stranded people in a flooded area in Hat Yai district, which has been affected by heavy rainfall that has hit 10 provinces in southern Thailand and killed several people, in Songkhla province, Thailand, November 24, 2025. REUTERS/Sithichai Chootochana
Members of rescue teams distribute supplies to stranded people in a flooded area in Hat Yai district, which has been affected by heavy rainfall that has hit 10 provinces in southern Thailand and killed several people, in Songkhla province, Thailand, November 24, 2025. REUTERS/Sithichai Chootochana

‘Huncles’ rumble at Tanjong Pagar CC’s first pro wrestling event

Active participants from the Tanjong Pagar-Tiong Bahru’s H.U.N.C.L.E programme in a special segment at WrestlePagar, the division's inaugural professional wrestling event, including 92-year-old Mr Lai Weng Kay.
Active participants from the Tanjong Pagar-Tiong Bahru’s H.U.N.C.L.E programme in a special segment at WrestlePagar, the division's inaugural professional wrestling event, including 92-year-old Mr Lai Weng Kay.

Russell dons Lucha Libre mask to watch F1 practice anonymously

Formula One F1 - Mexico Grand Prix - Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City, Mexico - October 23, 2025 Mercedes' George Russell is pictured wearing a wrestling mask ahead of the Mexico Grand Prix REUTERS/Raquel Cunha
Formula One F1 - Mexico Grand Prix - Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City, Mexico - October 23, 2025 Mercedes' George Russell is pictured wearing a wrestling mask ahead of the Mexico Grand Prix REUTERS/Raquel Cunha

Sumo wrestlers won over by well-behaved crowds at Royal Albert Hall

Oho and Abi in action at the Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
Oho and Abi in action at the Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

Japan's double Olympic champion Kinjo announces retirement

FILE PHOTO: 2016 Rio Olympics - Wrestling - Final - Women's Freestyle 63 kg Gold Medal - Carioca Arena 2 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 18/08/2016. Maria Mamashuk (BLR) of Belarus and Risako Kawai (JPN) of Japan compete. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: 2016 Rio Olympics - Wrestling - Final - Women's Freestyle 63 kg Gold Medal - Carioca Arena 2 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 18/08/2016. Maria Mamashuk (BLR) of Belarus and Risako Kawai (JPN) of Japan compete. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo

Sport-Four Georgian athletes get doping bans as CAS quashes 'spiked drinks' defence

A view of the Court of Arbitration for Sport logo in Lausanne, Switzerland, May 14, 2024. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
A view of the Court of Arbitration for Sport logo in Lausanne, Switzerland, May 14, 2024. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

Wrestling legend Mijain Lopez calls for Cuban sport to ‘open up’ to the world

Cuba's Mijain Lopez Nunez poses with the Cuban flag and his gold medal during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Cuba's Mijain Lopez Nunez poses with the Cuban flag and his gold medal during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

E-paper

Newsletters

Podcasts

RSS Feed

About Us

Terms & Conditions

Privacy Policy

Need help? Reach us here.

Advertise with us

Download the app

Get unlimited access to exclusive stories and incisive insights from the ST newsroom
Subscribe Placeholder
MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.