Bulgaria’s Stanka Zlateva, the two-time Olympic silver medal-winning freestyle wrestler who recently retired, has claimed she was once offered cash to lose a World Championship final but declined to do…
Claire McGrath (31) is Miss Fitness Ireland and an all-round fitness fanatic. When she is not working as a creative director in a graphic-design company, she spends the rest of…
Champion powerlifter Cass Pickard looks like the picture of health, but the Emerald mother-of-two says just a few short years ago that was not the case.
Camille Holland is amazed at how quickly she has gone from novice to a place in the Great Britain squad for the European Powerlifting Championships.
Getting mugged is a very scary thing. In Acailanda, Brazil, like many places in the world, there are those who get desperate enough that they attempt to rob people who…
In Senegal, a nation on the Northwest coast of Africa, wrestling is more than a sport—it’s a tradition. Wrestling, or laamb as it’s called here, is an important aspect of…
Ritika Singh, a young Mumbai girl, had no idea what destiny had in store for her when she was participating in the Super Fight League (SFL), a mixed martial art…
After enduring a long 26-year wait before winning their first gold medal in weightlifting at the South Asian (SA) Games six years ago on home soil, Bangladeshi weightlifters will hope…
Sarah Loko will make her comeback in international judo at the European Open in Sofia for Belgium. The 29 year old former French, now defends the colors of Belgium. Danny…
At 5 feet 3 inches tall and 127 pounds soaking wet, 13-year-old Nyssa eighth-grader Noelle Acosta may not look intimidating, but at a moment’s notice, she can take you down…
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