Kraków-Małopolska 2023 organisers are making a last-ditch attempt to include wrestling at next year’s European Games but admit that time is running out.

United World Wrestling (UWW) has approved an updated qualification process for the Paris 2024 Olympics which has switched some quota places from the 2023 World Championships to the third event offering spots for the Games, the 2024 World Olympic Qualifiers.

Hosts Turkey claimed all of the gold medals on the mat on the penultimate day of the International University Sports Federation (FISU) World Cup Combat Sports here, with seven victories from seven in wrestling.

Pakistani wrestler Ali Asad, who claimed a bronze medal at this year's Commonwealth Games, has tested positive for a banned substance and faces losing that prize.

Iranian wrestler Komeil Ghasemi has received a London 2012 Olympic gold medal a decade later, after the original first- and second-placed athletes were disqualified for doping.

Kyle Frederick Snyder of the United States won his third world title in the men’s 97 kilograms category on the final day of the World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade.

Kyle Dake won a fourth world title with victory in the men's freestyle under-74 kilograms final at the World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade.

The United States claimed two golds, both courtesy of Olympic champions, in the men’s freestyle categories on the seventh day of action at the World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade.

Olympic champion Tamyra Stock-Mensah recorded a fall in the women's 68 kilograms class to defeat Japan's Ami Ishii and claim her second world title at the World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade.

Olympic champion Yui Susaki and Miwa Morikawa provided a women's wrestling double for Japan at the World Wrestling Championships in Serbia's capital Belgrade.

Triple Olympic medallist Riza Kayaalp returned to the top of the world stage after beating Iran's Amin Mirzazadeh in the Greco-Roman over-130-kilogram division at the World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade.

Former European champion Mate Nemeš sealed gold at the World Wrestling Championships to mark another successful day for host nation Serbia in Belgrade with Greco-Roman action dominating the proceedings.

Hosts Serbia won two gold medals on the opening day of finals at the World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade.

The first finalists of the World Wrestling Championships were decided in four Greco-Roman divisions at the Štark Arena in Belgrade.

Seven people have been elected to the United World Wrestling (UWW) Bureau at the organisation's Congress in Belgrade, including Olympic gold medallist Daniel Igali.