It's a common sight across Senegal, where wrestling is a national sport and wrestlers are celebrated like rock stars. The local variation of wrestling, called laamb in Wolof, one of the national ...

After competing at national level in Greco-Roman wrestling back home, he swapped Tokyo for Thies last year to master a Senegalese wrestling style known as Laamb and to share his knowledge of the ...

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A former Olympic athlete and African Wrestling Championships titleholder, Isabelle Sambou, has returned to her hometown in rural Senegal to train a new generation of female champions. Cate ...

VALVERDE, Spain, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Amid cheers from the crowd, 13-year-old Senegalese migrant Cheik Ndaa tricks his opponent into falling over and wins his first tournament in Lucha Canaria, a ...

For one, ‘Buchecha’ is eager to assert Brazilian jiu-jitsu’s dominance over the feared Senegalese type of wrestling that ‘Reug Reug’ is known for. “It’s going to be Brazilian jiu ...

Laamb wrestling is an ancient tradition that has been passed down for many generations in Senegal. It was traditionally associated with the Serer people till it became a national sport in Senegal ...

MLOMP, Senegal (AP) — It’s almost dusk, and the West African heat is finally faltering. In Mlomp, a village in southern Senegal, dozens of teenagers in colorful jerseys are throwing each other to the ...

It's a common sight across Senegal, where wrestling is a national sport and wrestlers are celebrated like rock stars. The local variation of wrestling, called laamb in Wolof, one of the national ...

Senegalese wrestling, or 'Laamb', evolved from a post-harvest pastime to the country's national sport. Anchored in ancestral war rituals, it blends physical combat and acrobatics, with victory ...

It’s a common sight across Senegal, where wrestling is a national sport and wrestlers are celebrated like rock stars. The local variation of wrestling, called laamb in Wolof, one of the national ...