PARIS — Turkey’s Taha Akgul and Kyrgyzstan’s Aiaal Lazarev wrestled for Olympic bronze, then both retired from the sport. Akgul won the 125-kilogram freestyle match 7-0 on Saturday.

not included in Kyrgyzstan’s Olympic delegation. To avoid a conflict of interest, Hasanov obviously did not work with Seiitbek-uulu in the final. But the Uzbek trainer made sure to wish Seiitbek ...

Before it landed in Paris, Israel held only 13 Summer Olympic medals — collected seven here. Ecuador won five medals, more than doubling its overall summer total. Kyrgyzstan made six podium ...

Having starred at the Summer Olympics in Paris, Central Asia’s boxers find themselves caught between the embrace of a Russian ...

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, September 6. Kyrgyzstan has temporarily suspended the export of cattle, small ruminants, and horses, ...

UFC Hall of Famer and former two-division world champion Daniel Cormier firmly believes Olympic gold medalist Amit Elor will ...

Abdumalik Khalokov earned Uzbekistan another gold in his Olympic debut. His final opponent, Munarbek Seiitbek Uulu, provided Kyrgyzstan its first ever medal in boxing — a silver. Team USA's Jahmal ...

The IOC has time and again reiterated its threat to leave boxing out of the 2028 Olympics if national federations continue to ...

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, September 8. The profit of Manas International Airport in Kyrgyzstan is on the rise, said the Chairman ...

Boxing's already uncertain Olympic future was thrown into further jeopardy after the sport's Asian governing body voted ...

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