Wrestling
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Review: Mane documentary — two women, two stories, both winners
Senegalese documentary Mane — about a rapper and a wrestler — provides a fresh, feminist take on the country’s hip-hop generation
Saudi money writes scripts
A 10-year strategic deal is an acid test for how low a pseudo sport will bow to an autocratic regime
Dakar’s youth wrestle with ethnic gulfs
Despite embracing urbanism, Senegal’s aspiring athletes are returning to traditional belief systems.
India’s tough women wrestlers relish the prospect of wearing ‘girly’ saris in Rio
They have been ostracised and mocked but their successes have shattered age-old taboos.
Couple wrestle the best out of the Boland’s hopefuls
While spreading their wrestling passion, president of SA’s Wrestling Federation Frikkie Bosse and his wife became entangled in social development.
Young Senegalese try to wrestle way out of poverty
Fame may be just around the corner for Aliou Faye, who quit his job earlier this year to devote himself full time to becoming a champion wrestler.