< Sport News home

Pick a sport

Archery, Arm Wrestling, Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Beach volleyball, Biathlon, Bobsleigh, Bodybuilding, Boxing, Canoeing, Cricket, Curling, Cycling, Diving, Equestrian, F1, Fencing, Field hockey, Figure skating, Finger Jousting, Football, Formula One, Freestyle skiing, Golf, Gymnastics, Handball, Hockey, Horse Racing, Ice hockey, Ice Skating, Judo, Kite flying, Luge, Modern pentathlon, Motor Racing, Nordic combined, Parachuting, Powerlifting, Riding, Rowing, Rugby, Sailing, Shooting, Short track speed skating, Skeleton, Ski jumping, Skiing, Snooker, Snowboarding, Speed skating, Squash, Strength Athletics, Surfing, Swimming, Synchronized swimming, Table tennis, Taekwondo, Tennis, Thumb wrestling, Toe wrestling, Triathlon, Tug-o-war, Volleyball, Weightlifting, Wrestling, Zourkhaneh,

Zourkhaneh

Afghan Olympians pin their hopes on wrestling

In Kabul it is helping to prepare wrestlers for the London Olympics. The drum dominates the Zurkhaneh, an octagonal pit with a floor of clay soil in which athletes train and take part in a variety of disciplines. Afghan wrestlers are using it to ... continued at Euro News