On a grass field slick with olive oil and steeped in tradition, hundreds of boys as young as 11 joined the ranks of Turkey’s most time-honored sporting event: the annual Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling ...

Held for 664 years, the Kırkpınar Oil Wrestling Championship is the world’s oldest ongoing sporting event. Pictured is reigning champion Yusuf Can Zeybek oiling himself before a match ...

Burly wrestlers wearing studded black leather pants and glistening with olive oil grappled for hours in the sun on a grassy field in Turkey’s northwestern city of Edirne over the weekend. (AP ...