Tehran, Jan 6 (IRNA/APP): A ceremony will be held to mark the 58th anniversary of the passing of Gholamreza Takhti, the legendary Iranian wrestling champion and enduring symbol of sportsmanship and ...

Iran’s government has paid tribute to one of the country’s wrestlers who threw an international bout when he was ahead because winning would have meant fighting an opponent from Israel. The story of ...

Roman wrestling world gold medalist Ali Arsalan, and world junior Greco-Roman champion Fardin Hedayati visited cancer ...

TEHRAN, Jan. 03 (MNA) – Ahmad Mirzapour won the title of 2025 Iran’s Pahlevani Wrestling Championship on Friday. He defeated ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Iran’s wrestling team Friday defeated the United States wrestling team to secure the gold medal at the Freestyle World Cup. During the final matches, Iranian wrestlers sealed a 5-3 ...

The United World Wrestling (UWW) named Iranian wrestlers Saeid Esmaeili and Rahman Amouzad as the most dominant Greco-Roman ...

BANDAR ABBAS, Iran — One day, the spectators were shouting obscenities at American wrestler Mo Lawal after he beat his chest tauntingly before tackling his Iranian opponent. The next day, Friday, they ...

Iran on Friday banned U.S. wrestlers from participating in the Freestyle World Cup competition this month in response to President Donald Trump's executive order forbidding visas for Iranians, ...

Iran announced Sunday that it has lifted its ban on U.S. wrestlers from attending the freestyle World Cup later this month in the Iranian city of Kermanshah -- a retaliatory move announced Friday, in ...

Early yesterday morning, 12 wrestlers woke up and finished packing for what they regarded as a standard business trip. They flew individually to Washington, where they met at the U.S. State Department ...