By IRNA

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei congratulates national Iranian Greco-Roman wrestling team on winning the title of the 2014 Wrestling World Championships. In a message on Sunday night, Ayatollah Khamenei thanked the members and technical squad of the national wrestling team for their victory. The Leader further thanked ...

[caption id="attachment_116672" align="alignright" width="254"] Iranian wrestler, Hamid Souriyan celebrates after defeating his Russian rival.[/caption] National Iranian Greco-Roman wrestling team has clinched the title of the 2014 Wrestling World Championships. The Iranian Greco-Roman team won the World Wrestling Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan,...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iranian Greco-Roman wrestler Hamid Sourian claimed his sixth world title in the world championships on Sunday. In the final match held at the Gymnastics Palace in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, the 59kg wrestler defeated Mingiyan Semenov from Russia 2-1 and won the title. Sourian has previously won the gold medal at the 2005 Budapest,...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Omid Norouzi of Iran won a silver medal in the men's Greco-Roman 66kg of the 2014 World Wrestling Championships on Saturday. The Iranian wrestler defeated Davide Cascavilla from Italy 8-0 in Round of 32. Norouzi beat Germanys Frank Stbler 4-3 in Round of 16. The Iranian Greco-Roman wrestler defeated Bulgarian Konstantin Stas ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Irans freestyle team finished in second place of the 2014 World Wrestling Championships on Tuesday. In the two-day event, which was held in Tashkent, the Iranian freestyle wrestlers bagged three silver medals and two bronzes. On Monday, Hassan Rahimi claimed a bronze medal in the 57kg category. Mohammad Hossein Askari Mohammadian ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Hassan Rahimi of Iran seized a bronze medal in the men's freestyle 57 kg of 2014 World Wrestling Championships on Monday. The Iranian wrestler beat Levan Metreveli from Spain 6-0 in his first match. He defeated Ukraines Mykola Aivazian 10-2 in his second bout. In the quarterfinal match, he beat Russian Viktor Lebedev 7-1 but ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Komeil Ghasemi of Iran claimed a silver medal at the 2014 World Wrestling Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on Monday. The 125kg freestyle wrestler lost to Turkeys Taha Akgul 4-3 in the final match. Ghasemi beat Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi from Ukraine 4-0 and then defeated Chinese Deng Zhiwei 7-2 in round of 16. In the ...