Irans national wrestling teamhas won the title of the 2016 Freestyle World Cup after defeating Russias outfit. Defending champion Iran defeated Russia 5-3 in Inglewood in the US city of Los Angeles late on Sunday (local time). A few hours before the final, the Iranian squad edged past the hosts in classification points (17-15) when the matches ...

TEHRAN, March 17 (MNA) Irans parliament speaker has congratulated Iranian wrestlers triumph at Freestyle Wrestling World Cup championships. In Parliaments Monday open session Ali Larijani offered congratulations for the victory of Iranian freestyle wrestlers at 2014 World Cup champions in Los Angeles. He asserted that I praise Iranian wrestlers ...

(Reuters) - For a brief moment on Tuesday, the nuclear dispute betweenIranand the United States took a back seat to sport. U.S. diplomats found rare common ground with the Islamic Republic at a fresh round of nuclear negotiations between Tehran and world powers, noting Iran's victory in the freestyle wrestling World Cup held in the Iranian capital ...

TEHRAN, Iran -- In a rare gesture of goodwill, members of the U.S. freestyle wrestling team shook hands with Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday after finishing third in a tournament. Iran and the U.S. have found a common ground in wrestling lately after the sport was kicked out of the Olympics, with both countries intent on seeing it ...

Iran has grabbed the 2013 Freestyle Wrestling World Cup title after beating Russia on the final day of the tournament in Tehran.Russia finished runner-up, followed by the United States on Friday at the 12,000-seat hall of the Azadi Sports Complex in west Tehran. Iranian wrestlers beat their Russian rivals in the 55-, 60-, 74-, 84-, 96-, and 120-kilogram ...