A friendly match between Iran and the US wrestling teams was called off, the Iranian wrestling federation announced. The US state department has not granted visas to the head of Iran wrestling federation Alireza Dabir and five other teams members, the federation said in a statement on Thursday, according to Tehran Times. The Iranian ...

IRNA Iran ranked second in Yadegare Emam freestyle Wrestling Cup Championship held in Chabahar Free Trade and Industrial Zone region in the southeastern Iran. Meanwhile, Russia stood first in the championship. Several wrestlers from Russia, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Armenia, Georgia, Hungry, Pakistan, Mongolia, Belarus, Italy, and Tajikistan,...

MNA Irans senior Greco-Roman wrestling team defeated Turkey 7-1 on Friday and ranked third at the 2017 World Cup. The Iranian Greco-Roman wrestlers who had defeated Germany and Kazakhstan on Thursday, were defeated by Russians in their second encounter. Russian beat Azerbaijan Republic and ranked the champion of this tournament. The 2017 ...

MNA In the first round of Free Style World Cup in Kermanshah, Iran and Azerbaijan have crushed Turkey and Russia, respectively to take the first blood. Irans western provincial center of Kermanshah hosts Free Style World Cup 2017 where in two groups, worlds dominant national squads compete in direct matches. In the first date, Iran won Turkey ...

The Washington Post- Erin Cunningham: The Americans were greeted in Iran with red roses, smiling fans and a barrage of selfies. No diplomatic crisis here. But that wasn't the case just two weeks ago. Back then in the wake of President Trump's now-frozen travel ban it didn't look like a group of U.S. wrestlers would be allowed to compete in one ...

IRNA - The 45th round of the Freestyle Wrestling World Cup started here in this western Iranian city on Thursday with a match between Iranian and Turkish wrestlers. Eight top world wrestling teams including Iran, Russia, US, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Mongolia and India have attended the two-day international event. After the Jan 27 visa ban ...

IRNA The US wrestlers will participate in the 2017 Wrestling World Cup if foreign ministry issues visas for them, said Minister of Youth and Sports, Masood Soltanifar, on Tuesday. The 2017 World Cup is to be held in Western Iranian city of Kermanshah in February. 'If the Iranian Foreign Ministry decides to issue visas for the US wrestlers, they ...

TEHRAN, Feb. 08 (MNA) The top-notch Greco-Roman wrestlers at the Hungarian Grand Prix were identified while Iran's Babajanzadeh snatched one silver medal. Hungarian Grand Prix which took place in the city of Szombathely, Hungary on February 06-07, 2016. Iran had attended the two-day event with two representatives while Bashir Babajanzadeh ...

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[caption id="attachment_76227" align="alignright" width="175"] A file photo of Irans legendary free-style wrestler Gholam-Reza Takhti[/caption] Iranians from the four corners of the country have gathered in the Iranian capital, Tehran, to mark the 47th anniversary of the death of legendary free-style wrestler Gholam-Reza Takhti. The wrestling world ...