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Universal Sports Update: Iran Wrestling

Iran pulls out of the scheduled wrestling meet with USA and Russia this Sunday, 5/19.

WRESTLING: Rumble on the Rails: USA vs. Russia

Three of the world’s top powers, Iran, the United States and Russia will come together in solidarity in this historic wrestling event at Vanderbilt Hall in Grand Central Terminal in New York City.

WRESTLING: Rumble on the Rails: USA vs. Russia (mobile)

Three of the world’s top powers, Iran, the United States and Russia will come together in solidarity in this historic wrestling event at Vanderbilt Hall in Grand Central Terminal in New York City.

Universal Sports Update: Wrestling Exhibition

In an effort to increase wrestling’s exposure, Team USA is setting up exhibition matches with Russia and Iran.

Wrestling in shock as IOC wields Games axe

The Aug. 5, 2012 file photo shows Cuba’s Gustavo Balart, left, competing with South Korea’s Choi Gyu-jin during 55-kg Greco-Roman wrestling competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. IOC leaders have dropped wrestling for the 2020 Games in a surprise decision to scrap one of the oldest sports on the Olympic program. The IOC […]

Wrestling pinning hopes on Burroughs as new face

Sadegh Saeed Goudarzi (IRI) and Jordan Burroughs (USA), in blue, compete in the men’s freestyle 74 kg gold medal match during the London 2012 Olympic Games at ExCeL – North Arena 2. (Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports) By Steve Keating LONDON, Aug 10 (Reuters) – For many Americans wrestling still conjures thoughts of Hulk Hogan but […]

Tracking the Trials: June 14, 2012

Rosters for several U.S. Olympic sports are determined by results from competitions known as trials. They usually are as nerve-wracking for the participants as being on trial. Qualifying for the team can be as joyous as getting acquitted. Meet some athletes for whom their trials was more trial and less error as they earned an […]

Tracking The Trials: June 14, 2012

Team USA begins to take shape for London as we check in on the Trials to date, including highlights from the Marathon, Boxing and Wrestling Olympic Trials.

Full event replays

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Road To London: U.S. Men Wrestle Their Way To London

Upsets, surprises and a family tradition continues at the U.S. Wrestling Olympic Trials.

Road To London: U.S. Women Wrestle For A Chance

New faces took center stage for the American women at the U.S. Wrestling Olympic Trials.

Overweight Gardner ends bid for Olympic comeback

Rulon Gardner of USA (left) celebrates winning the gold medal by defeating Alexandre Kareline of Russia (right) in the 130 kilogram event during the Greco Roman wrestling held at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre in Darling Harbour during the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. (Billy Stickland/ALLSPORT) April 20 (Reuters) – American wrestler […]

Olympics: The Angle Isn’t Right

Kurt Angle of the US displays the national flag after winning the gold medal in the men’s 100kg Olympic freestyle wrestling event at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia. (AFP-IOP/AFP/Getty Images) On Thursday, wrestling star and former Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle announced that he will no longer be competing for a spot […]