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American Jordan Oliver had a late takedown to beat Russia's Magomed Kurbanaliev in the opening match Sunday in United 4 Wrestling, a three-team exhibition at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena.

Wrestling's governing body has approved new rule and constitutional changes aimed at modernizing the sport and keeping it in the Olympics after 2016.

USA Wrestling says that Iran has pulled out of a dual meet set for Sunday in Los Angeles.

"Are you ready to RUMBLE?!?" a man wearing sunglasses, a black suit, impressively shiny black shoes, and an American-flag bow tie asks as he stands on a raised wrestling mat. The Iranian supporters standing in the temporary bleachers on the other ...

Iran's wrestling team visited the United States for the first time in a decade and found a virtual home meet.

Actor Billy Baldwin, who grew up wrestling in Massapequa, N.Y., will be in New York City Wednesday to rally support in the battle to save Olympic wrestling. Baldwin, who starred in "Backdraft" and "Sliver," wrestled on his high school team and th...

It was a terrible episode of "Raw" last night, with only the six-man elimination match between Team Hell No and John Cena versus The Shield and the closing segment featuring Triple H and Brock Lesnar worth praising. Everything just seemed off abo...

In Iran, Olympic wrestling champion Jordan Burroughs felt like Justin Bieber, LeBron James and Tom Brady all rolled into one.

Wrestling's fight to get back into the Olympics is as much about politics as sports. It's about saying the right things in public while lobbying behind-the-scenes for crucial votes. It's about knowing how to schmooze with the right people.

As chaotic as it was compelling, Monday Night Raw did a tremendous job selling me on the Extreme Rules pay-per-view that's set to explode on May 19. In one night, we saw superstars smashed from every angle with a ladder, Mark Henry whipping Sheamus w...

Olympic champion Henry Cejudo planned for a smooth and quiet transition from amateur wrestling to professional mixed martial arts. But stepping into his fourth fight after three months as a pro, Cejudo's manager is threatening to pull the 2008 gol...

The federation for international wrestling says it will hold an "extraordinary" congress in Moscow later this month to discuss changes it hopes will help keep the sport in the Olympics.

Dolph Ziggler combines the technical skill of Mr. Perfect, the athletic electricity of Shawn Michaels and the hip gyrations of "Ravishing" Rick Rude all in one superstar. And with John Cena suffering an injured Achilles during the WWE's European tour...

If the Western Conference remains a place of high anxiety for teams such as the Minnesota Wild, Detroit Red Wings and Columbus Blue Jackets, who are wrestling for the final two playoff berths in the final days of the regular season, there is at last ...

The United States will face Iran in a wrestling exhibition in Los Angeles next month.

Star The Rock Had a Tough Childhood: "Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson has a reputation for being the ultimate showman, playing badass tough guys in movies like G.I. Joe Retaliation and The Scorpion King, and winning over WWE wrestling fans with his char...