LONDON -- The Olympics are ancient, and no sport more so than wrestling. The ancient Greeks loved to grapple, as did the Egyptians and Persians. Even Plato wrestled. Dude loved to dialogue and ...

London — It wasn’t enough that he had spent the day blitzing the world’s finest middleweight wrestlers, that he hadn’t so much conquered Iran’s Sadegh Goudarzi in the finals as vaporized him. No, ...

American wrestlers traveled to Kershmanshah, Iran, for the freestyle World Cup later this month, and were given a warm reception by fans and media. Two-time Olympian Jordan Burroughs -- who beat ...

TJordan Burroughs battles Russian Denis Tsargush on his way to the gold medal. (AP) When American 74 kilogram freestyle wrestler Jordan Burroughs picked out his Twitter handle, he went with one that ...

If the best wrestlers from Russia and Iran couldn’t stop Jordan Burroughs, the security guard at the ExCel arena didn't have a chance. For 16 months, the former Husker national champion had told the ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Olympic silver medalist Sadegh Goudarzi was appointed as the new head coach of Iran’s youth freestyle wrestling team. Goudarzi, 38, won a silver medal at the 2012 Olympic Games. He ...

Jordan Burroughs wore a shirt that asked, "Got doubles?" as he worked towards the Olympics. It turns out that was the exact move that earned him gold in the 74kg freestyle wrestling division on Friday ...