Wrestling
Israeli MMA fighter Shimon Smotritsky earns unanimous decision win at 559 Fights 120 - interview
"When I fight like myself, freely, and without trying to entertain someone or try to hype the crowd up and do all this nonsense, I’m the best version of myself," Smotritsky says.
WWE changes name of October 7 event after Israeli criticism for 'Invasion' name
Wrestling with history: Bringing ancient Chinese martial arts to Israel
Disney subsidiary ESPN purchases WWE US streaming rights for $1.6b. over five year period
Remembering wrestler Navid Afkari, a year after Iran murdered him - analysis
‘The Post’ is proud to have played an important part in bringing the Iranian champion’s plight to world attention.
German athletes association urges Iran be banned from Olympics
Asian Football Confederation 'canceled' its contract with Iran
Family of murdered Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari beaten and arrested
Navid’s brother, Saeed, tweeted “Two female officers beat my mother so that her head was hit on the asphalt. 20 people beat Navid, 5 people [beat] Elham."
Israeli wrestler narrowly loses match for Olympic spot
Mitch Finesilver has impressive run at World Olympic Qualifiers, but falls to Ukraine's Mykhailov in semifinals.
Israeli wrestler wins bronze medal at European championships
Mitch Finesilver is currently Israel’s most decorated wrestler, competing in the international freestyle arena.
If Iran ‘can kill Navid Afkari who's so beloved, they would kill anybody’
While discussing international wrestling on his podcast, Rogan said about Afkari and the regime in Tehran: “It seems like what they were/are doing was just making sure that people were scared."
Israeli wrestler beats Canadian at elite event in Pennsylvania
Finesilver beat the Canadian grappler Jasmit Phutka 3-3 in the 76 kg match.
Iran’s regime executes champion boxer after torture, third in 4 months
Mutairi, third victim in four months, faced severe torture that led to his false confession that he killed two Basij militia members.
Iran executes second wrestler 5 months after killing wrestler Afkari
It is unclear whether the Islamic Republic authorities forced Hosseini to confess to a crime he did not commit.
Iran’s regime punishes innocent murdered wrestler’s coach and club
"The regime just took the wrestling club of Navid's coach and cut his insurance and salary. They gave his wrestling club to Omid Norouzi, the head of Sepahe Fajr Basij."