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Karim Zidan looks at the sports diplomacy that strengthened US-Iran ties in the 1990s, and how it was nearly interrupted by President Trump’s restrictive immigration plan. On Jan. 27, President Donald Trump issued an executive order restricting travel...

Getty Image The United States wrestling team will not be allowed to compete in the 2017 Wrestling World Cup due to Donald Trump’s immigration ban. The reason why is that the 2017 Wrestling World Cup is being hosted by Kermanshah, Iran. In retaliation...

Washington: The executive director of USA Wrestling said today that the American team still plans to compete next month in Iran, one of seven Muslim-majority countries whose citizens were temporarily banned from the U.S. by an executive order from President...

Iran men’s national wrestling team claimed the Freestyle Wrestling World Cup for the sixth time in a row Friday in Kermanshah, Iran. Iranian wrestlers Friday defeated the United States wrestling team 5-3 in the final match. At 57 kg devision, Hassan...

CHICAGO (AP) — Visa holders from seven majority-Muslim countries who were turned away from the United States due to President Donald Trump’s travel ban are rushing to try again, hoping to make it through a narrow window opened by legal challenges. The...