Olympic wrestling champion Ramonov to miss Tokyo 2020 following knee surgery

Russian Olympic wrestling champion Soslan Ramonov is set to miss out on defending his title through injury.
Russian Olympic wrestling champion Soslan Ramonov is set to miss out on defending his title through injury.
Dixies Arena in Fort Worth will host the United States' Olympic wrestling trials in April after the event was moved from the campus of Penn State University.
Russian wrestler Gennady Strakhov, winner of an Olympic silver medal at Munich 1972 when he represented the Soviet Union, has died following complications caused by a COVID-19 infection.
USA Wrestling is searching for a new host for its Olympic trials less than two months before the event is due to take place after confirming it would no longer be held on the campus of Penn State University.
The 2022 World Wrestling Championships have been moved from Russia to Serbia in response to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruling that Russia cannot stage major events for a two-year period.
United World Wrestling has announced financial support for smaller nations and developing countries to help their athletes attend upcoming qualifiers for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
A special stamp has been released in Iran to mark the 53rd anniversary of the death of Gholamreza Takhti, the country’s 1956 Olympic wrestling champion.
Iranian Wrestling Federation vice-president Hamid Sourian has called for the planned execution of wrestler Mehdi Ali Hosseini to be prevented.
Olympic champion Erica Wiebe has said she would not want to be prioritised for COVID-19 vaccinations to enable the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games to take place.
A bust of seven-time Paralympic medallist Mokhtar Nourafshan has been unveiled at Iran's Hall of Fame.
Asia's Tokyo 2020 hopefuls are now set to battle it out in Kazakhstan instead of China after United World Wrestling (UWW) announced a series of changes to its Olympic qualification tournaments.
Russia took four gold medals on the final day of the United World Wrestling (UWW) Individual Championships as they closed a competition they have dominated in style.
Russia claimed four golds in men's freestyle categories on the penultimate day of competition at the UWW Individual World Cup in Belgrade in Serbia.
Russia took the team title on the final day of women's action at the United World Wrestling (UWW) Individual World Cup in Belgrade.
World champion Aisuluu Tynybekova underlined her credentials by winning the 62-kilogram title in dominant fashion at the United World Wrestling (UWW) Individual World Cup in Belgrade.