Iran

Christian Pulisic is on track to play for the United States in its World Cup round of 16 match against the Netherlands on Saturday.

Christian Pulisic collided into the goalkeeper at the 38th-minute scoring a goal, that had held up, as the United States had beaten Iran 1-0 to advance to the World Cup's knockout stage

The last World Cup clash between the United States and Iran 24 years ago is considered one of the most politically charged matches in soccer history.

The U.S. Soccer Federation briefly displayed Iran's national flag on social media without the emblem of the Islamic Republic, saying the move supported protesters in Iran ahead of the two nations' World Cup match Tuesday.

A Spanish man trekking from Madrid to Doha for the 2022 FIFA World Cup has not been heard from since the day after he crossed into Iran three weeks ago

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The impact of the new Washington administration's temporary ban on immigrants from seven majority- Muslim countries has hit the sports world. Iran has now banned U.S. wrestlers from this month's Freestyle World Cup in response to President Donald Trump's executive order halting visas for Iranians...

VEVEY, Switzerland (AP) — The governing body of wrestling has imposed four-year doping bans on athletes from Iran and Azerbaijan. United World Wrestling says a ban on Bashir Babajanzadeh took effect from Aug. 31. Two weeks earlier, the Iranian had competed at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, losing in the quarterfinals of the Greco-Roman 130-kilogram class...