Iranian Wrestler Deliberately Loses to Avoid Fighting Israeli Opponent

(BBC News) Georgina Rannard - Iranian wrestler Alireza Karimi-Machiani crashed out of his match against Russia's Alikhan Zhabrailov on Saturday after appearing to receive instructions to lose, rather than face Israel's Uri Kalashnikov in the next round at the Senior U23 World Championship in Poland.


2017-11-28 00:00:00

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