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The championship to be hosted by the Chinese eastern coastal city of Ningbo, Zhejiang province from April 17 to 29, which serves as the qualifying event for 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.Iranian women will be participating in the contest of seven weightlifters. The first competition of Iranian women athletes was held …

In freestyle category Ali Arab in 45 kg and Amir Hossein Firouz Pour in 80 kg received gold medals.Mohammad Mobin Azimi in the weight category of 92 kg snatched a silver medal.Meanwhile, Mahdi Ahadi Zenab, Kamran Arqash and Saeed Karim Zadeh in 45kg, 80 kg and 92 kg weight categories, …

Firouzja could receive 7 victories and two ties.“The Reykjavik Open is one of the strongest and most innovative open tournaments in the world, played in the magnificent Harpa building – think a black Sydney Opera House with plenty of side-events plus, of course, the chance to see amazing Iceland.After having …

Iranian silver medalist at 2012 Olympic Games Ehsan Haddadi came second with a throw of 65.79 meters.He is being coached by American Mac Wilkins in the US to get prepared for Qatar international track and field contests to be held in Doha September 27 to October 6.In this event, Reggie …

Speaking to IRNA, head of West Azarbaijan Province Sports Committee for the Disabled Ali Amanzadeh said, Janfeshan defeated all his rivals.He added that in team category, Hassan Janfeshan and Majid Arabi overpowered rivals from Jordan and Thailand and ranked first.The Iranian squad could gain seven colorful medals in the competitions, …

President Hassan Rouhani said that he expects a powerful presence by the Iranian teams at 2020 Summer Olympics as well as 2020 Summer Paralympics.He made the remarks in a meeting with Iran's Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs Massoud Soltanifar.The president expressed his support for the Iranian national football team …

The final session to adopt top Asian teams in 2019 was held with participation of Anthony So; Asian squash representative, Emily Mak; executive representative (of Asian Squash Federation) as well as representatives from Iran, Japan, India and Hong Kong.Due to its progress in 2018, the Iranian squad paved its to …

Iranian Greco-Roman wrestler Amir Reza Deh Bozorgi in the weight category of 48 kg and Hojatollah Rezaei in 65 kg weight category received gold medals.Mohammad Amin Jebalifar in 65kg and Reza Saleki in 71kg snatched silver medals.In 55kg weight category, Sajjad Abbaspour received a bronze medal. In free-style field, Rahman …

Ukraine defeated Iran in consecutive sets (21-10 and 21-14).On its way to the final game, Iran's B Team had beaten the hosts, Thailand 2-0 in semifinals earlier today. Iran's B Team had ranked third in the last edition of the competitions last year.9341**1424Follow us on Twitter @IrnaEnglish www.irna.ir

The Iranian team defeated the hosts in consecutive sets (21-14 and 21-13). In the other semifinal game, Ukraine defeated Kazakhstan 2-1 to face Iran in the final game. Iran's B Team had ranked third in the last edition of the competitions last year. 9341**2050Follow us on Twitter @IrnaEnglish www.irna.ir