In the final match, Qomi tied with her rival and received a silver medal.Meanwhile, Iranian male teenage Sina Movahed was overpowered by India and snatched a bronze medal.In 16-year-old category, Amir Reza Agha Bala ranked third and bagged a bronze medal. In is worth noting that Iranian squad received seven …
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Pakistan FM talks with Zarif on phone
He also voiced Islamabad’s readiness to send humanitarian aid to Tehran.Zarif, for his part, appreciated the friendly and neighboring state’s nation and government.Earlier, Speaker of Pakistan National Assembly Asad Qaiser told his Iranian counterpart Ali Larijani that the two nations have strong ties in the wake of their religious, historic …
Read More »Four Iranian para taekwondokas at top of world ranking
Mahtab Nabavi, gained 110 points to rank first in women's -58kg weight class. Iran’s Saeed Sadeqian collected 289 points to remain in the first rank of men’s -61kg weight category. Ahmad Narimani, another Iranian para taekwondoka remained at top of men’s +75kg weight category with 252.60 points. Mehdi Pour-Rahnama gained …
Read More »Iran wins 12 places in OCA committees
Reza Salehi Amiri, the chairman of Iran’s National Olympic Committee, was elected as a member of OCA executive committee in the 38th OCA General Assembly meeting a month ago. Three of the Iranians who were announced members of OCA committees are women. 9341**2050Follow us on Twitter @IrnaEnglish www.irna.ir
Read More »AFC adopts Iranian-Armenian football player's goal as Best-ever Champions League's
'After over 160,000 votes cast, Andranik Teymourian's stunning strike from the 2013 AFC Champions League has been named the tournament's best-ever goal by fans on the-AFC.com, with Ikromjon Alibaev's memorable effort from the 2018 competition finishing second,' AFC reported. 'Following more than 370,000 votes in total, with 16 entries from …
Read More »Iran tennis players bag medals in West Asian competitions
Iranian female squad defeated Lebanon and stood on the first place.They also booked ticket for Asian championships to be held in Kazakhstan. Meanwhile, Iranian male players ranked second in the competitions and grabbed permit to attend Kazakhstan championships. The event was held with the attendance of Iran, Bahrain, Syria, Yemen, …
Read More »Iran runner ranks 1st in Iraq int’l champs
Moradi could finish the competitions in one hour and eleven minutes and ranked first among 1,500 athletes.Turkish rivals ranked second and third.Moradi is being prepared for 2020 Olympic Games and is supposed to attend Batumi international competitions, Georgia.Earlier, Moradi ranked first in Beirut International Marathon.The Beirut Marathon, known also as …
Read More »Iranian wrestlers bag 8 medals in Georgia champs
The event was held in Batumi on March 29-30.Iranian athletes Mohammad Reza Mokhtari, Mohammad Naqusi, Hossein Forouzande, Hassan Forouzandeh and Abolfazl Seyyed Mahdavi received gold medals.Saeed Arjmand and Hamed Abdevali in the weight categories of 63 and 97 kg grabbed silver medals.Ali Nourbakhsh, Bahram Maroufkhani and Mohammad Reza Rostami also …
Read More »Thousands of Iranian soccer fans awaiting 89th Tehran derby
The match between the two prominent football teams of the Iranian capital city-- Esteghlal and Persepolis -- which is to start at 16:00 pm local time on Saturday will be held in presence of the chairman of FIFA's Referees Committee, Pierluigi Collina who was officially invited by the Head of …
Read More »Iranian athletes bag golds, silver in Asian Archery championship
The city of Bangkok hosts the event in which Iranian Archery compound team named Vida Halimian and Mohammad Saleh Palizban scored 156 and 154 points defeating Indonesian team to grab the trophy in this category. Another Iranian athlete Palizan overcame its Kazakh rival 145 to 143 and bagged the second …
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