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Seyyed Reza Salehi Amiri on Monday on the sidelines of the 38th General Assembly of the Asian Olympic Council, in a meeting with the Vice-Chairman of the Olympic Committee of Kazakhstan pointed to the sports position of Tehran-Almaty in Asia, adding that in order to benefit from the sporting experiences …

According to the US media 'Fox Sports', 'For his excellent performance on the pitch, IR Iran international Alireza Jahanbakhsh was awarded the Man of the Match following their victory.''The attacking midfielder did well throughout the match, always being a threat on the flanks and keeping defenders honest,' it added.'The 25-year-old …

The contests kicked off on Friday as some 2,075 champions from 99 countries worldwide contested in the city of Salzburg of Austria and is to be concluded this Sunday.In -75 kg category, Bahman Asgari overcame his Ukrainian rival and grabbed bronze medal on Sunday. In -84 kg category, Zabihollah Poursheib …

On his way to the final game, Yazdani knocked down all his rivals from Lebanon, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Russia and Slovakia. UWW Dan Kolov-Nikola Petrov tournament is one of world's wrestling events which has UWW ranking. 9341**2050Follow us on Twitter @IrnaEnglish www.irna.ir

Seyyed Reza Salehi Amiri was elected as member of the Executive Board of the OCA on Sunday by the members of the Executive Council of the Asian Olympic Council at the thirty-eighth general assembly. Following the end of the election, the head of the National Olympic Committee of Iran, in …

Aryan Gholami, who plays for the Iraqi team al-Ittisalat, won the individual gold at the tournament. The Iraqi team ranked third in the tournament.Gholami also scored 5.5 points out of 6 and promoted its rating by 8.Twelve teams from Arab countries of Tunisia, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Algeria, Kuwait and …

Faraz Shokri, in which 11 racers from title-holder countries were present, was able to rank second after French powerful cyclist.The Qatari international tournament is a one-phase racing. The remarkable thing about race is that race was held as marathon style in which the athletes had to run about 2 km …

The thirty-eighth General Assembly of the Asian Olympic Council (OCA) opened Saturday evening with the speech of Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, chairman of the council, with the presence of members of the Executive Board of OCA and representatives of the Asian National Olympic Committees. Afsharzadeh Five-time Secretary General of the …

Taj has been nominated for AFC vice president post for central Asia.The positions for which the elections will be held are AFC President and FIFA Vice President, Five AFC Vice Presidents, Six FIFA Council Members, one of whom shall also be an AFC Female Executive Committee Member, a total of …

Head of Khorasan Razavi Chess Team Reza Pasha-Najati told IRNA on Friday that 50 foreign chess players and 150 chess players from Khorasan Razavi province and 200 from other provinces will compete in the event.Foreign countries participating in the event include Britain, France, Russia, the US, India, Slovakia and Portugal, …