The tournament’s 151-kilometers-first-stage takes place from Tabriz to Orumiyeh. Eight international teams from Germany, Netherlands, Belguim, Russia, Republic of Azerbijan, Lithuania, Czech Republic, and Kazakhstan and five Iranian teams compete in the event in six stages.The 33rd Azerbaijan international cycling tour consists of six stages with the total length of …
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Daei, Al-Qahtani compete for title of Asia best striker
Serious competition is taking place in the poll between Saudi Arabian al-Qahtani and Daei. Until the very moment, Daei 48% and al-Qahtani 44% allocated the total vote to themselves.Ali Daei (Iran)No player in football history has scored more than Daei. He is the world's leading goal scorer with 109 goals, …
Read More »Coach: No change in Persepolis' policies against Al-Sadd
'All of us are excited over a great match with Al- Sadd in the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League,' Branko Ivankovic told journalists before a training session on Saturday. 'We are the only team reaching this stage in the last two years.'He added, 'This shows that our growing trend …
Read More »“I Love Aleppo” marathon kicks off
The marathon is organized by Aleppo Tourism Directorate in cooperation with Aleppo Youth Volunteer Team with the participation of volunteers from several organizations, civil associations and martyrs’ family members.The marathon’s participants took the course from Aleppo Citadel in front of Khan al-Wazir and headed towards the Umayyad Mosque to the …
Read More »Iranian football referee to officiate two friendly games of South Korea
South Korea will play his first game on Oct. 12 against Uruguay and will play its second game against another team on October 16. Faghani, who officiated the third place game in FIFA World Cup 2018 between England and Belgium, will referee Tehran derby between Persepolis and Esteqlal on Thursday …
Read More »Envoy: Iran judo athletes shine in Baku World competitions
The meeting, which took place on Tuesday, was held by presence of Saeed Molaei, the holder of the gold medal and Mohammad Mohammadi Barimanlu, the holder of the bronze medal, and Javad Mahjub, the IRNA news agency reported.Ambassador of Islamic Republic of Iran in Baku Jahangirzadeh, wished success of Iranian …
Read More »2018 Greco-Roman wrestling World Cup not be held
World Wrestling Association's Executive Board, at its recent meeting coincided with the world's junior wrestlers in Slovakia, due to the closing date of the World Cup this year, with the time set for the Greco-Roman World Cup in Iran approved that 2018 competitions will not be held.World Wrestling Association, due …
Read More »IOC chief confers with Rouhani
The meeting was held on the sidelines of UN General Assembly meeting late on Monday.During the meeting, Rouhani said that over the past years, many measures have been taken to promote public sports in the country.Earlier, Rouhani held separate meetings with Cuban president and director of IMF.Rouhani is in New …
Read More »Iranian team crowned champion in Beirut Taekwondo contests
Iranian representative Shahrdari Varamin won six gold and two silver medals, standing in the first place with a total 48 points in men and women categories. Morocco with four golds and 28 points finished runner-up and Ivory Coast with two golds, one bronze and 15 points was ranked third. Gold, …
Read More »Iran releases final list of 2019 football referees
The list which includes Iranian top soccer referees is as follows:Male referees: Alireza Faghani, Mohammad Bonyadi Far, Bijan Heidari, Payam Heydari, Hassan Akrami, Vahid Kazemi and Komeil Gholami.Assistant referees: Reza Sokhandan, Mohammadreza Mansouri, Mohammadreza Abolfazli, Saeed Ali Neghadian, Ali Mirzabeigi, Hassan Zahiri, Arman As'adi, Saeed Ghasemi and Alireza Ildrom.Female referees: …
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