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On the second day of the international tourney Wednesday, Nemati reached the final of individual recurve competitions and is to face a rival from Poland for the gold medal.Other Iranian archer Zahra Delkhosh did not make it to the final stage and is to compete against a British archer for …

Being the most successful Iranian Judoka for the past two years, Mollaei has been awarded various medals in addition to being world champion.Mollaei, who was at the top ranking of the International Judo Federation till 2 months ago, recently lost this position. Nagayama Ryuju from Japan in the -60 kg, …

'Kish has no problems to help Qatar to host FIFA 2022, if decided so,' said Ali-Asghar Moonesan.He also said that he was not informed of the talks between Iranian and Qatari authorities.'According to the World Cup rules preparing the fields in near cities, like those in Kish and Dubai, is …

Amir Hussein Zare snatched a gold medal in the 110 kg weight category while Mohmmad Reza Qiasi and Mohammad Karimi won a silver and a bronze medals in 80 and 65 kg weight classes respectively.Other Iranian wrestlers are to face their rivals in five other weight classes in the Croatian …

Iran gained 2,626 points to come third, after Brazil and Portugal with 3,813 and 3,344 points, respectively. Iran is still the top Asian beach soccer team followed by Japan which has only gathered 2,626 points in the world ranking.9341**2050Follow us on Twitter @IrnaEnglish www.irna.ir

The competitions are being held with the attendance of 10 grand masters from Iran, Georgia and Azerbaijan.Tabriz 2018 Chess Contest is to commemorate the 2018 Cultural-Historical Event with the efforts of the Sports Organization of the Municipality of Tabriz.Iranian chess Grandmasters Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami, Asghar Golizade, Morteza Mahjub Zardast, Masoud Mosadeghpour …

'We started weightlifting for Iranian women last year; and we hope to see their success in international competitions next year,' said Ali Moradi in Bushehr on Saturday.In July 2011, IWF modified its rules to allow tight-fitting, body-length attire for the first time.'Weightlifting is an Olympic sport open for all athletes …

The event was held with the attendance of Iran, India, Pakistan, South Korea and Argentina on June 22-30.Iranian team hit Argentina and was overpowered by South Korea and advanced the semi-final match. In the semi-final match, Iran defeated Pakistan 40-21 and advanced the final match.The 2018 Asian Games will start …

On Sunday, last day of the competition’s finals, five karate fighters represented Iran in 2018 Olympics qualifiers held in Croatia, three of whom found their way to 2018 Youth Olympics in Argentina.Their names are Ms. Fatemeh Khonakdar, Ali Reza Faraji and Navid Mohammadi. On Friday, Mobina Heydari also grabbed a …

In men’s double scull category, Kimia Zarei and Forough Aghabala Zade snatched silver medals.Japanese rival ranked third in this field.In single scull category, Hanieh Bidad competed with the third place after Thailand, China, South Korea, Japan and Taipei.Iranian squad received two gold, two silver and one bronze medal.Rowing, often referred …