Talking to Daily Pakistan Rana Sarwar, General Secretary of Pakistan Kabbadi Federation said that the mega event is scheduled to start from May 2 and would culminate on May 10 in Lahore’s Sports Complex near Gaddafi Stadium. “Players from Sri Lanka, Iran, Iraq, Kenya, Malaysia, Japan, Bangladesh, and Kenya have …
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Iranian discus thrower grabs gold medal at USSD competitions
In his second match, Haddadi registered a record of 47.4 meters to bag th gold medal.Athletes from Sweden, the US and Germany were participating in the event.The discus throw is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a …
Read More »Rouhani congratulates Iran Jr. taekwondo team’s world championship
According to Presidential Office website, the president underlined that such prideful shining, hoisting of the Iranian flag and playing of the national anthem across the world sent a wave of joy and hope to every Iranian house and heralded conquer of more peaks in the future.The powerful victory of the …
Read More »Sports minister congratulates junior taekwondo team championship
The message read that on the eve of Eid al-Mab'ath which marks the anniversary of the appointment of the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) to his divine mission, the powerful victory of Iran’s junior taekwondo team in the world championships made the Iranian people and sports community happy.“I congratulate you the decision-makers …
Read More »Iranian junior athletes shines in world taekwondo championships
Some 950 young taekwondo fighters from 118 countries are participating in the championships in the Tunisian city of Hammamet.The Iranian gold medalists are Mohammad Mahdi Emadi and Ali Ashkourian who fought in the minus 68 kg and minus 73 kg weight classes.Earlier, members of Iranian boys' and girls' teams managed …
Read More »Iranian female referees to judge South Korea-Vietnam football match
According to an AFC report released Thursday, Mahas Qorbani and Ensieh Khabbaz Mafinejad from Iran will judge the match as the referee and first assistant referee in the finals of the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup to be held at Malek Abdullah stadium in Amman at 16:45 local time Friday.Two …
Read More »A.S. Roma launches Persian Twitter account
As a major European football club, Roma will now be able to communicate directly on the social media platform with Iranian fans around the world – as well as followers from other countries who speak Persian,” A.S. Roma reported.The new Twitter account – which can be followed at @ASRoma_Persian went …
Read More »Iran karate squad earns 1 gold, 1 bronze at Armenia champs
The event was held with the attendance of 700 karatekas from 24 countries in Yerevan, Armenia on April 7-8.Iranian fighters Alireza Namdar Shahi and Ehsan Piraei received gold and silver medals, respectively.Karate is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts under …
Read More »US tops world wrestling in absence of other giants
The 2018 World Cup of freestyle wrestling opened on April 7 in Iowa, the US without Iran and Russia, each having numerous championships in the competitions.“Iran, the six-time defending World Cup champions, withdrew in March. According to Bender, the Iranian federation is dealing with “significant issues” after its president Rasoul …
Read More »Tabriz to host world sitting volleyball teams
The world sitting volleyball team is being held every two years, representative of World ParaVolley [World Organization Volleyball for Disabled (WOVD)], Hadi Rezaei said.The first round of women sitting volleyball league was held in China last year, he said.He went on to say that the US, Ukraine, Germany, Russia, Bosnia …
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