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In the recurve women open final match, Iran defeated Turkey 6-2 and ranked first.Beijing 2017 World Archery Para Championships is underway with the attendance of 245 archers from 40 countries in China.Translator: Ali Izadi9376**2050Follow us on Twitter @IrnaEnglish www.irna.ir

The Iranian squad managed to defeat the Palestinian team one day before the official inauguration of games in Ashgabat.Iranian women futsal team is slated to face Thailand on Sep 20, 2017, in Ashgabat. The Iranian squad, comprising 214 sportswomen and sportsmen, are also attending the games in Ashgabat attended by …

The Iranian squad, comprising 214 sportswomen and sportsmen, are partaking in the games which are set to officially start work on Sunday (Sep 17) in Ashgabat attended by 49 Asian countries and 24 teams from Pacific region.The Iranian squad comprising 115 sportsmen and 66 sportswomen would compete in 20 sports …

Asian Student Football Championships was held with the attendance of 270 football players in 9 teams.Various teams from South Korea, China, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, Malaysia, Afghanistan and Indonesia and two teams from Iran participated the event which was held on September 6-16 in Shiraz, Fars province.Translator: Ali Izadi9376**2050Follow us …

On Tuesday night, Iran's Persepolis beat Saudi Arabia's Al Ahli 3-1 (5-3 on aggregate) at Mohamed bin Zayed Stadium, UAE, in the Asian Champianships quarter-final second leg.Persepolis had to go on with the match with 10 men after midfielder Kamal Kamyabinia received a straight red card due to a challenge …

In the meeting Ashrafi appreciated cooperation of the embassy with adult and youth weightlifting teams in Mexico City world tournament.Ashrafi also presented a report on 37 years activities of Iranian Paralympics athletes.He also presented a report on Iranian Paralympics weightlifters 30-person teams, who will participate in the world Para-weightlifting Game …

The UWW has adopted 7 new members from Nigeria, US, Armenia, China, Iran, France, and Switzerland.'Ghasemi is a two-time Olympic medalist in freestyle, claiming bronze in 2012 and silver in 2016. He was also a world silver medalist in 2014,' said the web site to introduce the new Iranian member …

'I love the Iranian men's national wrestling team because of their professional techniques,' the ten-time world champion said in an exclusive interview with IRNA. Kaori noted that she has always followed the Iranian wrestling competitions and learned from them.'Despite the Iranian men's national wrestling team high position in wrestling, the …

Cadet World Championships was held on September 8-10 in Athens.Mahdi Esghi in the weight category of 54 kg received gold medal.Iranian wrestler Abbas Foroutan in the weight category of 85 kg bagged silver medal.In 69, 76 and 100 kg weight categories, Mohammad Nokhodi, Meysam Zare and Mahdi Hashemi, respectively, snatched …

In his first match, Zare in the weight category of 76 kg defeated Japanese rival 2-1, Head of Kermanshah wrestling committee Mohammad Hosssein Mohhebi told the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) on Monday.During the second match, he hit Austria 10-0 and he advanced to quarter finals stage.In quarter finals match, …