TOKYO – Javelin thrower Hamed Amiri won Iran’s 10th gold medal in the 2020 Paralympic Games on Friday. He grabbed the gold with a throw of 31.35 meters in the men’s javelin F54. Russia Paralympic Committee (RPC)’s Aleksei Kuzentsov claimed the silver with 31.19 and Justin Phongsavan from the U.S claimed the bronze medal, throwing […]
TOKYO – Iran wheelchair basketball team defeated South Korea 64-54 in the 2020 Paralympic Games ninth-place match on Thursday. Mohammadhasan Sayari led Iran with 26 points, while CHO Seung Hyun scored 17 points for South Korea. Iran started the campaign with an 81-39 loss against Australia and also suffered a 65-41 defeat against the U.S. […]
TEHRAN – Iran beat Argentina in straight sets (25-21, 24-26, 25-19, 25-11) in the 2021 FIVB Volleyball Boys’ U19 World Championship quarterfinals on Tuesday. Iran will meet Poland on Wednesday in the semifinal round while Russia play Bulgaria. Italy are the defending champions, having won their second title in Tunisia. The competition started on Aug. […]
TEHRAN – Shot putter Mehdi Olad claimed Iran’s fifth gold medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games on Monday. He won the gold medal with a throw of 14.43 meters in the shot put F11. Alessandro Rodrigo da Silva from Brazil took the silver with 13.89 meters and bronze medal went to Italian Oney Tapia with […]
TOKYO – Iran’s Alireza Mokhtari Hemami claimed a silver medal at the men’s shot put F-53 at the 2020 Paralympic Games on Sunday. He won the silver medal with a throw of 8.48 meters. Gold medal went to Elvin Astanov from Azerbaijan who threw 8.77 meters and also broke the Paralympics record by five centimeters. […]
TEHRAN – Matt Stutzman is one of the most well-known faces in Para archery. Matt is in Tokyo at the moment to show us how strong he is. The “Armless Archer” is famous for his unique shooting style with his feet. Stutzman holds the bow with his foot as he competes in the individual compound-open, […]
TOKYO – Iran started the 2020 Paralympic Games with an 81-39 loss against Australia in Group B of the 2020 Paralympic Games at the Ariake Arena on Thursday. Brett Stibners top-scored for Australia with 21 points and seven rebounds, while Bill Latham scored 15 points, Tristan Knowles (12), and Shaun Norris (11) also hit double […]
TEHRAN – Iran’s Football League Organization announced that the 2021/22 Iran Professional League (IPL) season will kick off on Oct. 19 Head of The Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) Shahabeddin Azizi Khadem had previously said the new season will start between Sept. 29 and Oct. 2. Persepolis are defending champions and […]
TEHRAN – Iran’s women’s football team lost to Uzbekistan in a friendly match on Monday. In the match held in Tashkent, the Persians suffered a 2-0 loss. Iran will also play Uzbekistan on Thursday. Iran’s women’s football team prepare for the 2022 AFC Women’s Asian Cup qualification. They are scheduled to meet Bangladesh and Jordan […]
TEHRAN – To be honest, I believe Iran will easily win the Group A in the World Cup qualification. I see at this moment only two teams in Asia in the Level of Iran, which are Japan and Australia and both are in Group B. Of course South Korea and Iraq are good teams but […]
TEHRAN – Iran freestyle wrestling team were crowned the Junior World Championships on Wednesday. The Iranian wrestlers claimed five gold medals, one silver and one bronze in the competition held in Ufa, Russia. They waited for six years for it but finally did it. For the first time since 2015, Iran won the junior world […]
TEHRAN – Pejman Dorostkar was named as new head coach of Iran freestyle wrestling team on Tuesday. The 45-year-old trainer replaced Gholamreza Mohammadi in the team. Dorostkar, who won two gold medals at the Asian championships in 2001 and 2003, has already worked as head coach of Iran junior team. Dorostkar will have to prepare […]
