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 […]
TEHRAN – Persepolis football team completed the signing of Reza Dehghani on Tuesday. The 23-year-old left winger has penned a two-year contract with Persepolis. He played for Nassaji last season in Iran Professional League. Dehghani is Persepolis’ second signing of the summer. The Reds have already completed the signing of defender Alireza Ebrahimi. Dehghani started […]
TEHRAN – Uzbekistan will host the 2022 AFC Women’s Asian Cup qualification Group G matches. Bangladesh was originally chosen to host the competition but the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has named Uzbekistan as hosts. Iran, Jordan and Bangladesh are in Group G. The 2022 AFC Women’s Asian Cup qualification will be the qualification tournament for […]
TEHRAN – Iran volleyball coach Behrouz Ataei has named his 15-man squad for the 2021 Asian Men’s Volleyball Championship. Iran have been drawn in Pool B along with Thailand, Pakistan and Hong Kong. The tournament will be held in Chiba and Funabashi, Japan from Sept. 12 to 19. The top two teams of the tournament […]
