Iranian taekwondo practitioner Farzan Ashourzadeh won the bronze medal of men’s under 58 kg category in 2018 Asian Games. He defeated Tajikistan’s Sunatov Mahmadjon 26-3 in the first step and secured berth to the quarterfinal. The defending champion of U58 kg then overpowered Vietnamese Vo Quoc Hung 13-6. In the semifinal, he suffered a narrow […]

Iranian freestyle wrestler Parviz Hadi snatched the 3rd gold medal of Iran in 2018 Asian games underway in Indonesia. In men’s 125kg category, Parviz Hadi defeated Chinese Zhiwei Deng in the final on Monday and won the gold medal. The reigning champion of the event, gained a 10-0 victory over his Indian rival Sumit in […]

In a meeting between National Olympic Committee of Iran (NOC) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Indonesia, the two sides stressed expanding bilateral cooperation. The President of National Olympic Committee of Iran (NOC) Reza Salehi Amiri met with the directors of National Olympic Committees (NOCs) on the sidelines of the 2018 Asian games in […]

The national Iranian men’s beach volleyball team A has defeated East Timor national team in the 2018 Asian Games. The Iranian Team A defeated the southeastern country’s national team 2-0. The Team A is comprised of Bahman Raoof and Abdolhamed Mirzaali is seeded in a group alongside East Timor, Japan, and Vietnam. The team is […]

 Iran national handball team suffered a shock defeat against Bahrain in the 2018 Asian Games on Monday. Team Melli lost to Bahrain 29-23 at the GOR POPKI Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia in Group II. Iran will meet Hong Kong and South Korea on Wednesday and Friday respectively. Zoran Kastratovic’s men had defeated Malaysia 55-11 and […]

Iran has won the 14th edition of Solidarity & Friendship Karate Male Championships which was held in the western Iranian city of Urmia. The 14th edition of Solidarity & Friendship Karate Male Championships kicked off on Friday and attracted about 400 karate practitioners from 14 countries including teams from France, Azerbaijan and Turkey. The tournament lasted […]

Sergio Aguero hit a hit-trick as Manchester City’s record-breaking forward inspired a 6-1 demolition of Huddersfield on Sunday. Pep Guardiola’s champions opened their home campaign with a pre-match display of ticker tape and exploding fireworks and Aguero continued the pyrotechnics on the field. Aguero, who turned 30 in the close-season, has now scored 14 times […]

TEHRAN – Alireza Karimi Machiani snatched a gold medal in the freestyle wrestling at the 2018 Asian Games on Sunday. The Iranian wrestler defeated Kyrgyzstan’s Magomed Musaev 6-0 in the men’s 97kg. Karimi beat Japanese Takeshi Yamaguchi 11-0 in quarter-final and defeated Uzbekistan’s Magomed Ibragimov 4-2 in the semi-final. Magomed Ibragimov and South Korean Kim […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s Marjan Salahshouri won a silver medal in women’s individual Poomsae event in the 2018 Asian Games. She lost to Defia Rosmaniar from Indonesia at the Plenary Hall of the Jakarta Convention Centre. Rosmaniar scored 8.690 to pip Salahshouri who scored 8.470. Earlier in the day, Kourosh Bakhtiar claimed Iran’s first medal in […]

TEHRAN – Freestyle wrestler Hassan Yazdani took Iran’s first gold medal in the 2018 Asian Games on Sunday. Yazdani defeated Domenic Abounader from Lebanon 10-0 in the final match of the men’s freestyle 86kg. Kazakhstan’s Adilet Davlumbayev and Mongolian Orgodolyn Uitumen jointly won the bronze medal. The 2018 Asian Games, officially known as the 18th […]