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 […]

 Iranian taekwondo practitioners snatched two silver medals at the first day of 2018 Asian Games. In Men’s individual poomsae, Koorosh Bakhtiyari received the silver after suffering a loss to his South Korean rival Kang Minsung in the final. Also, in Women’s individual poomsae, Marjan Salahshouri pocketed the silver medal while Indonesia’s Defia Rosmaniar claimed title […]

TEHRAN – Iran national football team coach Carlos Queiroz has been added to the list of candidates for the vacant Mexico national team job. Following the departure of Juan Carlos Osorio as Mexico national football team coach, the Mexican Football Federation’s managing director Guillermo Cantu has met with Queiroz, FOX Sports reported. Queiroz has coached […]

TEHRAN – Iran U23 football coach Zlatko Kranjcar insisted that they will not underestimate Myanmar in the 2018 Asian Games. On Monday, Iran will face Myanmar at the Patriot Chandrabhaga Stadium in Bekasi, Indonesia. Myanmar have a little chance of qualifying for the next stage. “We had a good performance against DPR Korea but we […]

TEHRAN – Iranian shooter Elaheh Ahmadi carried her country’s flag at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Asian Games on Saturday. The Ceremony was held at the Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) main stadium in Senayan, Jakarta. Iran delegation participate in the prestigious event with 378 athletes. About 18,000 athletes and officials from 45 Asian countries […]

Serie A runners-up Napoli signed Arsenal goalkeeper David Ospina on a season-long loan, Simone Zaza completed a move from Valencia to Torino and Gervinho returned after a spell in China to Parma just before the transfer window closed in Italy on Friday. Cristiano Ronaldo’s 100 million euro move from Real Madrid to champions Juventus topped […]

TEHRAN – Iran took a huge step towards qualifying for the Asian Games Round of 16 with a 3-0 win over 2014 silver medalists DPR Korea. Iran, who shared the spoils in a goalless draw with Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, defeated the Korean team 3-0 at the Wibawa Mukti Stadium in Cikarang, Indonesia. DPR Korea […]

Iranian mens’ handball team suffered loss from Qatar in their second game at 2018 Asian Games underway in Indonesia. In a Friday match at GOR Popki Cibubur Stadium, national handball team of Qatar, which uses many multinational players, defeated Iran 35-20. Iran had gained a 55-11 victory over Malaysia in their first game. Both teams […]