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Iran men, women win Asian Games 2018 kabaddi c’ship 25 Aug 2018

Iran men, women win Asian Games 2018 kabaddi c’ship

Iranian men’s and women’s kabaddi teams were both crowned the champions of Asia after beating South Korea and India in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Friday. The Iranian national team of men kabaddi defeated South Korea in the final match of the sportive field on Thursday and snatched the gold medal of the 2018 Asian Games underway […]

Asian Games: Iran win three more golds on Day 5 24 Aug 2018

Asian Games: Iran win three more golds on Day 5

TEHRAN – Iranian athletes claimed three more gold medals on Day 5 of the 2018 Asian Games on Thursday. Erfan Ahangarian bagged a gold medal in wushu after defeating Wang Xuetao from China 2-1 in the final match of the Men’s Sanda -60kg. Another wushu practitioner Mohsen Mohammadseifi claimed his third successive gold medal in […]

Iran’s football team eliminated from Asian Games 24 Aug 2018

Iran’s football team eliminated from Asian Games

Iran’s U23 football team lost the round of 16 match to South Korea in 2018 Asian Games. In a Thursday match held at Wibawa Mukti Stadium, Iran was eliminated after losing the game 0-2 to South Korea. Hwang Ui and Seungwoo Lee scored two goals for the East Asian team in 40 and 55 minutes. […]

Sanda practitioners add 4 more medals to Iran’s tally 23 Aug 2018

Sanda practitioners add 4 more medals to Iran’s tally

Iranian Wushu athletes in Sanda category pocketed four more medals for their country, including one gold and three silvers, bringing Iran’s medal tally to 24 on the sixth day of the 2018 Asian Games. In Men’s Sanda 70kg category, Mohsen Mohammadseifi defeated China’s Shi Zhanwei 2-0 and snatched his third consecutive gold medal in the […]

Iran’s gold medal count at Asiad rises to seven 23 Aug 2018

Iran’s gold medal count at Asiad rises to seven

TEHRAN – Iran snatched three gold medals in Greco-Roman and taekwondo events on Wednesday at the 2018 Asian Games, bringing the nation’s total gold medal count to seven. Wrestlers Mohammadali Geraei and Hossein Nouri won two gold medals. Geraei claimed a gold medal in the 77kg weight category, beating Akzhol Makhmudov from Kyrgyzstan 7-3 in […]

Iranian female athletes to compete in 22 sports at 2018 Asian Games 02 Aug 2018

Iranian female athletes to compete in 22 sports at 2018 Asian Games

Iranian female athletes participating at 2018 Asian Games to be hosted by Indonesia will compete in 22 sports at the international event. According to Nasrollah Sajjadi, the head of the Iranian outfit at the 2018 Asian Games, Iranian female athletes will take part in 22 sports including: archery, badminton, 3-on-3 basketball, cycling, horse riding, fencing, […]