Losing to eight-time champions of Asian Games basketball, the Iran men’s national basketball team settled for their second consecutive silver medal at the final match of the 2018 Asian Games. Suffering from controversial judging of the referee, the Iran men’s national basketball team conceded against China on Saturday at 2018 Asia Games. In their second consecutive […]

 Iranian men’s national volleyball team trounced South Korea in three straight sets at the final showdown on Sat. and won the gold medal of the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia. The Iranian squad put on a brilliant performance at the final showdown held in Jakarta on Saturday, defeating their South Korean rivals in three […]

Iranian table tennis player Noshad Alamian won a bronze medal in men’s single event after 52 years at 2018 Asian Games. Alamian suffered a 0-4 defeat to China’s Gaoyuan Lin, who has the world rank of 4, in the semifinal and achieved the bronze medal for Iran. The last medal of Iran in singles’ event […]

Iranian weightlifter Behdad Salimi won the gold medal of 2018 Asian Games and announced retirement from weightlifting. In men’s +105kg category, 2012 Olympics champion snatched the gold medal by lifting a total of 461 kg. Iran’s Saeid Alihosseini and Uzbekistan’s Rustam Djangabaev stood next with 456 and 455 kg respectively. Salimi hoisted 208 in third […]

 Iranian karate practitioner Bahman Asgari defeated a Saudi rival at the final showdown of Men’s -75kg karate contests and collected the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games underway in Indonesia. On Monday, Iran’s Bahman Asgari defeated Saudi Arabia’s Raef Adel alturkistani 5-0 in the finals fixture of Men’s -75kg karate contests, and grabbed the […]

 Taravat Khaksar gained the silver medal in the Karate event of 2018 Asian Games, underway in Indonesia. In the final match of Women’s -55kg category held at JCC Plenary Hall, the Iranian athlete was defeated by world champion Tzuyun Wen 0-4 and received the silver medal. Representatives from Indonesia and Macau collected the bronze medals […]

Iranian taekwondo practitioner Saeid Rajabi has bagged another gold medal for Iran at 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia. On Tuesday, Iranian taekwondo practitioner Saeid Rajabi fought Dmitriy Shokin from Uzbekistan in the final match of heavy weight taekwondo competitions at +80kg division as part of the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia. The two fighters were […]

Kimia Alizadeh, the first Iranian woman to win an Olympic medal, will bear the flag of Islamic Republic of Iran at the opening ceremony of 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia. Kimia Alizadeh has been selected by Iran’s National Olympic Committee to be Iran’s flag-bearer at the opening ceremony of the 18th Asian Games, also […]