TEHRAN (Iran News) Mousa Gholami of Iran defeated Mongolia’s Ganbat Dashtseren at the J1M -95 kg final.

Ali Navaei also beat Kazakhstan’s Baglanbek Onalbek at the J1M +95 kg to seize a gold medal.

Iran’s Amirhossein Nimrouzi lost to Kazakhstan Zhurkamyrza Shukurbekov in the final bout of J2M +95 kg.

And Mahdi Borchlou seized a bronze medal in the J1M -81 kg.

The 2025 IBSA Asian Judo Championships were held in Astana, Kazakhstan.

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TEHRAN (Iran News)  Iran’s fighters have secured the first rank at 2025 Karate1 Series A in Larnaca, Cyprus.

Three Iranian athletes–two women and one man–won gold medals in the event, which took place from February 14 to 16.

Fatemeh Sadeghi earned her gold by defeating Japanese competitor Sasara Eguchi in female kata, while Fatemeh Saadati triumphed over Ruan Mukai from Japan with a score of 5-2 in female Kumite. “Iranian athletes ”

Additionally, Morteza Ne’mati emerged victorious over his Russian opponent and claimed a gold medal.

Over 1,100 athletes from 86 countries competed at the event.

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On Sunday, among Iranians competing at the 2020 Karate 1 Premier League, Zabihollah Poursheib from Iran, representing the country in the men’s Kumite -84kg weight class, outmuscled Daniyar Yuldashev of Kazakhstan 8-5 for the gold medal.

Mehdi Khodabakhshi, who was beaten by Poursheib in an all-Iranian semifinal, overcame Igor Chikhmarev, also from Kazakhstan, 1-0 and won a joint-bronze alongside Frenchman Farouq Abdesselem.

In the women’s Kumite, Shima Alesa’di fell short against China’s Xiaoyan Yin in the -61kg final and settled for the silver.

Rozita Alipour and Sara Bahmanyar also finished their campaigns with a consolation, grabbing the bronze medals of the women’s -61kg and -50kg Kumite contests in the tournament, respectively.

Meanwhile, a third-spot finish in the men’s -75kg Kumite competitions secured a berth in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics for Bahman Asgari.

The 28-year-old Iranian overcame Turkey’s Erman Eltemur 2-1 for the bronze.

Spain topped the overall standings with six medals (two golds), followed by Italy, Turkey, China, and Iran.

More than 570 karatekas – representing 85 countries – took part in the three-day event in Dubai.

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TEHRAN (Iran News) – A number of Iranian athletes from different disciplines paid tribute to NBA legend Kobe Bryant who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday.

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Iran stood at the third place with 26 gold, 36 silver and 33 bronze medals.

The2019 World Transplant Games brought 2,300 competitors from 56 countries together in Newcastle, England.

In this competition, Great Britain team ranked the firs, with 205 gold, 152 silver, 127 bronze medals and the US took second place, winning 67 gold, 51 silver and 38 bronze medals.

The World Transplant Games (WTG) is an international multi-sport event, occurring every two years, organized by the World Transplant Games Federation (WTGF).

The aim of this event is to raise public awareness of the importance and benefits of organ donation by demonstrating the health and fitness that can be achieved post-transplant, as well as encourage all recipients to remain fit and healthy post-transplant.

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Iranian women athletes earned the other gold in female team kumite of the event. The team, comprising Shima Alesaadi, Hamideh Abbasali, Taravat Khaksar, and Zohreh Barzegar, defeated Uzbekistan, Jordan, and China respectively to advance to the final where they gained a 2-1 victory over Japan. Vietnam and China won bronze medals of this category.

On Saturday, Iran collected three gold, two silver and four bronze medals at the event which wrapped up today.

340 karate practitioners from 33 Asian countries participated in this edition of Asian Championships in Tashkent from July 15 to 21.

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Also, in 61kg category, Mohammadbagher Yakhkeshi gained a gold medal but was then disqualified for what was announced as “failure to cooperate with United World Wrestling’s medal ceremony procedures,” as reported by UWW website. “According to United World Wrestling’s rule book, wrestlers have to wear their countries tracksuit on the podium to receive their medal. Yakhkeshi, who was wearing short sleeves, was asked several times to comply with the rules but failed to do so, among many other things, which resulted in disqualification.”

Abbas Foroutan gained a silver in 97kg while Nader Hajiaghania in 57kg, Yones Emami in 70kg, and Arashk Mohebi in 92kg earned bronze medals.

As far as team ranking is concerned, Iran stood third in the table with 111 points after Kazakhstan and Russia with 162 and 147 points respectively.

Matteo Pellicone Memorial, a world ranking series, was held in the Italian city of Sassari on May 23-25 in three disciplines of freestyle, Greco-Roman, and women’s wrestling.

Here are full results of freestyle competitions:

TEAM SCORES

GOLD – Kazakhstan (162 points)

SILVER – Russia (147 points)

BRONZE – Iran (111 points)

Fourth – India (90 points)

Fifth – Canada (73 points)

57kg

GOLD – Azamat TUSKAEV (RUS) df. Darthe CAPELLAN (CAN), via fall

BRONZE – Nader Ahmad HAJIAGHANIASAMAKOUSHI (IRI) df. Changjun PARK (KOR), 6 – 0

BRONZE – Givi DAVIDOVI (ITA) df. Patrick James HEBREARD (USA), 10-0

61kg

GOLD – Rassul KALIYEV (KAZ)

SILVER –  Uladzislau ANDREYEU (BLR)

BRONZE – Rahul AWARE (IND)

65kg

GOLD – Sonba Tanaji GONGANE (IND) df. Magomedrasul IDRISOV (RUS), 9-8

BRONZE – Sayatbek OKASSOV (KAZ) df. Harphool HARPHOOL (IND), 14-3

BRONZE – Junsik YUN (KOR) df. Quentin Jean-René STICKER (FRA), 5-0

70kg

GOLD – Nurkozha KAIPANOV (KAZ) df. George KOLIEV (BLR), 6-0

BRONZE – Yones Aliakbar EMAMICHOGHAEI (IRI) df. Mihail Iliev GEORGIEV (BUL), 10-0

BRONZE – Batyr BORJAKOV (TKM) df. Fares LAKEL (ALG), 9-4

74kg

GOLD – Frank CHAMIZO MARQUEZ (ITA) df. Daniyar KAISANOV (KAZ), 6-4

BRONZE – Miroslav Stefanov KIROV (BUL) df. Amit Kumar DHANKHAR (IND), 11-0

BRONZE – Khetik TSABOLOV (RUS) df. Andrei KARPACH (BLR), 12-6

79kg

GOLD – Khalil AMINOV (RUS) df. Galymzhan USSERBAYEV (KAZ), 6-2

BRONZE – Fateh BENFERDJALLAH (ALG) df. Parveen RANA (IND), via fall

BRONZE – Dmytrii TKACHENKO (UKR) df. Sahergeldi SAPARMYRADOV (TKM), via fall

86kg

GOLD – Ahmad Yousef BAZRIGHALEH (IRI) vs. Azamat DAULETBEKOV (KAZ), 19-10

BRONZE –  Akhmed AIBUEV (FRA) df. Dovletmyrat ORAZGYLYJOV (TKM), 14 – 4

BRONZE – Deepak PUNIA (IND) df. Boris MAKOEV (SVK)

92kg (Single Bronze)

GOLD – Alireza KARIMIMACHIANI (IRI) df. Batyrbek TCAKULOV (RUS), 8-4

BRONZE –  Arashk Mohammadkazem MOHEBI (IRI) vs. Nurgali NURGAIPULY (KAZ), 7-3

97kg

GOLD – Hamed Delavar TALEBIZARRINKAMAR (IRI) df. Abbas Ali FOROUTANRAMI (IRI), 8-0

BRONZE – Abraham de Jesus CONYEDO RUANO (ITA) df. Bakdaulet ALMENTAY (KAZ), 2 – 0

BRONZE – Igor Alekseevitch OVSIANNIKOV (RUS) df. Batzul ULZIISAIKHAN (MGL)

125kg

GOLD – Pavel KRIVTSOV (RUS) df. Daniel LIGETI (HUN), 7-4

BRONZE – Oleg BOLTIN (KAZ) df. Grant Michael ROBINSON (USA), 12-0

BRONZE – Frédérick CHOQUETTE (CAN) df. Aly BARGHOUT (CAN), 3-0

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Esteghlal’s jersey no. 4 has shown great performances in his team both in Iran Professional League and also in AFC Champions League as a defender and defensive midfielder. His abilities convinced former Team Melli Coach Carlos Queiroz to invite him to the team and take him to Russia 2018 World Cup. However, the stylish defender played just the opening match against Morocco and missed the remaining two due to injury.

According to reports, Cheshmi has not returned to Iran with Esteghlal after last Monday’s ACL match against UAE’s A-Ain.

Qatar’s Al-Ahli signed another Estghlal star, Omid Ebrahimi, last year as well as another Iranian national defender Mohammadreza Khanzadeh. Cheshmi will probably replace Khanzadeh in the team.

Al-Ahli stood fifth in 2018–19 season of Qatar Stars League, failing to book a place in qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round.

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The 18-year-old striker had been nicknamed as ‘Esteghlal’s diamond’ and joined the club last summer on a five-year contract.

He had been previously linked with a move to another Turkish giant Galatasaray in the January transfer window.

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Chen Shih-chieh of Chinese Taipei and Turkmenistan’s Hojamuhammet Toýçyýew bagged silver and bronze medals of total with 422kg and 421kg.

The 2019 edition of Asian Weightlifting Championships kicked off in Ningbo, China, on April 20 and it wraps up today.

Iran ranks third in the medals table with two gold, three silver and one bronze medal behind China (10 gold, 5 silver, 2 bronze) and North Korea (2 gold, 4 silver, 3 bronze).

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