Iranian wushu practitioners bagged nine more medals in World Junior Wushu Championships, held in Brasilia. Iranian junior athletes picked one gold, four silver and four bronze medals in the third day of their competitions. Also, nine Iranian athletes have managed to reach the final of Sanda competition and await gold. Mohammad Hosseini in 15-18 age […]

Iranian junior freestyle wrestlers have collected three gold, silver and bronze medals in the first World Championships of the season in Zagreb, Croatia. As the freestyle competitions continued in Zagreb yesterday, Amir Hossein Zare won the gold medal at 110kg, Mohammad Reza Ghiasi won the silver medal at 80kg, and Mohammad Karimi collected the bronze […]

Iranian cyclist Arvin Moazzami has won a bronze medal in the men’s road race individual time trial at the 2018 Asian Road and Para Cycling Championships in Myanmar. Arvin Moazzami came third to snatch the bronze medal in the Asian championships underway in Myanmar. He finished the 42-kilometer (26.1 miles) race in 50:52 in the […]

TEHRAN – Iranians offered impressive performances at the 2017 Portugal Junior and Cadet Open in Guimarães collecting a total of 17 gold, silver and bronze medals. Mohammad Amin Samadi won the title in the Hopes division. One more gold trophy was collected by Fatemeh Jamalifar and Mahshid Ashtari who competed in Girls’ singles. Silver medalists […]

Paralympic Games gold medal winner in shooting Sareh Javanmard is going to sell her medal to raise money for the victims of Sunday’s earthquake which left at least 500 people dead in Iran. The 7.3-magnitude quake struck in the remote border area between Iran and Iraq late Sunday. As of right now, the earthquake has […]

TEHRAN– Iran’s amateur bodybuilding squad has so far scooped six colorful medals at the 2017 Amateur Olympia underway in Mumbai. India in playing host to Amateur Olympia series for the first time ever. On the opening day of the sportive event, Iran’s Classic Bodybuilding outfit, comprising eight members, collected six medals, including two gold, two […]

Iranian visually-challenged and –impaired chess players have demonstrated impressive talents at the first edition of Asian Championship for Disabled, and managed to collect three gold medals at the continental sporting event. Seddigheh Sargazi participated in the tournament C contests for adults, and lifted the trophy following seven compelling rounds, the Chess Federation of the Islamic […]

TEHRAN  – Iranian sportsmen claimed four gold medals at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) in Ashgabat on Monday. Taekwondo fighters Mahdi Eshaghi in the Men’s -54kg and Mahdi Jalali in the Men’s -74kg claimed two gold medals. Fatemeh Madahi won the bronze medal in the Women’s -46kg. Ju-jitsu fighter Masoud Jalilvand won […]

TEHRAN– Esmaeil Amiri (68kg), Ghasem Dazi (75kg), and Habibollah Torabi (82kg) won bronze medals at traditional wrestling category of 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. Habibollah Torabi who won his first game in the weight category of -82 kilogram, lost his semi-final event against a Turkman opponent to jointly bag the bronze medal in […]

TEHRAN – World’s strongest Paralympian Siamand Rahman is ready for another showdown in the world stage. The World Championships will kick off in Mexico City less than a month. The world’s strongest Paralympian made history at Rio 2016 by breaking the 300kg barrier after lifting unprecedented 310kg in the men’s over 107kg. With two Paralympic […]