Iranian national men’s football team handed their visitors from Qatar a 2-0 defeat in their opening match of the third round of 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification on Thursday 01 September 2016. Before the eyes of 80,000 spectators at Tehran’s Azadi Stadium, Team Melli (Iranian national men’s football team) lined up against the Maroons (Qatari…
By: Marjohn Sheikhi, MNA:Kimia Alizadeh, an 18-year-old taekwondoka, made history in Iran women’s sports as she became the first Iranian women to ever win a medal at the Olympic Games. The flame of Rio Olympics 2016 went out on Sunday, Aug. 21, with the Iranian squad packing up 8 medals as they returned home from…
The Motorcycle and Automobile Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran (MAFIRI) has allowed the Iranian women to take part at the motocross race. Mahmoud Seydanlou, the head of Iran’s Motorcycle and Automobile Federation, paid tribute to the women motorcyclists at the Azadi complex motocross race in Tehran. “We hope to see the Iranian…
Iranian skydivers successfully parachuted from nearly 4,000 meters above the ground after jumping from a Harbin Y-12 plane. Related posts: Photo Report: IRANIAN girls dragon boat competitions Iranian girls trounce Taiwan 3-0 in Asian volleyball championship+Photo Rafting championships of Iran/ Photo Iran’s new horse jumping record – Photo+Video
The Iranian sports caravan managed to collect eight medals in 2016 Rio Olympic Games in order to finish 25th in the final standings table. Having attracted more than 10 thousand athletes, the 31st edition of Summer Olympics was convened from August 05-21 in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro while the closing ceremony was…
In the last two weight categories of Rio freestyle wrestling, Iran’s Reza Yazdani has found a second chance for bronze medal while Meisam Nasiri conceded a defeat in the very first round to be eliminated. On Sunday and in the last day of Rio Olympics, in 97kg, Yazdani defeated Turkish İbrahim Bölükbaşı 10-0. In the…
Iranian heavyweight wrestler Komeil Ghasemi conceded a defeat against his Russian rival though he bagged silver of Men’s freestyle 125kg wrestling event in Rio Olympics. The final contest of 125kg weight division in Men’s freestyle wrestling was held in opening hours of Sunday Tehran local time in Rioo’s Carioca Arena 2 where Iran’s Ghasemi failed…
Iran’s Sajjad Mardani who had a good start in his first match ended up defeated in second round. Iran’s Sajjad Mardani was victorious over his Tongan rival Pita Taufatofua 16-1 in +80kg category in round of 16 to complete chain of good news on Saturday for Iranian camp. His match in quarterfinals was Saturday night…
Iran’s wrestler Hassan Rahimi has won a bronze medal in the 57-kilogram category of Rio 2016 Olympic Games Free-Style wrestling by defeating Cuban wrestler. Rahimi had already received one gold, one silver and two bronze medals in free-style wrestling before the Rio 2016 wrestling competitions. The 31st Olympic Games officially started in Rio, Brazil, on…
Iranian wrestler Hassan Yazdani won finals of Men’s freestyle 74 kg over his Russian rival to add one more gold medal to Iran’s tally. Competing in the final encounter of 74kg weight division, Yazdani offered a spellbinding performance against Aniuar Geduev of Russia 6-6 to win the first freestyle Olympic gold medal for Iran in…
