Financial Times | Najmeh Bozorgmehr: She felt like giving her life in the final match, like Arash the Archer, the hero from Iranian mythology who was destroyed after putting all his strength into a single arrow shot to determine the borders of the Persian empire. Kimia Alizadeh, the Iranian taekwondoka who won an Olympic medal at the age of 18, had ...

Iranian female sports shooter Najmeh Khedmati has put on an awe-inspiring display of skills atthe Olympic Games Training Camp in France, and managed to snatch a gold medal. On Sunday, the 20-year-old 2014 Asian Games gold medalist vied for the top honorin womens 50-meter rifle3 positions individual contests in the northeastern French commune ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian super heavyweight weightlifter Behdad Salimi is going to quit after winning a gold medal in the 2016 Olympic Games. Salimi won a gold medal by hoisting 455 kg in total in the London 2012 Olympic Games. The lifter tore his left ACL during an attempted 262 kilo clean & jerk in training in late October. The injury ...

Tehran, Jan 3, IRNA - Iran won 1,655 points to stand on top in the Road 2015 of the Union Cycliste Internationale's (UCI) Asia Tour to book three berths in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Kazakhstan (602) and Japan (541) follow Iran, winning two tickets each, the Tehran-based English newspaper 'Iran Daily' reported. In the team races, the Iranian team ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Newly-appointed coach for Iran's Olympic football team Nelo Vingada remains optimistic that his team will advance to the 2016 Olympic Games. We took our first step toward the 2016 Olympic Games on Saturday. Our goal is to advance to the Olympics. The 2014 Asian Games are ahead us and in the next several months we have the opportunity ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) President of Irans Volleyball Federation Mohammad-Reza Davarzani said on Sunday that they have reached an initial agreement with Lorenzo Bernardi to take charge of the volleyball team until the 2016 Olympic Games. Argentine Julio Velasco, has recently informed the Iranian volleyball federation that he plans to step down as coach ...