President Masoud Pezeshkian said that victories achieved by athletes at the Olympics and Paralympics will inspire the Iranian people and pave the way for more achievements in other fields of activity.
According to The Iran Project, with Saeid Esmaeili winning gold and Nahid Kiani and Alireza Mohammadi securing silver medals, Iran moved up to the 20th position in the Olympic medal standings.
The 32nd International Fajr Taekwondo Championship, commemorating 43rd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution of Iran, ended here on Wednesday and the Iranian athletes won the games championship cup.
The two-day competitions which began yesterday (on Tuesday) in the presence of 189 taekwondo athletes from Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, India, Iraq, Iran,...
FNA - Featherweight boxer of Team Iran Danial Shahbakhsh managed to defeat his rivals in the Jordanian capital city of Amman on Wednesday to secure a berth at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics Games.
Iran's boxer Shahbakhsh won against Yu Sing Tso of Hong Kong today and secured a berth at the Tokyo Olympics 2020.
The Olympic Boxing Qualification ...
ISNA | Soheil Faraji: The funeral procession of the Iranian two-time Paralympic champion was held in the West Azerbaijan province. The Iranian athlete died at a hospital in his hometown Oshnaviyeh in western Iran on Sunday, 1 March 2020, at the age of 31. Rahman broke onto international stage at the Kuala Lumpur 2010 World Championships where he competed ...
IRNA - Hamideh Abbasi, Iranian Karateka secured the 48th Iranian quota at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics during the Austrian Karate-1 Championships to increase the number of women invited to the world event to five.
Karate has officially been included in the Tokyo Olympics. Previously Bahman Asgari snatched gold medal, stood above all competitors with ...
FNA - Iranian weightlifter Siamand Rahman, who was famous for breaking world records at Paralympics, passed away at the age of 31 following a heart attack.
Iran's two-time Paralympics gold medalist Siamand Rahman has passed away at the age of 31 following a heart attack.
Rahman had won gold medals at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London and ...
MNA Iranian lifter Kianoush Rostami won the silver medal of 96kg category at the 2019 edition of Qatar International Cup on Sunday.
Rostami, 2016 Olympics gold medalist at 85kg category, has kept his hopes alive for winning the 2020 Olympics quota.
He had a good start in Qatar, overpowering the 178kg in the snatch to gain the gold medal of this ...
IRNA Iranian skiers won one gold medal and six silver and four bronze medals in Alpine field at international competitions of Turkey.
The event was held in Palandken Ski Resort on Palandken Mountain in Erzurum and finally 24 medals were distributed among athletes.
Athletes from Turkey, Iran, Greece, Lebanon, Morocco, Georgia and Armenia attended ...
Press TV - Iran has been crowned in the 1st-ever Junior World Kabaddi Championship, after overwhelming Kenya 42-22 in the final match.
Iran started on the front foot, leading by as many as 11 points midway through the 1st half, and went on to extend its lead to 15, holding a 23-8 advantage at the intermission. In the 2nd half, Kenya showed signs ...
IRNA - Iranian wrestling team was crowned world champion in Greco-Roman category in U23 Senior World Championships in Hungary.
Team Iran won 122 points to rank first with 25 points in 63, 72 and 130-kg weight categories.
Iranian wrestlers won 3 gold and 3 bronze to top the chart.
Press TV - Iran's judo federation has denounced a ban imposed by the International Judo Federation (IJF) on Iranian athletes who refused tocompete with Israeli opponents.
Federation chiefArash Miresmaeili dismissed the decision as "a cruel and a blatant betrayal that would prevent Iranian judo athletes of various age groups from taking part in competitions ...
Press TV - Team Iran have been crowned the champions of the 2019 Asian Mens Volleyball Championship, after sweeping aside Australia in straight sets, in the final showdown.
The Iranians, who were looking to avenge their defeat to the Aussies in the group stages, came into the game at Tehran's Azadi Sports Complex, with all guns blazing, taking ...
MNA Iranian freestyle wrestler Hassan Yazdani, who was to face Deepak Punia from India in the 86kg final of the World Wrestling Championships, won the gold medal after his rival pulled out of the match.
In World Wrestling Championship, Deepak Punia from India was to clash with Yazdani in the 86Kg Category final today at Nur-Sultan in Kazakhstan....
MNA I expect Iranian athletes to have a powerful presence at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in a meeting with Iranian Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Masoud Soltanifar on Saturday.
Improving access to sports for all and supporting womens sports are top priorities for us, Rouhani said expressing ...
IRNA Iran's two-time Paralympic powerlifting champion, Siamand Rahman, has been shortlisted for Best Powerlifter of 2018 by World Para Powerlifting, a local official said on Saturday.
Talking to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), Head of Oshnavieh Sports and Youth Department in northwestern Province of West Azarbaijan, Rahim Teymouri, said ...
IRNA Iran is the traditional and number one rival of Russias wrestling and its wrestlers in various weight categories who wrestle competently, says the Russian under-23 national wrestling team coach.
Anatoly Margiev in an interview with the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) said that Iran has its own distinctive style in wrestling.
Iran, like ...
IRNA - Shahin Izadyar, Persian version of Michael Phelps, will visit Switzerland to attend an International Sports Convention.
Along with a team of sports experts, Izadyar will head to Switzerland on Monday to attend a two-day sports convention.
The 25-year-old para-swimmer and record-holder snatched over 10 percent of the gold medals which Iranian ...
MNA Iranian athletes gained a total of 51 gold medals winning 3rd place for their country at 2018 Asian Para Games, for the first time in history.
Under the motto of We Can Do It with Trust and Effort, 209 Iranian para-athletes represented Iran in 2018 Asian Para Games in Jakarta, Indonesia. The team won a total of 136 medals (51 gold, 42 silver,...
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