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Iranian athletes bag 4 medals in Bulgaria wrestling contests

Iranian wrestlers have won one gold and three bronze medals in Bulgaria’s Danklov and Nikolai Petrov Cup competitions.

Iran’s flag raised in Qatar after winning ticket to 2022 FIFA World Cup

The flag of the Islamic republic of Iran has been flown in Doha, Qatar, which hosts the 2022 FIFA World Cup finals.

Safdarian wins Iran’s second ever ice climbing gold

Mohammad Safdarian has won the second gold medal ever for Iran in the Ice Climbing World Championships 2022.

Iran book place at the 2023 World Men’s Handball Championship

Iran have defeated Kuwait 27-26 in Group II of the 2022 Asian Handball Championship and automatically qualified for the 2023 World Handball Championship for the first time since 2015.

Iran’s Vafaei makes history, wins snooker ranking title

Hossein Vafaei became the first Iranian player to win a ranking title with a victory over Welsh professional snooker player, Mark Williams, in the final of the Snooker Shoot Out.

Iran denounces ‘politicization of sport’ by US and UK

Iran has denounced US-led efforts to boycott the upcoming Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, expressing solidarity with China that is targeted by the American smear campaign. The UK, Canada and Australia have become the latest nations to announce a diplomatic boycott of the event.

Iranian wrestlers win IWU’s awards

The international governing body of wrestling, the International Wrestling Union, has named three wrestlers, including the two Iranian Olympians Mohammadreza Geraei and Amir Zare as its Breakthrough Performance of the Year award winners.

Four Iranians among world’s top Greco-Roman wrestlers

United World Wrestling (UWW) has named top Greco-Roman wrestlers of 2021, who include four Iranians.

Ali Daei gives shirt as memento to Australian ambassador

Former Iranian footballer Ali Daei has given a shirt of Iran’s National Team to Australian Ambassador to Tehran Lyndall Sachs.

Iranian athletes win 3 medals at World Taekwondo Women’s Open

Iranian women taekwondo players grabbed three medals at the first edition of the World Taekwondo Women's Open Championships in Saudi Arabia.

Iranian Photographer Wins WMS Winter Sports Award

Veteran Iranian photographer Mohammad Babaei has won the Winter Sports Photo Awards of World Media Summit in China.

Tehran to host World Military Wrestling Championship

The 35th World Military Wrestling Championship will be held in Tehran within days with 300 wrestlers from 22 countries participating in the competitions, the spokesman for Iranian Police announced.

Famous Tehran international ski slope reopens

Tochal International Ski Resort, located in northern Tehran, attracts many skiing enthusiasts annually.

Iran claims first Sambo medal at World Championships

Iranian athlete Mohammad Reza Saeedi-Madani has claimed a bronze medal at the 2021 World Sambo Championships in Uzbekistan.

Iran women club wins silver in AFC championships

Iranian women's football team, Shahrdari Sirjan, have won the second spot in the AFC Women’s Club Championships 2021.

Iran’s Nazemi nominated for world best woman referee

Iranian referee Gelareh Nazemi was nominated for world’s best woman referee, International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) announced.

Iranian boxer makes history

Iran's 60kg boxer has made history by defeating an opponent from Lithuania in the 2021 AIBA World Boxing Championships in the Serbian capital, Belgrade.

Iranian Forward Named ‘Player of the Week’ by FIFA Video Games Company

An Iranian striker of the Portuguese soccer team Porto has been named as FIFA’s player of the week.

Iranian Couple Make Symbolic Biking Journey to Protect Caspian Seal

An Iranian couple have pedaled a distance of 500 kilometers all the way across the country’s northern coastline in a symbolic move to protect the Caspian seal.

Persepolis suffers defeat against Al Hilal in 2021 ACL quarters

Iran’s Persepolis has suffered a 3-0 defeat against Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal football team in quarterfinals round of the 2021 AFC Champions League.

Iranian wrestlers receive hero’s welcome at home

The Islamic Republic of Iran's national freestyle wrestling team returned to a hero's welcome on Wednesday evening after its strong performance at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships in Norway.

Iranian wrestler defeats American, wins gold in World Championship

Iranian freestyle wrestler Hassan Yazdani has won the first gold medal for his country in the 2021 World Wrestling Championship in Oslo, Norway.

Iran thrash Bangladesh at AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2022 qualifiers

The Islamic Republic of Iran women's national football team have heavily defeated Bangladesh in qualifying matches for the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup.

Iran Paralympic athletes get heroic welcome home

Iran’s Paralympics teams are given a heroic welcome upon returning home from Tokyo, the venue of the games.

Iranian Azmoun named Zenit’s footballer of the month

Iranian striker Sardar Azmoun has been named Zenit Saint Petersburg’s footballer of the month. The 26-year-old was voted player of the months of July and August by Zenit’s supporters.

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