Zahra Beyrami is an ultra-flexible little whose performance at an Iranian talent show, named Asr-e Jadid (New Age), has amazed the audiences and gone viral on Iranian social media.Read More
An Iranian woman has for the first time received the badge of Pahlavani, a traditional sport originally used to train warriors in ancient Iran.Read More
President Hassan Rouhani says that the Iranian athletes can make their nation proud and happy at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. In a meeting with Iranian Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Masoud Soltanifar on Saturday, Rouhani said he expects the Iranian sportsmen and sportswomen to shine in the next year’s prestigious events....Read More
ranian fighters managed to win one gold, three silver and two bronze medals at the first 2019 Karate-1 Premier League which was held in Paris. Some 800 world-class karatekas from 80 countries gathered in the French capital from January 25 to 27 to compete in the first Premier League of 2019 season and also to...Read More
Iranian woman chess player Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, also known as Khadem, has moved 11 spots up in the latest FIDE (World Chess Federation) ratings, sitting in the 19th place. With 2470 points, Iranian grandmaster gained the rank of 19th in the standard women’s section in the December ratings of FIDE. Yifan Hou and Wnjun Ju of...Read More
Zohreh Abdollahkhani — also known as Iran’s ice lady — won the ice climbing bronze medal at the Asian Championship in 2014, which took place in Cheongsong, South Korea. When she did, she became the first Iranian woman to ever win a medal in the sport for Iran at an international competition, and the only...Read More
Iranian practitioners snatched seven medals, including three gold, one silver and three bronze at the Asian Karate Championship in Amman, Jordan. Iranian athletes managed to grab six medals in kumite and one on kata. In men’s over-84 kg category, Saleh Abazari overpowered Japanese rival 8-0 in the final and picked up the gold medal. Majid...Read More
TEHRAN, Jul. 14 (MNA) – Young Iranian practitioners bagged 4 more medals, including the first gold, on the second day of their participation in World Junior Wushu Championships, held in Brasilia. Junior wushu athletes snatched one gold, one silver and 2 bronze medals in different forms of Taolu. Sogand Golshani collected 9.11 points in the...Read More
