Iran football team flies to Kish to preparare for WC qualifier match
Iran football team is set to fly to Kish Island on Friday ahead of Saudi Arabia match in the 2010 World Cup qualifications on September 6. - 8/27/08
Iran defeats South Korea 3-1 in Asian Youth Volleyball
Iran trounced South Korea three to one to win Asian Youth Volleyball Championship on Tuesday - 8/26/08
Iranian basketballer Samad Nikkhah-Bahrami joins France's Cholet
Iranian national team basketball player Samad Nikkhah-Bahrami has left Iran on Tuesday to participate in France's Cholet training camp. He has signed a one year contract for an undisclosed fee with the basketball team. -MNA - 8/26/08
Persepolis coach set to resign
Persepolis coach Afshin Ghotbi said irritably that he is tired of unprofessional circumstances and so many lies in Iran's football. -MNA - 8/25/08
Iranian woman Zahra Karimi wins wushu gold in Beijing
Zahra Karimi of Iran snatched the gold medal in the Beijing 2008 Wushu Tournament on Sunday. he Beijing 2008 wushu has gathered 128 athletes from 43 countries. - 8/24/08
Good start for Iran junior volleyball team
Iran claimed victory over Maldives in the 14th Asian Junior Men's Volleyball Championship opening match on Saturday in Tehran's Azadi Gym. - 8/24/08
Saei: "My gold belongs to all Iranians"
The sole Iranian gold winner in the Beijing Olympics said that his gold medal belongs to all Iranians. Iranian taekwondo star Hadi Saei made history on Friday by winning Iran's first gold medal at the Beijing Olympics in the men's 80 kilogram class. - 8/23/08
Iranian woman wins bronze medal in Beijing wushu contests
Iranian athlete Farzaneh Dehghan has managed to win a bronze medal in the 2008 Beijing Olympic. -IRNA - 8/23/08
Olympics: Hadi Saei wins Iran's first Beijing gold
Veteran Iranian taekwondo fighter Hadi Saei has claimed Beijing Olympics men's welterweight gold medal by beating Italy's Mauro Sarmiento. - 8/22/08
Iran's Ehsan Peighambari wins bronze in Wushu
Iranian Wushu athlete Ehsan Peighambari has won a bronze medal to become the second Iranian medalist in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. - 8/22/08
NBA teams cleared to negotiate with Iranians
After receiving U.S. government approval, Iranian center Hamed Ehadadi has been cleared to sign with NBA teams, Yahoo! Sports has learned. - 8/22/08
Peace is Winner in Athletic Competition
The Olympic Games have always brought international athletes together in peace for friendly – if fierce – competition. But two American sports researchers say the same spirit exists on a local sports field. Athletic competition, they've learned, is a great way to promote peace. -VOA - 8/21/08
Olympics: Iran's Moradi in 800m athletics second roun
Sajjad Moradi has become the first Iranian athlete to ever qualify for the second round of men's 800m in Olympic Games. -Press TV - 8/21/08
Olympics: One bronze medal is share of Iranian wrestlers in Beijing
The Iranian wrestlers in men's 84kg, 96kg and 120kg categories have been defeated on the 13th day of the Beijing Olympic Games. - 8/21/08
Olympics: Iran's Sara Khoshjamal-Fekri defeated by Taiwanese rival in taekwondo
Female Iranian taekwondo fighter, Sara Khoshjamal-Fekri, has been defeated by her Taiwanese rival Yang Shu-chun in her 2nd Beijing fight. Khoshjamal-Fekri can compete for a bronze medal provided Yang Shu-chun storms into the final. - 8/20/08
Spain defeats Iran's futsal team in Tehran
Iranian futsal team was beaten 2-1 by world champions Spain on Tuesday in the friendly match held in Tehran's Handball Gym. - 8/20/08
Iranian wrestlers lose in Beijing Olympics
The Iranian wrestlers in the men's 66kg and 74kg categories have failed to win any medals on the 12th day of the Beijing Olympic Games. -Press TV - 8/20/08
Olympics: No medals for Iran weightlifting
Iran has failed to take any Olympic weightlifting medals after Rashid Sharifi stood in the sixth place in the men's +105kg category. - 8/20/08
Olympics: Morad Mohammadi wins first Beijing medal for Iran
Morad Mohammadi wins a bronze medal in the 60kg freestyle wrestling to become the first Iranian medalist in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. - 8/19/08
Iran's Ehadadi says he is joining Memphis Grizzlies
Ehadadi said, "I will undoubtedly join Memphis Grizzlies by the end of next week. I met Memphis' officials yesterday to discuss joining the team." - 8/19/08
Iran's Parliament to review athletes' failure in Olympics: MP
The sport committee of the parliament will review the causes of Iranian athletes' failure in the Olympics 2008, MP Mohammad-Reza Tabesh told Mehr News Agency on Monday. - 8/19/08
US Men's Freestyle Wrestlers Optimistic About Medal Chances
U.S. coach Kevin Jackson told VOA he enjoys taking his team for meets in Iran because of how popular the sport is there. "One time an Iranian told me that, 'our country, we focus on wrestling, and our number-one sport is wrestling," he said. "Soccer is number two, and it's huge, but wrestling is our heart and our passion. And we don't wrestle for the medal, we wrestle for the man.' - 8/19/08
Olympics: Croatia beats Iran basketball 91-57
The national Iranian basketball team has been defeated for the fifth time in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games losing, 91-57 to Croatia. -Press TV - 8/18/08
Olympics: Iranian lifter Ebrahimi finishes 7th
Iranian weightlifter Asghar Ebrahimi came in seventh on Sunday in the men's 94kg weightlifting class at the Beijing Olympics on Sunday. -MNA - 8/17/08
NBA clubs banned from signing Iran's Haddadi
The NBA league office has forbidden American basketball clubs from negotiating with Iran's Hamed Haddadi over joining an NBA club. The league office further ordered the clubs not to enter talks with Haddadi's representatives unless the US Office of Foreign Assets Control grants a license for the clubs. - 8/17/08
Germany's Rutemoeller denies report on becoming football coach in Iran
German football coach Erich Rutemoeller denied a report by ISNA news agency which said he had been appointed to Iran's national football team, DPA reported Saturday. -IRNA - 8/17/08
Olympics: Iran's medal hopeful Haddadi fails to qualify for discus
The top Iranian discus thrower, Ehsan Haddadi, has been eliminated in the preliminary stage of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. The 23-year-old Haddadi ranked 17th with a 61.34 meters throw on Saturday morning. - 8/16/08
Iran retain WAFF title
Iran celebrated their fourth WAFF (West Asian Football Federation) title on Friday with a 2-1 win over Jordan in the final. -IRNA - 8/16/08
Olympics: Ginobili Takes Argentina's basketball team to 97-82 win over Iran
Emanuel David Ginobili Saturday notched up 32 points to lead Argentina to a 97-82 victory over Iran in the Olympic men's basketball tournament. Defending gold medal Argentina steadily increased its lead throughout the game to beat Iran 97-82 in a group A preliminary Men's Basketball game on Saturday, August 16. -Fars - 8/16/08
Olympics: Iranian boxer Sepahvand seals spot in quarterfinal
Iranian boxer Morteza Sepahvand has successfully advanced to the quarterfinals of the 64 kg category at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. -Press TV - 8/15/08
Olympics: Iranian judoka knocks out American rival
Iranian judo practitioner Mohammad-Reza Roudaki has knocked out his American rival Daniel McCormick at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. - 8/15/08
Olympics: No Medals For Iran in Greco-Roman Wrestling
The Iranian Greco-Roman wrestlers exited the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games with no medals. - 8/14/08
Olympics: Australia beats Iran basketball team
The Iranian national basketball team has been defeated in its third match against Australia in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. -Press TV - 8/14/08
Iran soccer team reaches WAFF final
Iran's national soccer team has advanced to the final match of the 5th West Asian Football Federation Championship being held in Tehran. The Iranian squad qualified for the final after a 2-0 victory over Syria at Tehran's 30,000-seater Takhti Stadium on Wednesday. - 8/14/08
Olympics: Iran collects losses in Archery, Judo and Greco-Roman Wrestling
Iran's Hojjatollah Vaezi has been defeated by his Indian rival in the elimination round of men's individual archery at the Beijing Olympics. North Korea's Kwon Un Sil managed to beat Iran's female archer Najmeh Abtin 106-96 on Tuesday. - 8/13/08
Third-time lucky for wrestler Hassan Shahsavan
IT was a case of third time lucky when Australian wrestler Hassan Shahsavan qualified for the Beijing Olympics. -AAP - 8/13/08
Olympics: Iran loses to Lithuania in basketball
Iranian basketball team was edged 99-67 by Lithuania in Group A in the preliminary round of the Olympic Men's Basketball tournament on Tuesday. - 8/12/08
Iran thumps Qatar in WAFF
Iran has thumped Qatar 6-1 in the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) Championship on Monday in Tehran's Takhti Stadium. -MNA - 8/12/08
Iran's Surian fails to win Olympic medal
Iran's gold medal favorite Hamid Surian lost to Russian and S. Korean rivals on Tuesday and failed to get any medal in the Beijing Olympics. -MNA - 8/12/08
Iran defeated by Russia in men 's basketball debut
Iranian basketball team was beaten 71-49 by European champions Russia in the opener of the men's basketball competitions in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games at the Wukesong Stadium on Sunday. - 8/11/08
Olympics: Iranian judo player advances to forth round
Iranian judo player participating in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games defeated his three rivals and advanced to the forth round of the Olympic judo competitions. - 8/11/08
Iranian swimmer Alirezaei pulls out of Olympic Games
Iranian swimmer Mohammad Alirezaei has pulled out of the Olympic men's 100m breaststroke heats due to severe pain in his stomach, an official with the Iranian team said on Saturday. - 8/11/08
Olympic Judo: Iran's Arash Miresmaeili loses to Japan's Masato Uchishiba
Japan's Masato Uchishiba defeats Iran's Arash Miresmaeili in the Olympic judo games for men, preventing him from winning a gold medal. - 8/11/08
Iran comes second in grass skiing international competitions
Austria with 455 points won the competitions, while Iran and the Check Republic with respectively 325 and 230 points came second and third. -ISNA - 8/10/08
Yu Darvish Won't Play for Iran but Will Play at Olympics
Darvish is the son of an Iranian father and a Japanese mother who met while they were both studying in the United States. He is one of the biggest stars in Japanese baseball and many expect him eventually to go to the United States. - 8/8/08
OLYMPICS: Extravagant opening ceremony thrills 91,000 at National Stadium
Once-reclusive China commandeered the world stage Friday, celebrating its first-time role as Olympic host with a stunning display of pageantry and pyrotechnics to open a Summer Games unrivaled for its mix of problems and promise. -CNN - 8/8/08
Time Says Iran's Sara Khoshjamal-Fekr a Must-See in Olympics
Time magazine says Iran's Sara Khoshjamal-Fekri is a must-see performer at the Olympics as the first woman ever to appear at the Olympics for Iran. - 8/7/08
Iran's youth handball team qualifies for World Cup
Iran beat South Korea 36-28 in the semi-final round of the 11th Asian Youth Handball Championship and booked a place in the World Cup event as one of two Asian teams. -MNA - 8/5/08
Iran's junior wrestling team ranks 2nd in World Championships
Iran's junior free-style wrestling team stood at the second place in the 2008 Junior World Wrestling Championships started in the Turkish capital, Istanbul, on Saturday. - 8/4/08
High hopes of Iran's women rowers
Not many Tehran cabbies could find their way there, but hidden close to the centre of the Iranian capital is a six-lane, 1,000m rowing course. -BBC - 8/4/08
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