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ACL play-off: Iran’s Zob Ahan come from behind to beat Al Gharafa of Qatar

TEHRAN – Zob Ahan football club of Iran came from two goals down to score a stunning 3-2 win over Qatar's Al Gharafa in a 2019 AFC Champions League play-off tie on Tuesday.
Iran’s para shooter Javanmardi wins gold at Al Ain 2019

TEHRAN – Saraeh Javanmardi from Iran picked up a gold medal at the Al Ain 2019 World Shooting Para Sport World Cup on Tuesday.
Iran’s women’s learn fate at FIBA 3x3 World Cup

The 40 participating teams (20 men’s and 20 women’s) were divided into 8 pools of 5 - none more difficult than Men’s Pool A featuring last year’s 2 finalists Serbia and the Netherlands besides USA – following the automatic seeding of the 6th edition of the FIBA 3x3 World Cup, which will take place in Amsterdam in exactly 4 months, on June 18-23, 2019.

ACL play-off: Iran’s Zob Ahan come from behind to beat Al Gharafa of Qatar

TEHRAN – Zob Ahan football club of Iran came from two goals down to score a stunning 3-2 win over Qatar's Al Gharafa in a 2019 AFC Champions League play-off tie on Tuesday.
Iran’s para shooter Javanmardi wins gold at Al Ain 2019

TEHRAN – Saraeh Javanmardi from Iran picked up a gold medal at the Al Ain 2019 World Shooting Para Sport World Cup on Tuesday.
Iran’s women’s learn fate at FIBA 3x3 World Cup

The 40 participating teams (20 men’s and 20 women’s) were divided into 8 pools of 5 - none more difficult than Men’s Pool A featuring last year’s 2 finalists Serbia and the Netherlands besides USA – following the automatic seeding of the 6th edition of the FIBA 3x3 World Cup, which will take place in Amsterdam in exactly 4 months, on June 18-23, 2019.
Persepolis into Hazfi Cup semis after beating Padideh

TEHRAN – Persepolis football team qualified for the Iran’s Hazfi Cup semi-finals after defeating Padideh in penalty shootout in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium on Monday.
Iran’s snooker player Hossein Vafaei dreams of becoming world champion

TEHRAN – Iranian snooker player Hossein Vafaei stole the show in the 2019 Welsh Open and now the 24-year-old dreams of becoming a world champion.
20 countries to participate at Fajr Weightlifting Cup

TEHRAN - The fourth edition of the Fajr Weightlifting Cup will be held in Tehran, capital of Iran from March 1 to 5.
Branko Ivankovic plays down ‘favorites’ tag in Iran’s Hazfi Cup

TEHRAN – Persepolis coach Branko Ivankovic has played down his team favorites’ tag in Iran’s Hazfi Cup.
Team Melli without three stalwarts at FIBA World Cup Qualifiers

TEHRAN – Iran will meet Japan and Australia at the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Asian Qualifiers without Hamed Haddadi, Samad Nikkhah Bahrami and Arsalan Kazemi.
Nasrollah Sajjadi named Iran’s Chef de Mission for 2020 Tokyo

TEHRAN – Nasrollah Sajjadi was on Thursday named Chef de Mission for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Summer Games.
Sepahan edge Paykan, Tractor Sazi beat Esteghlal

TEHRAN – Sepahan football team defeated Paykan 1-0 to return to top of the Iran Professional League (IPL), while Esteghlal lost to Tractor Sazi 1-0 in Tabriz on Friday.