A total of six medals including one gold saw Iran claim the top title in the men’s kumite competitions at the Karate 1 Premier League in Dubai, the UAE.
Represented by 200 male and female badminton players from 28 countries, the 28th edition of Badminton Fajr Cup Tournament was staged on February 7, 2019 in Enqelab Sports Gym, Karaj, Iran.
The Iran's men free style wrestling team exhibited an awe-inspiring career at the 39th Senior Free Style Takhti Cup to be crowned the title of the prestigious International sports tournament.
Sided with Yemen, Vietnam and Iraq in group D campaign, Iran crushed the debutants Yemen side in the opener- AFC Asian Cup 2019 by five to nil on Monday to issue a real statement of intent to their rivals.
The World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships were officially opened on Tuesday evening in St. Petersburg, Russia.
The Iranian Speed Climber Reza Alipour was nominated as the best world speed climber by the International Federation of Sport Climbing in 2018, scoring 324.68.
Iran's two man taekwondo squad bagged a gold and a bronze at the 2018 World Taekwondo Grand Slam in Wuxis, China, winning $ 75000 in prize money.
Iranian U-16 Chess Grand Master Alireza Firouzja took the top spot at Asian Blitz Chess Championships with 7.5 scores in Makati, the Philippines, following six victories and three draws.
With an outstanding performance, Iran out-powered the Philippines 78-70 in the Group F of the Asian Qualifiers on Monday at the Mall of Asia Arena, in absence of veteran stars Samad Nikkhah Bahrami and former NBA center Hamed Haddadi.
Iranian young chess grand-master Alireza Firouzja was picked as the top chess player of the 2018 World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad at the concluding ceremony of the tournament.
