Publish Date: 26 September 2023 - 10:00

TEHRAN, Sep. 25 (MNA) – Iranian national basketball team defeated Emirati rivals 81-57 at the 2022 Asian Games on Tuesday.

The Iranian athletes will face Saudi Arabia in their next game on Thursday.

The 2022 Asian Games also known as Hangzhou 2022 is a continental multi-sport event currently being held from 23 September to 8 October 2023 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.

The Games, delayed a year due to China's measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, will be the country's biggest sporting event in over a decade in several metrics, with around 12,000 athletes from 45 nations competing in 40 sports.

Iran has sent 289 male and female athletes to the Games in 34 sports events.

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