Women Athletes
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Iranian referees to officiate at CAFA U23 soccer competitions
TEHRAN, Jul. 20 (MNA) – Central Asian Football Association (CAFA) has announced that two female Iranian referees will officiate matches during U-23 football competitions in Tajikistan.
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By: Behnam Tofighi
Seeing-off ceremony of Iranian Olympic athletes
TEHRAN, Jul. 18 (MNA) – On late Saturday, a seeing-off ceremony was held for the first convoy of Iranian athletes attending the Tokyo Olympics.
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Iran to send two table tennis players to Olympics qualifier
TEHRAN, Mar. 06 (MNA) – Two members of the Iranian women’s national table tennis team will participate in a qualification event for the Tokyo Olympics.
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Only Olympics gold satisfies Iran Karate star Sara Bahmanyar
TEHRAN, Mar. 18 (MNA) – Iranian karate practitioner Sara Bahmanyar said that she has firmly set the aim of clinching the 2020 Tokyo Olympics gold medal.
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Highest paid female footballers in 2019
TEHRAN, Mar. 16 (MNA) – Football players are a group of the highest-paid athletes around the world but although the Ballon d’Or winner Ada Hegerberg is at the top of the list of highest-paid female soccer players of 2019, she still earns 326 times less than the best paid male player.
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Iran to participate in intl. ladies amateur golf championship
TEHRAN, Feb. 19 (MNA) – Iran golf team will take part in the International Ladies Amateur Golf Championship due to be held in Lahore, Pakistan, February 21-23.
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Iran women’s 3x3 schedule at OQT released
TEHRAN, Feb. 18 (MNA) – Iran will start the FIBA 3x3 Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT) with a match against Japan.
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By: Behnam Tofighi
Female motor racing event in Tehran
TEHRAN, Feb. 15 (MNA) – The second round of national female motor racing championships was held in three classes of MiniGP, 250CC, and CG on Friday as part of the third round of the country’s motor racing at Tehran’s Azadi Sports Complex.
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Iran 12-0 Turkmenistan: CAFA U19 Girl’s Futsal C’ship
TEHRAN, Jan. 26 (MNA) – Iranian national girl’s futsal team defeated Turkmenistan 12-0 at the CAFA U19 Girl’s Futsal Championship 2020 on Sunday.
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Iran beat Afghanistan at CAFA U19 Girl’s Futsal C'ship
TEHRAN, Jan. 25 (MNA) – Iran eased past Afghanistan 16-1 at the CAFA U19 Girl’s Futsal Championship 2020 on Saturday.
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Larijani hails female alysh wrestlers on winning world title
TEHRAN, Dec. 24 (MNA) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani commended the Iranian women’s team of alysh for claiming the world title for the first time.
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Iran female alysh wrestlers win 2019 world title
TEHRAN, Dec. 24 (MNA) – Iranian women’s team of alysh claimed the title of the 2019 world championships on Monday, in Kazakh capital of Nur-Sultan.
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Iran’s Malaei wins second gold medal at 2019 Asian Rowing Cup
TEHRAN, Dec. 22 (MNA) – Iranian athlete Nazanian Malaei won her second gold medal in the 2019 Asian Rowing Cup in Pattaya, Thailand.
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Iran wins two gold medals at 2019 Asian Rowing Cup
TEHRAN, Dec. 21 (MNA) – Iranian rowers gained two gold medals on Saturday in the 2019 edition of the Asian Rowing Cup underway in Thailand.
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Darabian snatches three medals at Asian Youth Climbing C’ships
TEHRAN, Dec. 15 (MNA) – Mahya Darabian won a gold medal in the girl’s speed category on Sunday at the 2019 edition of Asian Youth Sports Climbing Champinships in India.
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Hosseini collects Iran's first-ever intl. medal in women’s weightlifting
TEHRAN, Nov. 17 (MNA) – Iranian female weightlifter Elham Hosseini wrote her name in history by gaining the first medal for her country in an international competition.
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Iranian girl wins gold at 2019 Karate 1-Premier League
TEHRAN, Sep. 08 (MNA) – Iranian athlete Sara Bahmanyar won the gold medal at 2019 Karate 1-Premier League, Tokyo, Japan.
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Iran women basketball gains first-ever medal in intl. event
TEHRAN, Aug. 27 (MNA) – Iran made history on Monday by claiming the bronze medal of 2019 West Asia Championship Women Basketball which was the team’s first medal in an international event after the Revolution.
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Iran starts Asian Junior Wushu C’ships with one bronze
TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – In the first day of 2019 Asian Wushu Championships underway in Brunei on Monday, a team of Iranian girls won a bronze medal.
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VIDEO: Iranian female taekwondo fighter defeats S Korean opponent
TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – The Iranian female Taekwondo practitioner Sanaz Abbaspour defeated all her opponents in the 2019 World Cadet Taekwondo Championships underway in Uzbekistan’s capital of Tashkent to bag the -44kg category gold medal. Here you can see her match against South Korea's Do-Yeong Yoon in as her first step to snatch the gold.
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Iranian girls add two gold to team’s tally: World Cadet Taekwondo C’ships
TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – Iranian teen fighters grabbed two golds and two silvers in the 2019 edition of World Cadet Taekwondo Championships at Universal Sports Palace in Uzbekistan’s capital Tashkent.
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By: Mina Noei
24th National Women Taekwondo Championship
TABRIZ, Aug. 04 (MNA) – The 24th edition of National Women Taekwondo Championship, in two junior and senior categories, was held in Tabriz, on August 3-4, 2019.
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Iran bags two more gold at 2019 Asian Karate C’ships
TEHRAN, Jul. 21 (MNA) – Iranian karatekas added two gold medals to their tally on Sunday at the 16th edition of Asian Karate Federation Seniors Championship in Tashkent.
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Iran collects nine medals at 2019 Asian Karate C’ships
TEHRAN, Jul. 20 (MNA) – Iranian karatekas snatched nine medals, including three gold, at the 16th edition of Asian Karate Federation Seniors Championship in Tashkent on Saturday.
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Iran to hold 1st conf. on equal opportunities in women’s sports
TEHRAN, May 25 (MNA) – Iran will organize the first conference on ‘Women, Sports, and Gender Equality’ sometime in November, according to the head of the NOC's sports and women commission.
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Iran wins ticket to 2019 3x3 FISU World University League
TEHRAN, May 11 (MNA) – Azad University of Iran secured ticket to the 3x3 FISU World University League 2019 for the first time in Iran's history.
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By: Maryam Kamyab
International Day of Women’s Football
TEHRAN, Mar. 07 (MNA) – The International Day of Women’s Football was held in National Football Academy on Wed. March 6.
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Iran collects six medals at 1st event of Karate 1-series A in 2019
TEHRAN, Mar. 04 (MNA) – Iranian karate practitioners gained two gold, two silver and two bronze medals at the first event of Karate 1 -Series A in 2019 which was held in Austria.
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Iran to play friendly with Belarus in Tehran
TEHRAN, Feb. 23 (MNA) – Women’s national football teams of Iran and Belarus will hold friendly matches in early March in Tehran.
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Iranian women know rivals at FIBA 3x3 World Cup
TEHRAN, Feb. 19 (MNA) – Iranian women’s team learned its fate at 2019 FIBA 3x3 World Cup which will be held in the Netherlands.
