Women Athletes
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Hemmati becomes 3rd Iranian women to climb Everest
TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA) – Iranian female mountain climber Afsaneh Hemmati has managed to conquer the Everest on Sunday.
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Iran to host next edition of Asian MMA competitions
TEHRAN, Apr. 04 (MNA) – Iran's Martial Arts Associations Federation said Monday in a statement that International Mixed Martial Arts Federation has agreed that Iran will host the next edition of Asian MMA competitions.
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Iran beaten by China at 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup
TEHRAN, Jan. 23 (MNA) – National women's football team suffered a heavy loss to the most decorated Asian team, China, in the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup on Sunday.
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By: Ali Hadadi Asl
National women's football team departs for Asian nation cup
TEHRAN, Jan. 15 (MNA) – The national Iranian women's football team departed for the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup during a ceremony in Tehran attended by sports officials on Saturday.
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Iranian female volleyball player joins a Portuguese team
TEHRAN, Jan. 01 (MNA) – Female Iranian volleyball player Zahra Moghani has reportedly joined AJM FC Porto of Portugal.
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Iranian women learn rivals at Asian Handball C'ships
TEHRAN, Dec. 29 (MNA) – Iranian junior and youth teams discovered their rivals at the 2022 Asian Women's Handball Championships.
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Iran finishes W Taekwondo Women's Open C'ships with 3 medals
TEHRAN, Nov. 27 (MNA) – The Iranian female taekwondo practitioners have finished the World Taekwondo Women's Open Championships after winning three medals on Saturday.
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Iran's Shahrdari Sirjan runners-up at AFC Women’s Club C'ship
TEHRAN, Nov. 14 (MNA) – Iranian women's football team Shahrdari Sirjan became runners-up at the 2021 AFC Women’s Club Championship on Saturday.
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Iranian female tennis player into 2020 Australian Open
TEHRAN, Oct. 02 (MNA) – An Iranian female tennis player Meshkatolzahra Safi has reached the 2020 Australian Open after winning the Shymkent ITF International Tournament on Saturday.
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Iran trounce Bangaldesh at AFC Women's Asian Cup qualifiers
TEHRAN, Sep. 22 (MNA) – Iran National Women's Football team thrashed Bangladesh 5-0 on Wednesday in Group G match of the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification.
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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.
