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Iran wins Asian Club Volleyball Championship

Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s Foolad Sirjan team defeated Al-Arabi SC 3-1 and ranked first in Asian Club Volleyball Championship which was held in Thailand.

Headlines in Iranian English-language dailies on October 14

Tehran, IRNA - The following headlines appeared in English-language newspapers in the Iranian capital on Thursday, October 14, 2021:

Varamin Municipality Taekwondo Team wins Asian Clubs Cup

Tehran, IRNA – The Taekwondo Team of Varamin Municipality won the Asian Clubs Cup on Wednesday.

Iranian coach chosen for glorious Slovenian team

Mahabad, IRNA – An Iranian volleyball coach - Ako Karimi - was selected as the head coach of ACH Volley in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Headlines in Iranian English-language dailies on October 12

Tehran, IRNA - The following headlines appeared in English-language newspapers in the Iranian capital on Tuesday, October 12, 2021:

Iran's Jamali wins silver medal in IWF Youth World C'ships

Tehran, IRNA – Iranian female weight lifter Yekta Jamali became the vice-champion in the 81 kg category of the (IWF) Youth World Championships in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Iranian female karateka wins world karate championship gold medal

Abadan, IRNA – Iranian female karate athlete Fatemeh Hedayatnejad won first place in the world karate championship held online.

Iran’s wrestling shines in Oslo championships

Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s national Greco-Roman wrestling team scooped 4 gold and 2 bronze medals with 146 aggregate scores, winning the second world status in 2021 Oslo Championships. Meanwhile, Iran’s freestyle wrestling team won 3 gold, 3 silver and one bronze medals, retaining world’s third place in the same tournament.

Supreme Leader praises Iran’s Greco-Roman wrestling team

Tehran, IRNA – Supreme Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in a message on Monday praised Iran’s Greco-Roman wrestling national team for winning the second place in 2021 Oslo World Wrestling Championship.

Headlines in Iranian English-language dailies on October 11

Tehran, IRNA - The following headlines appeared in English-language newspapers in the Iranian capital on Monday, October 11, 2021:

President Raisi congratulates Iranian wrestlers for victories

Tehran, IRNA – President Ebrahim Raisi sending a message on Saturday night, congratulated the Greco-Roman wrestling team athletes for gaining the 2nd best world status at 2021 Oslo World Wrestling Championship.

Greco-Roman team tanks world 2nd with 4 gold, 2 bronze medals

Tehran, IRNA – The Iranian national Greco-Roman wrestling team won four gold and two bronze medals at 2021 Oslo World Wrestling Championship, ranked the world 2nd best team in the major sport event.

Iran's wrestling champion Gerai wins 4th gold medal in Norway

Tehran, IRNA – Mohammad Reza Gerai, the courageous Greco-Roman wrestler, and star of the world matches in Oslo in 67 kg weight, defeated his Russian Olympics gold medal winner competitor in the final match to gain the game's gold medal.

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Iranian wrestler Delkhani wins 3rd Gold Medal

Tehran, IRNA – Meysam Delkhani, Iran national Greco-Roman wrestling team’s 63 kg beat his Georgian competitor in the final match of his weight and gained the world gold medal.

Headlines in Iranian English-language dailies on October 10

Tehran, IRNA - The following headlines appeared in English-language newspapers in the Iranian capital on Sunday, October 10, 2021:

Sports minister congratulates Iranian wrestler's historical victory

Tehran, IRNA – Minister of sports and youth’s affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran in a message congratulated Ali-Akbar Yusefi who gained the Iranian freestyle national team’s 2nd gold medal in 2021 Oslo World Wrestling Championship.

Yusefi gains Iranian wrestling history’s first heavy weight gold

Tehran, IRNA – 130 kg weigh Iranian national freestyle athlete Ali Akbar Yusefi in the final match of his weight defeated his Russian competitor to gain the Iranian wrestling history’s first and the Iranian Greco-Roman team’s 2nd gold medal in Norway.

Saravi gains Iranian Greco-Roman team’s 1st gold medal

Tehran, IRNA – Iranian national Greco-Roman team’s 97 kg wrestler Mohamad-Hadi Saravi beating his Hungarian competitor in the Oslo 2021 Greco-Roman World Match in final to win the team’s first gold medal.

Headlines in Iranian English-language dailies on October 9

Tehran, IRNA - The following headlines appeared in English-language newspapers in the Iranian capital on Saturday, October 9, 2021:

Iran's wrestler wins the third world bronze medal

Tehran, IRNA - Mohammad Ali Geraei, an Iranian wrestler and captain of the Iranian national team, overcame the Hungarian wrestler in the 2021 world wrestling championships in Norway and won the third world bronze medal.

Iranian weightlifter wins the first medal

Tehran, IRNA- Iran's 81kg weightlifter won the first gold medal for Iran team in the world junior championships in the adolescent age category in Saudi Arabia.

Iran bags 23 medals in 1st day of Company Sport Games

Tehran, IRNA – Iranian athletes participating in the 2021 Company Sport Games in Athens, Greece, have succeeded in winning 23 medals in the first day of the competition.

Iranian National Freestyle Team ranks 3rd in world

Tehran, IRNA – The Iranian National Freestyle Team gained 3 gold, 3 silver, a bronze, and 162 points, ranking 3rd in world in Oslo, 2021 World Wrestling Championship in Norway, while Russia and the United States with 173 and 165 points ranked first and second, respectively.

Golij’s bronze medal marks end of Iranian freestyle world competitions

Tehran, IRNA – The bronze medal of Mojtaba Golij, the 97 kg freestyle athlete of the National Iranian Team in his match against his Mongolian competitor marked the end of the Iranian team at Oslo, 2021 World Wrestling Championship in Norway.

Amirabdollahian congratulate wrestlers’ pride-inspiring victories

Tehran, IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian in a message addressed to the National Iranian Freestyle Team congratulated the victories they gained in Oslo 2021 World Wrestling Championship.

Qasempour wins Iran’s third gold at World Wrestling Championships in Norway

Tehran, IRNA - Iran freestyle wrestlers Kamran Qasempour won Iran’s third gold medal in the 2021 World Wrestling Championships.

Supreme Leader appreciates freestyle athletes in world competition

Tehran, IRNA – Supreme Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in a message thanked Iranian freestyle athletes for the spectacular results they gained at Oslo 2021 World Wrestling Championship.

Yazdani wins Iran’s 2nd silver medal in Oslo

Tehran, IRNA – Amir-Mohammad Yazdani, Iran’s 65 kg in 2021 World Wrestling Championship lost the final match to his Russian competitor to win the games silver medal, that is Iran’s 2nd silver in these games.

UWW’s report on ‘Monumental Day for Iran’ in Oslo

Tehran, IRNA – United World Wrestling released a report on its website on Monday about Iranian wrestlers making a ‘Monumental Day for Iran’ in the World Championships in Oslo.

Sports minister congratulates Yazdani, Zare for winning gold medals

Tehran, IRNA – Sports Minister Hamid Sajjadi in a message addressed to freestyle wrestlers Hassan Yazdani and Amir-Hossein Zare congratulated them for winning gold medals in 2021 World Wrestling Championship.