Posts Tagged ‘handball’

Iran victorious over South Korea at 2023 Asian Beach Handball Championship

TEHRAN – Iran defeated South Korea 2-0 (20-12, 24-4) in the 9th Asian Men’s Beach Handball Championship on Saturday. Source Views: 0

Tough task ahead of Iran at 2023 World Handball main round

TEHRAN – Iran will have a tough task ahead in the 2023 IHF World Handball Championship main round. Source Views: 0

Iran second in Asian Youth Handball Championship

TEHRAN – The Republic of Korea defeated Iran 26-22 in the 9th Asian Men’s Youth (U19) Handball Championship Thursday night. This is the third time that the Republic of Korea has won the Asian Men’s Junior Handball Championship. The Republic of Korea had previously won the title in both the inaugural 2005 and 2014 editions. […]

Ukrainian handball champions prepare for new season in German second division

HC Motor Zaporizhzhia has won the Men’s Handball Super League nine years in a row. This year they will play as a guest team in Germany’s Second Handball-Bundesliga. Views: 0

Iran learn rivals at 2022 Asian Women’s Handball Championship

TEHRAN – Iran have learned their opponents in the 2022 Asian Women’s Handball Championship. The Iranian team are drawn in Group A along with Republic of Korea, Uzbekistan, India and Australia. Group B consists of Japan, Kazakhstan, Hong Kong, China and Thailand. The 2022 Asian Women’s Handball Championship will be the 19th edition of the […]

Iran to play Pakistan at Asian Junior Handball C’ship 5–8th place

TEHRAN – Iran lost to Kuwait 26-20 in their last Group A match of the 2022 Asian Junior Handball Championship on Wednesday and will play Pakistan on Friday in the 5–8th place semifinals. Source Views: 0

Tunisia beat Iran at IHF Women’s Junior Handball World Championship

TEHRAN – Iran were defeated by Tunisia 29-24 in Group B of the IHF Women’s Junior Handball World Championship on Thursday. Iran started the campaign with a 19-19 draw against Guinea. The team will play Sweden on Saturday. The 32 teams are divided into eight group of four teams. The top two sides in each group […]

Iran victorious over Portugal at IHF Beach Handball Championship

TEHRAN – Iran defeated Portugal 2-1 (22–24, 19–18, 8–6) at the 2022 International Handball Federation (IHF) Men’s Beach Handball Championship on Thursday. Iran has lost to Denmark, Norway and Brazil and defeated Egypt and Portugal so far.  The Persians are scheduled to play Qatar on Friday in Group II.  The top four in each main […]

Debutants Iran edged by Kazakhstan in 2021 World Women’s Handball

TEHRAN – Iran suffered their third successive loss in the 2021 World Women’s Handball Championship, losing to Kazakhstan 31-25 Tuesday night. The Iranian team had lost to Romania 39-11 and Norway 41-9 in Group C. Iran will meet Uzbekistan on Thursday in Group I in the competition’s Presidents Cup. Group II consists of Slovakia, Tunisia, […]

Today at the Olympics: France takes both handball gold medals

It’s the last day at the Tokyo Olympics and it’s another strong day for team sports and on the cycling tracks. After 17 days of the world’s 11,000 best athletes battling it out, the closing ceremony will call time on the games at 13:00 CEST. Here’s a recap of who won what on the last […]

Pink Offers to Pay Fine for Norwegian Handball Team Bikini Bottom Violation

Pop singer Pink offered to pay the fines for the Norwegian female beach handball team after they wore shorts in defiance of a league rule requiring the ladies to wear bikinis during games. Pink said, “The European handball federation SHOULD BE FINED FOR SEXISM,” in reference to the Norwegian men’s team, which is allowed to […]

Montoya Fernandez named Iran handball coach

TEHRAN – Manuel Montoya Fernandez was appointed as head coach of Iran national handball team. The 61-year-old coach has previously coached Spain, Qatar and Romania national teams. Fernandez will lead Iran at the 2022 Asian Men’s Handball Championship which will be held in Tehran from 21 January to 1 February. Montoya Fernandez is a Ph.D. […]

Iran handball rocked by match-fixing claims

TEHRAN – Iran’s Handball Premier League has been hit with reports of match-fixing in the last weeks. Several Iranian media reported that the match between Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan and Farazbam Dehdasht Khaiez in the last day of premiere league’s Group B, raised strong suspicious that the game might be fixed. Foolad Mobarakeh had already qualified […]

Asian Junior Handball Championship relocated to Bahrain

TEHRAN – The 17th Asian Men’s Junior Handball Championship has been moved to Bahrain from Iran due to coronavirus fears. The competition was originally scheduled to be held in Shiraz from March 20 to 29 but the Asian Handball Federation (AHF) has changed the host. Islamic Republic of Iran Handball Federation (IRIHF) President Alireza Pakdel […]

Musical Notes: Richard Wagner

You’re into seduction, infidelity, betrayal and horror that make the Hitchcock thriller Psycho look tame? If X-rated entertainment is music to your ears then orchestral music may be just what you are looking for. Enthusiasts of television soaps would eat their hearts out if they knew what we classical fans have been enjoying for the […]

Pakistan offers to mediate between Iran, Saudi Arabia

Islamabad, Jan 28, IRNA- Pakistan UN permanent representative, Malihe Ludi said on Wednesday that Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) can play a major role in defusing the tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia and in re-establishing bilateral ties. Ludi said that negotiations would be an important and effective way to solve the problems among regional […]

Rafsanjani: Iran respecting religious minorities

Tehran, Dec 31, IRNA — Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani underlined that Iran has always respected the religious minorities, specially Christians. ‘In the years after the Islamic Revolution, Iran has not had any problem with religious minorities, specially the Iranian Christians,’ Rafsanjani said in a meeting with Archbishop of Tehran’s Armenians […]

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