Easkey Britton making waves in Iran
Irish surf champion Easkey Britton recently became the first woman to surf in Iran, with the event now the subject of a short documentary.
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Weightlifting: Salimi leads Iranian one-two
Behdad Salimi added the Olympic crown to his reigning world and Asian titles as he triumphed in the men's +105kg and brought the curtain down on weightlifting at the 2012 Games.
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Wrestling: Iran and Russia take gold
Iran won their second Greco-Roman gold in two days after Omid Noroozi beat Georgia's Revaz Lashkhi in the -60kg category.
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Rogge rubbishes logo racism claims
IOC president Jacques Rogge is to tell Iran that the London 2012 Olympics logo is not racist.
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Iran threaten Olympic boycott over logo
London 2012 organisers are facing the threat of a boycott from Iran after the country's Olympic leaders complained that the logo for the Games spells out the word 'Zion' and is 'racist'.
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Early exit is just reward for Iran treatment
The elimination of England, France and the United States in the early stages of the World Cup was a just reward for their ill-treatment of Iran, its foreign minister said on Tuesday.
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The Inside Track with Tony O'Donoghue
'Italy expect to progress beyond the group stages, the last 16, the quarters and semi-finals. We would be quite happy to make it to South Africa and 'give it a lash' from there.'
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Gilcreest into World Amateur final
Colm Gilcreest from Navan has reached the final of the IBSF World Amatuer Snooker final in Wels, Austria on Saturday night, winning his semi-final against Soheil Vahedi from Iran 7-5.
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Iranian Saei lifts gold of his career
Iran's Hadi Saei beat European bronze medallist Mauro Sarmiento of Italy 6-4 in the men's -80kg final to lift the second Olympic taekwondo gold medal of his career Friday.
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Iranian weightlifting legend out of Olympics
Iran double Olympic gold medallist Hossein Rezazadeh has pulled out of the 2008 Games.
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FBD Insurance Rás Highlights
Highlights from this year's FBD Insurance Rás, featuring 140 riders from Ireland, Iran, France, Germany, Bulgaria, Holland, Poland, Norway, the Isle of Man and Britain.
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Iran banned from FBD Insurance RÁS
When the FBD Insurance RÁS gets underway from Naas on Sunday missing from the start line will be the five man strong Iranian team.
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Bolton too strong for Doncaster
Bolton cruised into the fourth round of the FA Cup at Doncaster's new Keepmoat Stadium, with two goals from Iran international Andranik Teymourian and one each for Kevin Davies and Idan Tal, the Trotters winning 4-0.
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Iran back in FIFA fold
Iran have had their international suspension formally lifted by FIFA after less than a month in the cold.
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Iran federation suspended by FIFA
FIFA have suspended Iranian football's governing body from international activity, citing political interference in the running of the sport in the country.
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Angola's World Cup dream ends with a draw
Iran ended any faint hopes that Angola had of progressing from their World Cup group D as they held the Africans to a 1-1 draw in Leipzig.
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Ivankovic to step down from Iranian job
Iran coach Branko Ivankovic said he is quitting after his side exited the World Cup with a single point to their name.
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Portugal through thanks to Deco
Portugal booked their ticket to the knock-out stages of the World Cup following a well-deserved 2-0 victory over brave Iran.
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Deco and Ronaldo to face Iran
Injured midfielders Deco and Cristiano Ronaldo are likely to play against Iran tomorrow as Luiz Felipe Scolari urges his players to make sacrifices ahead of 'the most difficult group match'.
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Iran's injury woes mount
Iran's problems worsened today when midfielder Mehrzad Madanchi suffered an injury to his left foot.