Al-Monitor | Saeid Jafari: Sadaf Khadem had been interested in sports as a child in Iran in the 2000s. She began by playing basketball and then in her teenage years, added a punching bag to the makeshift gym in her familys garage and finally convinced her parents to let her join a boxing club. Earlier this month, the 24-year-old Khadem won the first ...

IRNA Iranian female athletes are taking part in Asian Weightlifting Championship in China in a breathtaking contest in hope of making headway to the Olympic Games. The championship to be hosted by the Chinese eastern coastal city of Ningbo, Zhejiang province from April 17 to 29, which serves as the qualifying event for 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games....