TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian national basketball team finished in third place at the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship after defeating Japan 68-63 on Saturday. Iran captain Samad Nikkhah Bahrami finished with a game-high 35 points. Keijuro Matsui led Japan with 18 points. Though Japan has not reached the podium, they will not leave the FIBA Asia Championship ...

MANILA, Philippines Hamed Hadadi set the tone and Samad Nikkhah Bahrami followed suit. Iran, with its two stars pressing the attack early, made quick work of India 102-58 in the second phase of the 27th FIBA Asia mens Championship Monday at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. The seven-foot-two Hadadi asserted his might from the get-go as he ...