Iran Football Beats Uzbekistan at Asia-Pacific Deaf Games
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s football team defeated Uzbekistan 4-1 at the 10th Asia-Pacific Deaf Games on Tuesday.
Hossein Mosahebi, Sina Saber, Ali Akbar Ahmadvand and Ali Salimi scored for Iran.
Team Melli, who had defeated Japan 3-1 in Group A in its first match, will meet Oman on Thursday.
Iran has sent 150 male and female athletes to the Games in nine sports.
The tournament, which is seen as a precursor to the Deaflympics in Japan next year, is being held from December 1 to 8 in Kuala Lumpur.
Asia Pacific Deaf Games is a deaf multi-sport event established in 1984 which is held every four years in the Asia Pacific region. It is the successor to the "Far Eastern Deaf Football Championship" which was held in Taipei in 1983.