The 4th international sport games of women of Islamic countries started in the capital of Iran, Tehran.
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The first day of the competition was successful for the Azerbaijani sportswomen. According to the information given to APA by the chief of the press-service of the Ministry of Youth, Sport and Tourism Ragif Abbasov, our sportswoman Irada Ashumova won the gold medal of the competition in fighting from air-gun.
The Azerbaijani handball players also started the competition with the victory. Our sportswomen defeated Armenian handball players with the score of 52:13 in the first match.
The chief of the press-service of the Handball Federation Vugar Zeynalov informing APA about it said that the organizers of the competition illegally permitted Armenian, Russian and USA sportswomen to participate in the competition.