Latest sport from The Daily Tehran.
From Azadi's crumbling upper tiers to the freshly resurfaced athletics track in Shahrak-e Gharb, the infrastructure question is now the defining one for Tehran sport.
From Azadi's terraces to the wrestling halls of Shahrak-e Gharb, the capital's clubs and leagues are actively recruiting new members this summer.
From Tajrish to Ekbatan, grassroots clubs across the capital are pulling in record memberships and rewriting what it means to belong to a Tehran neighbourhood.
Across the Iranian capital's 22 districts, a quiet revolution in neighbourhood sport is pulling thousands of residents off their sofas and onto pitches, courts and running paths — often for less than the price of a metro ticket.
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