Tehran, Feb 4, 2025 (AFP) - Women players beat the odds to cut a path for ice hockey in Iran

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2025-02-04

Iran may seem an unlikely setting for women's ice hockey, but a fledgling league has seen its young players confront the country's deeply conservative values and financial obstacles to blaze a trail for the sport. "The first time I was given a stick, I fell in love with this sport," said Soheila Khosravi, a member of the Iranian women's league, which played its inaugural round just three years ago. Khosravi left her family home two years ago to d......

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