Carlos Queiroz has named his 21-man Team Melli squad for the AFC Asian Cup 2019 on Sunday. Queiroz will announce his main team on Dec. 26. Iran national football team will travel to Doha on Monday to hold a training camp in the Persian Gulf country until Dec. 24. Team Melli will also play a […]

Iranian fighter Sajjad Mardani earned a gold medal in 2018 World Taekwondo Grand Slam Champions Series, underway in Wuxi, China. In the final of men’s +80kg category, Mardani overwhelmed the Asian Champion Kyo-don In of South Korea and received the $50,000 reward. In his route to final, the Iranian practitioner outplayed USA’s Stephen Lambdin 2-1, […]

Sepahan football team moved back to the top of the Iran Professional League after a 1-1 draw against Esteghlal Khuzestan on Saturday. In the match held at the Ghadir Stadium in Ahvaz, Sasan Ansari found the back of the net from a set-piece in the 24th minute. Meysam Karimi levelled the match from the penalty […]

The Iranian team of Bimeh Razi clinched the title of freestyle World Wrestling Clubs Cup 2018, held in Babol, northern Iran. The fifth edition of freestyle World Wrestling Clubs Cup kicked off on December 13 in the city of Babol, Mazandaran province. The two-day event was conducted under UWW world cup regulations in 10 senior […]

Esteghlal coach Winfried Schaefer has criticized the referee for ruling out their goal against Padideh. Esteghlal was held to a goalless draw by Padideh in Iran Professional League (IPL) on Thursday in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium. Referee Shahab Zahedi disallowed Esteghlal goal in the 79th minute but TV replay showed it was a correct goal. “I […]

Esteghlal football team was held to a goalless draw by Padideh in the last match of Iran Professional League (IPL) prior to the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. In the match held in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium in front of about 40, 000 spectators, Padideh went top of the table after earning one point. Esteghlal remained in […]

Iraj Danaeifard, the scorer of the first official goal for Iran national football team in the FIFA World Cup, was laid to rest on Friday. He was buried beside his father Ali Danaeifard, who was one of the founders of Taj SC football club (the club became known as Esteghlal in 1979), in Tehran’s Behesht- […]

Bimeh Razi freestyle team from Iran claimed the title of the World Wrestling Clubs Cup on Friday. The Iranian team won the title for the third time in the two-day competition held in in the northern Iranian city of Babol, northern Iran. Bomeh Razi had already finished in top place in 2014 and 2015. Bimeh […]

Iraj Danaeifard, the scorer of the first official goal for Iran national football team in the FIFA World Cup, has died aged 67. Danaeifard passed away of a cardiac arrest in Shiraz’s Namazi Hospital on Wednesday. Iraj Danaeifard was the son of Ali Danaeifard who was one of the founders of Taj SC football club […]

Iranian football club Persepolis will hold their training camp in Doha, Qatar. Persepolis are going to hold the preparatory camp at the Aspire Zone. The camp will be held as part of preparation for the 2019 AFC Champions League group stage and the Iranian league. Persepolis, who lost 2-0 to Kashima Antlers on aggregate in […]