Iranian football player Reza Ghoochannejhad completed a loan transfer to Sydney FC from APOEL until the end of the season. Former Iranian national player will wear No 16 jersey in the Australian club during the move until the end of this season. Ghoochannejhad has signed a 2-year contract with the Cypriot club ahead of the […]

Carlos Queiroz announced his resignation as head coach of Iran national football team after Team Melli failed to reach the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. The 65-year-old decided to call time on his eight-year stint with the Iranians at the news conference in Al Ain. Iran suffered a heavy 3-0 defeat against Japan in the competition’s […]

Iranian fighters managed to win one gold, three silver and two bronze medals at the first 2019 Karate-1 Premier League which was held in Paris. Some 800 world-class karatekas from 80 countries gathered in the French capital from January 25 to 27 to compete in the first Premier League of 2019 season and also to […]

Carlos Queiroz has told his players to trust themselves and in his methods as Iran prepare to face Japan in the first semi-final of the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 on Monday at Al Ain’s Hazza bin Zayed Stadium. The Iranians are appearing in the last four of the AFC Asian Cup for the first […]

Australian referee Christopher James Beath has been chosen to officiate Iran’s AFC Asian Cup semi-final match against Japan on Monday. Beath was added to the FIFA International Referees List in 2011, serving as a referee for matches including the Kirin Challenge Cup contest between Japan and Iceland. In 2017, Beath was appointed as one of […]

 Bissau-Guinean striker Esmaël Gonçalves has signed a 1.5-year contract with Tehran-based Esteghlal FC. According to Amirhossein Fathi, the caretaker of the club, Gonçalves has departed for Turkey and will join the team in Tehran on Monday. No detail about the fee of the contract has been published yet. Also called ‘Isma’, the 27-year-old winger and […]

 Iran national football team forward Sardar Azmoun says the match against China is finished and from now on they just focus on Japan contest. Team Melli defeated China 3-0 Thursday night to secure a place at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup semi-finals. The 24-year-old striker set up Mehdi Taremi for Iran’s opener and then scored […]

World Cup winner Marcello Lippi is angry with his players’ performance against Iran which saw them eliminated from the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. The Red Dragons failed to book a place in the Asian Cup semis after being defeated by Iran 3-0 on Thursday. The Italian confirmed that his two-year tenure as coach of China […]

Iran national football team booked a place at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup semi-finals on Thursday. Carlos Queiroz’s team defeated China 3-0 at the Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, the UAE. Sardar Azmoun set up Mehdi Taremi for the Iranian opener just 18 minutes into the match. He robbed a hesitant Feng Xiaoting […]

Iran national football team goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand says his background is always the motivation that drives him forward to progress more and more. Go back 12 months and few people across Asia, let alone the world, knew the name Alireza Beiranvand. Then just 25, the lanky shot-stopper had established himself as the number one goalkeeper […]