Persepolis football club have confirmed the signing of KV Kortrijk defender Mohammad Naderi but the Reds have not agreed with Reza Ghoochannejhad “Gucci” over financial issues. The 22-year-old defender has joined the Iranian giants on a six-month loan deal. Naderi joined the Belgian First Division A side in July from Tractor Sazi of Iran. He […]

 Iranian chess grandmaster Sarasadat Khademalsharieh put in a dazzling performance by finishing runner-up in the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Competition 2018, held in St. Petersburg, Russia, from Dec. 29-31. Khademalsharieh snatched the second place, winning the $25,000 prize, in a heated rivalry among 204 female chess grandmasters. Chinese chess grandmaster Ju Wenjun won the first […]

Sirous Pourmousavi has been named as new head coach of Iran U19 football team. The team was without a coach since failing to book a place at the 2018 AFC U-19 Championship Pourmousavi replaced Farhad Pourgholami in the Iranian team. He stepped down as Foolad coach in September following poor start to the Iran Professional […]

Head of Iran’s futsal committee Davoud Parhizgar says they are trying to arrange a friendly match with Brazil in Tehran. According to him, Iran football federation is communicating with its Brazilian counterpart to make sure it can arrange a friendly on April 8. Iran national futsal team was originally scheduled to travel to Brazil in […]

Esteghlal football team from Iran has chosen Doha, Qatar as neutral venue to host Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia in the 2019 AFC Champions League. Esteghlal, who has been drawn in Group C, has announced it will host the Saudi Arabian team in Doha. On Tuesday, Zob Ahan chose Iraqi city Karbala to host Al-Nassr. […]

 Iran will host 2019 Asian Paraskiing Cup, attended by Asian countries in the slalom and giant slalom divisions, to be staged between February 1 and 5. The forthcoming tournament will be held in Dizin ski resort, located about 70 kilometers north of the Iranian capital city of Tehran. Back in November this year, Iranian paraskiiers […]

 Iran iconic defensive midfielder Saeid Ezatolahi has been ruled out of the upcoming AFC Asian Cup tournament with a foot injury. The 22-year-old player suffered an injury on international duty in October. Ezatolahi expressed his disappointment at missing the competition. “I feel really bad because of missing the AFC Asian Cup but I have to […]

 Four Iranian chess players arrived in St. Petersburg, Russia, early Sunday to take part in World Rapid and Blitz Chess Competition 2018, which starts later today and will go on through Dec 31. The chess grandmasters Parham Maghsoodloo, Alireza Firouzja, Ehsan Ghaem Maghami will represent the Islamic Republic in men’s competition, and Sara Khademalsharieh will […]

Elyas Ali Akbari from Iran has been chosen as the best male kurash player of the year. The -81kg athlete won a gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia as well as two gold medals at the Asian Championships in Pune, India and VII International Kurash Tournament in Shahrisabz, Uzbekistan. The International […]

 Iran national football team were held to a 1-1 draw by Palestine in a friendly match on Monday. In the match held in Doha’s Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Mehdi Taremi put the Persians into the lead in the 50th minute. Team Melli could have scored more goals by they lacked a cutting edge. Palestine midfielder […]