Iran star Alireza Jahanbakhsh criticized the way that Iraqi players performed against Iran in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. Team Melli, the first-ranked football team in Asia, were held to a goalless draw by Iraq at a packed Maktoum Stadium in Dubai on Wednesday but advanced to the Round of 16 as the Group D […]

Iran national football team head coach Carlos Queiroz says the 2019 AFC Asian Cup will start for Team Melli from now on. The three-time champion sealed top spot in Group D following a 0-0 draw with Iraq on Wednesday, edging the West Asian on goal difference after both team finished on seven points. Team Melli […]

Iraq national football team head coach Srecko Katanec says the draw result between Iraq and Iran was a fair result. Iraq and Iran shared the spoils Wednesday night but the Iranian team sealed top spot of Group D on a better goal difference. The Lions of Mesopotamia set to meet the winner of Group E […]

Iran national football team sealed top spot in Group D of the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 after playing to a 0-0 draw with Iraq at a packed Maktoum Stadium in Dubai on Wednesday. As group winner, Iran will play the third-placed team from either Group B, E or F in Abu Dhabi’s Mohammed bin […]

 Iranian striker Shahab Zahedi has joined South Korea’s Suwon Samsung Bluewings FC. The official website of Korean club announced Wednesday that former Iran’s Persepolis striker has signed a contract with the club without providing further details of his contract. The 24-year-old striker is capable of playing as both a striker and a winger. 187-centimeter tall […]

National Greco-Roman wrestling teams of Iran and China will start a joint training camp in Tehran this week. The Chinese team, comprised of 15 wrestlers and coaches, will arrive in Tehran on Wednesday for doing preparation ahead of International Takhti Cup in Iran. The two teams will conduct joint training sessions before departing to Khuzestan […]

 Nigerian striker Patrick Friday Eze has been linked with a move to Iranian popular football team Esteghlal. The 27-year-old forward will reportedly join Esteghlal in Antalya camp to participate in the training. Friday started his playing career at Africa Sports in 2011 and has also played at Serbian clubs Napredak Kruševac and Mladost Lučani, Emirati […]

 Three table tennis players will represent Iran in men’s events of 2019 ITTF World Tour, Hungarian Open. Accordingly, Iran’s Noshad Alamian, Amin Ahmadian, and Soroosh Amirinia will participate at the major table tennis event. 2019 Semester ITTF World Tour kicks off on Tuesday in Budapest and goes through January 20. A total of 373 players […]

Aarau midfielder Markus Neumayr has criticized his former teammates in Iranian football team Esteghlal. The German midfielder joined Swiss football club Aarau in the January transfer window. The 32-year-old player joined Iran’s Esteghlal in July 2018 on a two-year contract but was released by the team on Dec. 16. These days the German midfielder has […]

 Belgian Georges Leekens has been named as new head coach of Iranian top-flight football club Tractor Sazi on Sunday. The 69-year-old coach replaced Welshman John Toshack in the Tabriz based football team. Leekens has most recently coached Tunisian football club Étoile du Sahel. The Belgian started his coaching career in 1984 at Cercle Brugge and […]