Iranian Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Masoud Soltanifar has confirmed that the country’s most popular football teams Esteghlal and Persepolis will be ceded to the private sector by auction. The government cabinet has agreed abandoning the two big cultural-sport companies to the private sector, Soltanifar said. The long awaited privatization of the clubs will […]

 Iran won the silver medal of team overall category at 2018 UIAA Ice Climbing World Combined Championships, in Russia. The overall results of the Iranian ice climbers in the event led to the team’s finishing second after Russia. Iran was represented by Mohsen Beheshti Rad, Mohammadreza Safdarian Korouyeh, Shabnam Asadi, and Zeinabkobra Moosavi. Also, in […]

 Reza Salehi Amiri, President of Iran’s National Olympic Committee (NOC), met with his Croatian counterpart Zlatko Mateša on Saturday. In a meeting which was held at the Croatian Olympic Committee (COO) headquarters, both sides agreed to further strengthen bilateral relations in sports fields. Salehi Amiri was accompanied by Iranian Ambassador to the Republic of Croatia […]

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- […]