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 […]

The volley is superb: low, hard and right in the backhand corner. You couldn’t have placed it any more awkwardly with your two hands. so Andy Murraydoubles back in retreat. Without so much as a glance, he lashes a backhand down the line, past his startled opponent, onto the line for a clean winner. “Oh, yes,” […]

Iran national football team coach Carlos Queiroz is seeking revenge against Iraq in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup group stage. In the previous edition, 10-man Iran were forced to say goodbye to the tournament after losing to Iraq in penalty shootout in quarterfinals. Australian referee Ben Williams came under fire for his decision to hand […]

 Iran national football team gained a 2-0 victory over Vietnam and secured its berth to the quarterfinal of 2019 AFC Asian Cup in UAE. In a Saturday match held at Abu Dhabi’s Al Nahyan Stadium, the Iranian side won its second match at the tournament, this time against AFF Suzuki Cup champion, Vietnam. Sardar Azmoun […]

Iran national football team coach Carlos Queiroz says they will never make the mistake of underestimating Vietnam. Iran have been scheduled to meet Vietnam at Abu Dhabi’s Al Nahyan Stadium on Saturday in Group D of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. “I had seen Vietnam’s matches in the buildup to the tournament and I thought […]

Iran international striker Karim Ansarifard says the match against Vietnam will be Team Melli’s second final in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. Iran will take on the Vietnamese team at the Al Nahyan Stadium in Abu Dhabi, the UAE on Saturday. “Every match is like a final for us. We won Yemen 5-0 in our […]

Tractor Sazi interim coach Mohammad Taghavi parted ways with the Iranian football club on Thursday. The 47-year-old coach, who started his work as John Toshack assistant coach in Tabriz-based football club at the beginning of the Iranian league season, replaced the Welshman in September as interim coach. Under tutelage of Ex-Esteghlal defender, Tractor Sazi got […]