In the first El Clasico of the 2018-19 season, Barcelona pummeled Real Madrid, scoring five goals while conceding just the one. Even with Lionel Messi on the sidelines, Real’s defense struggled to contain Barcelona’s attacks. Philippe Coutinho opened the scoring but the Catalans were led by a Luis Suarez hat-trick. Barcelona ran into some trouble early in the second half, […]

The Football Federation of Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) has announced that it is after installing VAR (Video Assistant Referee) in its stadiums. This issue has been put on the agenda of the Referees Committee of FFIRI, said the chief of the committee Fereydun Esfahanian on Saturday, adding that a VAR system will be installed […]

 Iranian speed climber Reza Alipour snatched the bronze medal in men’s category at the final stage of 2018 International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) World Cup tournament in Xiamen, China. The final stage of the 2018 International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) World Cup tournament kicked off on Saturday in Xiamen, and the season titles […]

AFC Champions League finalists Persepolis drew 1-1 with Saipa in Iran Professional League (IPL) here at the Takhti Stadium on Saturday. Kamal Kamyabinia made it 1-0 with a thumping long-range shot in the 15th minute. Persepolis, who will travel to Japan on Monday to play Kashima Antlers in the first leg of the AFC Champions […]

According to the latest FIFA ranking released today, Iranian men’s national football team has climbed 3 rungs up to 30th on the world stage while still remaining above all other Asian teams. Fédération Internationale de Football Association or the FIFA released its latest edition of world ranking for football which shows Iran has moved up three […]

MANCHESTER, England — Cristiano Ronaldo was walking off the field, a winner once again at Old Trafford, when two young fans brandishing cell phones attempted to get to the Portugal superstar. One was rugby-tackled to the ground by security staff; the other was forcibly held back. But the five-time world player of the year hung […]

 Iran popular football team Persepolis advanced to the AFC Champions League final for the first time ever with a 1-1 draw with Al Sadd of Qatar on Tuesday, winning 2-1 on aggregate. Persepolis had previously defeated Al Sadd twice and lost once to the Qataris in the current season. In the match held in Tehran’s […]

 Alireza Karimi Machiani from Iran won a bronze medal at the men’s senior freestyle Wrestling World Championships in Budapest, Hungary on Monday. He beat his Georgian rival Dato Marsagishvili 12-1 at the 92kg. The other bronze at this category was snatched by Japan’s Atsushi Matsumoto, edging Mongolian Turtogtokh Luvsandorj 6-5. J’den Cox from the U.S., […]

 Iran international midfielder Saman Ghoddos insists he has made the right decision in choosing to play for his country of birth over Sweden. Ghoddos represented Iran in the 2018 World Cup, where Team Melli narrowly missed out on progression with their draw against Portugal in their last match. “I almost selected Sweden to play in […]

 Hassan Yazdani Charati and Parviz Hadi Basmanj from Iran won two bronze medals at the men’s senior freestyle Wrestling World Championships in Budapest, Hungary on Sunday. Defending world and Olympic champion Yazdani claimed the bronze medal after beating Russian Dauren Kurugliev 11-5 in the 86kg. The U.S.’s David Morris Taylor beat Turkey’s Fatih Erdin 12-2 […]