JAKARTA– The opening ceremony of 2018 Asian Para Games was held on Saturday in Jakarta where all participating nations held parades. 209 Iranian athletes have participated in the event which will end on Oct. 16.

Persepolis took a massive step towards the 2018 AFC Champions League final after defeating Al Sadd of Qatar 1-0 in the first leg of the semifinals. It came as no surprise to us, however, as Branko Ivankovic has built his team the right way. Ivankovic, known as Professor in Iran, knows his players very well. […]

 Top-seeded Bahman Salemi and Arash Vakili topped an all-Iranian podium at the men-only Bandar Torkaman one-star stop on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour on Friday. This is the first ever gold medal on the Tour for them. While for Vakili it is also the first medal of any kind, Salemi previously won one silver […]

 Iran national football team will face Trinidad and Tobago in a friendly match in November, IRNA reported. The match will be held on Nov. 15 in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium as part of preparation for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. “The match against Iran will be a good warm-up for us ahead of the 2019 CONCACAF […]

Petrochimi claimed title of the 2018 FIBA Asia Champions Cup campaign as the Iranian team defeated Japan’s Alvark Tokyo 68-64 on Tuesday. The competition was held from Sept. 27 to Oct. 2 in Nonthaburi, Thailand. Meisam Mirzaei stepped up with 28 points and 7 rebounds for the Iranian team. Rouzbeh Arghavan had 12 points and […]

 Persepolis of Iran football team earned a remarkable 1-0 win over Qatari giants Al Sadd in the first leg of the AFC Champions League semi-finals. In the match held in Doha’s Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Ali Alipour was on target from the penalty spot in the 86th minute. Persepolis won the match without their three […]

 Petrochimi of Iran booked a place at the 2018 FIBA Asia Champions Cup final match on Monday. The Iranian basketball team defeated Meralco Bolts from the Philippines 79-74 in the competition’s semi-final. Behnam Yakhchali led the Iranian team with 28 points and eight rebounds. Petrochimi will play the winner of Alvark Tokyo from Japan and […]

 Al Sadd coach Jesualdo Ferreira says that to book a place in the final match of the 2018 AFC Champions League is like a dream for them. Al Sadd will host Persepolis in the first leg of the AFC Champions League semi-finals on Tuesday at the Jassim bin Hamad Stadium in Doha. “In the match […]

Former Bayern Munich and Manchester United coach coach Louis van Gaal will reportedly travel to Iran for Team Melli coaching job. T-online.de reported that Louis van Gaal will have two job offers in Iran. According to German media reports, he could succeed Carlos Queiroz as coach of the Iranian national football team. The Portuguese current […]

 International referee Alireza Faghani has been chosen to officiate Tehran derby between Esteghlal and Persepolis. Faghani will be assisted by Mohammad Reza Mansouri and Rahim Shahin. The 88th derby will be held on Thursday in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium. Esteghlal leads the head to head results in competitive matches with 26 wins to Persepolis’s 22, while […]