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- […]

Bimeh Razi freestyle team from Iran claimed the title of the World Wrestling Clubs Cup on Friday. The Iranian team won the title for the third time in the two-day competition held in in the northern Iranian city of Babol, northern Iran. Bomeh Razi had already finished in top place in 2014 and 2015. Bimeh […]

Iraj Danaeifard, the scorer of the first official goal for Iran national football team in the FIFA World Cup, has died aged 67. Danaeifard passed away of a cardiac arrest in Shiraz’s Namazi Hospital on Wednesday. Iraj Danaeifard was the son of Ali Danaeifard who was one of the founders of Taj SC football club […]

Iranian football club Persepolis will hold their training camp in Doha, Qatar. Persepolis are going to hold the preparatory camp at the Aspire Zone. The camp will be held as part of preparation for the 2019 AFC Champions League group stage and the Iranian league. Persepolis, who lost 2-0 to Kashima Antlers on aggregate in […]

Iraj Arab has been officially appointed as acting general manager of Iran’s Persepolis football club. Arab was previously working as deputy chief of the club’s administrative and financial affairs. He replaced Hamid Reza Garshasbi in the football club. Garshasbi left his post due to a law barring the employment of retirees in government, state or public institutions […]

Iran national water polo team left Tehran on Tuesday to hold joint training camp practices with South Korea. The Iranian team, headed by Aleksandar Ciric, has been invited to South Korea after glittering performance in the 2018 Asian Games. Iran won its first medal since the 1974 Asian Games after defeating China 16-15 on penalty […]

Iran national football team coach Carlos Queiroz says it is time to climb for Team Melli in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. Iran has been drawn with Iraq, Yemen and Vietnam in Group D of the AFC Asian Cup. The 2019 AFC Asian Cup will be held in the United Arab Emirates from January 5 […]

Meysam Ashtiani has been named the new head coach of Afghanistan beach soccer team. Ashtiani will head Afghanistan in the AFC Beach Soccer Championship Thailand 2019, which will be held in Pattaya, Thailand from March 9-17, 2019. Afghanistan has been drawn along with host nation Thailand, Malaysia and Palestine in Group A. Karim Moghaddam is […]

Iran leads Asia with 13 nominations in the 19th edition of the UMBRO Futsal Awards 2018. Iranian futsal coaches Mohammad Nazemalsharieh and Shahrzad Mozafar have been nominated for the world’s best coach. Nazemalsharieh led the men’s futsal team to the 2018 AFC Futsal Championship title, while Mozafar helped the women’s team win back-to-back titles in […]

Tohid Lotfi from Iran’s Mes Sungun Varzaghan has been nominated for the Best Young Player in the World award. Lotfi was a member of Mes Sungun team who won the 2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship in August after beating Miguel Rodrigo’s Thai Son Nam 2-1 at Yogyakarta. The 20-year-old player also helped Iran national futsal […]