Iran’s judo celebrated a world champion for the first in fifteen years on Sunday. Saeid Mollaei defeated Sotaro Fujiwara of Japan in the men’s under-81kg weight division in an exciting final in the 2018 World Judo Championships. After Arash Miresmaeili won world titles in 2001 and 2003, it is fifteen year later that Mollaei wrote […]

 Iran lost to the U.S. 3-0 (25-23, 26-24, 26-24) in Pool G of the FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship on Sunday. The U.S. got a strong performance from Ben Patch with a team-leading 17 points and Jake Langlois just behind him with 10. Milad Ebadipour scored 10 points for Iran. Head coach John Speraw fielded […]

 Iranian women’s national volleyball team concluded the AVC Cup tournament in Thailand in 8th place after suffering defeat against Australia on Sunday. The Iranian squad faced Australia for the third time in the sixth edition of Asian Women Volleyball Confederation Cup, and conceded defeat against the runner-up of 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Championship 3 to […]

Greco-Roman wrestler Mohammad Ghorbanali Nosrati has been announced as flag bearer for Iran at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The announcement was made by executive board of Iran’s National Olympic Committee (NOC) on Saturday. Nosrati claimed a gold medal at the 2018 Cadet Wrestling World Championships held in Croatia in July. […]

Iran lost to Canada 3-2 (25-20, 20-25, 25-15, 23-25, 15-12) in a two hours and 7 minutes five-set thriller. The result eliminated Asians from the 2018 FIVB Men’s World Championship while Canada are still in the running for the second place in Pool G. Team Melli will face the U.S. on Sunday. Nicholas Hoag accounted […]

Igor Kolakovic, head coach of Iran volleyball team, says Bulgaria defeated Team Melli because of their good serve. The co-host beat Iran in straight sets 3-0 (25-19, 28-26, 26-24) in Pool G of the FIVB Volleyball World Championship Friday night. “It was a completely different game than the first in Varna. From the beginning, Bulgaria […]

Iranian men’s volleyball team went down in straight sets (25-19, 28-26, 26-24) against host Bulgaria in the first game of the second round at 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship. Iran faced Bulgaria for the second time on Friday night following its advance from the first round of Group D, and went down in straight sets […]

Despite an away win over Uzbekistan, Iran national football team have moved one place down to 33rd in the latest FIFA World Ranking released on Thursday. Australia, who had relinquished the top spot to Iran in the August rankings, remained as Asia’s second best team at 43rd while Japan moved up one spot to 54th. […]

 Iran’s National Volleyball Team suffered a 0-3 loss to reigning champion Poland on Monday. Led by 12 points from Michal Kubiak and brilliant serves of Kochanowski, Poland managed to win the game 3-0 (25:21, 25:20, 25:22). With three wins and one loss, Iran ranks third in Pool D behind Poland and Bulgaria. The team will […]

The Iranian Esteghlal football team have failed to reach the semi-final stage of AFC Champions League after a 2-2 draw with Qatari Al Sadd in the return match in Doha. The Qatari Al Sadd easily defeated Iranian Esteghlal 3 to 1 in the first leg of the AFC Champions league quarter-finals. The return leg of […]