Sepahan football team moved back to the top of the Iran Professional League after a 1-1 draw against Esteghlal Khuzestan on Saturday. In the match held at the Ghadir Stadium in Ahvaz, Sasan Ansari found the back of the net from a set-piece in the 24th minute. Meysam Karimi levelled the match from the penalty […]

The Iranian team of Bimeh Razi clinched the title of freestyle World Wrestling Clubs Cup 2018, held in Babol, northern Iran. The fifth edition of freestyle World Wrestling Clubs Cup kicked off on December 13 in the city of Babol, Mazandaran province. The two-day event was conducted under UWW world cup regulations in 10 senior […]

Esteghlal coach Winfried Schaefer has criticized the referee for ruling out their goal against Padideh. Esteghlal was held to a goalless draw by Padideh in Iran Professional League (IPL) on Thursday in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium. Referee Shahab Zahedi disallowed Esteghlal goal in the 79th minute but TV replay showed it was a correct goal. “I […]

Esteghlal football team was held to a goalless draw by Padideh in the last match of Iran Professional League (IPL) prior to the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. In the match held in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium in front of about 40, 000 spectators, Padideh went top of the table after earning one point. Esteghlal remained in […]

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 […]