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 […]

Iran participated in the sixth edition of the event with five athletes. Armin Hadipour Seighalani won the gold medal in the men’s under-58kg final after defeating the top seed Tae-Hun Kim from South Korea. The Iranian scored first with a head shot to lead by three points, but almost immediately Kim responded with a body […]

 Persepolis defensive midfielder Kamal Kamyabinia will be ready for the vital match against Al Sadd of Qatar. The Iranian giants are to host Al Sadd on Tuesday in the return leg of the AFC Champions League semi-finals. Kamyabinia suffered a shoulder injury on Thursday in the match against Navad Urmia in Iran’s Hazfi Cup and […]

 Esteghlal football team defeated Saipa 2-1 to move up to fifth place in the Iran Professional League table. On Friday, the Blues earned their third victory in the current season, beating Saipa 2-1 in Tehran’s Takhti Stadium. Ali Dashti put Saipa into the lead just seven minutes into the match after dribbling past four Esteghlal […]

Iran national football team edged past Bolivia 2-1 in a friendly match in front of male and female fans on Tuesday. In the match held in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium, about 100 female fans – most of them family of players, federation employees and relatives – were allowed to attend the match. Albion’s record signing Alireza […]

Kioumars Heydari, commander of the Army Ground Forces, attended the competition. Chogan is an ancient Iranian team sport played on horseback with the objective of scoring goals using a long-handled mallet. Chogan was included on UNESCO’s list of Intangible Cultural Heritage in late 2017.

Azmoun announced his retirement from international football soon after the 2018 World Cup when he became the target of numerous insults on social media for failing to score in any of Iran’s three group stage games at the competition. BUT he came out of the retirement amid criticism. Azmoun had a nerve to say that […]

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran Olympic football team will play a friendly match with Oman Olympic football team on November 20. The Iranian team, headed by Zlatko Kranjcar, is preparing for the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualification which will be held in Thailand next year. Iran was scheduled to face Iraq Olympic football team in Tehran […]

 Iran national football team head coach Carlos Queiroz said they will be different in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup through different preparation. Team Melli have been scheduled to face Bolivia in a friendly match on Tuesday as part of preparation for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. Iran have not won the title since 1976. Iran […]