Persepolis football team and Tractor Sazi of Tabriz played out a goalless draw in Iran Professional League (IPL) on Sunday. In the match, held on a rainy day in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium, the two teams showed a lackluster performance in front of 35,000 spectators. In Mashhad, Padideh defeated Saipa 1-0 to remain top of the IPL […]

Shahrdari Varamin of Iran claimed the title of the Fujairah 2018 World Taekwondo Team Championships. The Iranian representative defeated Russia 31-30 in a breathtaking contest in the final match. On the way to the final, Iran defeated Azerbaijan 66-58, China 45-44 and Uzbekistan 54-37 in Group B and collected 165 points. Shahrdari Varamin also defeated […]

Saeedreza Keikha from Iran took a bronze medal at the 2018 FIG World Cup circuit in Artistic Gymnastics. Keikha won a bronze medal at the Pommel Horse with 15.133 score. Gold medal went to Chinese Taipei Lee Chih-kai, who celebrated with a high of 15,508. The second place was won by Chinese gymnast Hao Weng […]

Just one day after appointing as Esteghlal Khuzestan coach, Sirous Pourmousavi stepped down from his role. On Friday, Pourmousavi replaced Dariush Yazdi in the Ahvaz-based football club. On Saturday, he changed his mind and quit his role. Esteghlal Khuzestan will face Esteghlal on Sunday at Ahvaz’s Ghadir Stadium, while the team will be headed by […]

Sajjad Mardani from Iran won a bronze medal at the World Taekwondo Grand Prix in Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates on Friday. Mardani beat Kazakhstan’s taekwondo athlete in golden round at over-80kg. Vladislav Larin of Russia won his fourth heavyweight Grand Prix title this year as he defeated Kyo-don In of South Korea. The […]

Iran’s Esteghlal and Persepolis learned their fates at the new season of the 2019 AFC Champions League (IPL) on Thursday. The challenge for the group stage of the ACL was finalized following the competition’s official draw in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Esteghlal of Iran have been drawn with Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal, the 2017 runners-up and […]

 Iran will host the 2018 IFCPF (International Federation of Cerebral Palsy Football) Asia-Oceania Championships in late November. The prestigious competition will be held in the Iran’s southern Kish Island, located in the Persian Gulf, from Nov. 22 to 30. Iran (host), Australia, South Korea, Jordan and Thailand will compete at the eight-day competition. Iran will […]

Iran national football team will play Trinidad and Tobago in a friendly match on Nov. 15. The warm up match will be held 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 Gold Cup. […]

 Indonesian weightlifter Eko Yuli Irawan broke the world record of men’s 61kg category at 2018 IWF World Championships in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. On Saturday, the Indonesian athlete hoisted 143kg in the snatch to secure his first world gold medal. China’s Fabin Li and Fulin Qin gained the silver and bronze medals of this move with 142kg […]

 Persepolis coach Branko Ivankovic blasted Chinese referee Ma Ning and lamented a number of decisions in his team’s defeat against Kashima Antlers of Japan. The Iranian football team lost to Kashima 2-0 at the Kashima Stadium in the first leg of the AFC Champions League. Leo Silva and Serginho scored two goals for the Japanese […]