Iranian karate practitioner Pegah Zanganeh added another bronze medal to Iran’s medal tally in 2018 Asian Games, underway in Indonesia. In women’s -68kg category, Zanganeh downed Vietnam’s Thi Ngoan Nguyen 10-0 and won the bronze medal of the event. She won Uzbek Dildor Annadurdieva 3-0 in the first step and then suffered a defeat to […]

TEHRAN – Carlos Queiroz will reportedly travel to Tehran on Wednesday to negotiate with Iranian football federation on his contract extension. The Portuguese has yet to extend his stay as Iran coach and Mehdi Taj, president of the country’s football federation, said he will travel to Tehran on Wednesday to extend his contract. A source […]

TEHRAN – Esteghlal football team head coach Winfried Schaefer says the fans must show their support in the match against Al Sadd of Qatar. The Iranian giants will entertain Xavi’s Al Sadd at the Azadi 80,000-seated Stadium on Monday in the first leg of the 2018 AFC Champions League quarterfinals. “We are waiting for the […]

 Iranian Karate practitioner Amir Mahdizadeh received the silver medal of 2018 Asian Games’ Karate event, in Indonesia. In the final contest of Men’s -60kg category held at JCC Plenary Hall, Mahdizadeh was defeated by Indonesia’s Rifki Ardiansyah Arrosyiid 7-9 and gained another silver medal for Iran. In his route to final, Mahdizadeh had overpowered Philippines’ […]

 Taravat Khaksar gained the silver medal in the Karate event of 2018 Asian Games, underway in Indonesia. In the final match of Women’s -55kg category held at JCC Plenary Hall, the Iranian athlete was defeated by world champion Tzuyun Wen 0-4 and received the silver medal. Representatives from Indonesia and Macau collected the bronze medals […]

Liverpool took advantage of an early-season slip-up by Manchester City in a 1-1 draw at Wolves to move top of the Premier League as Mohamed Salah’s winner saw off Brighton at Anfield on Saturday. At the Emirates, Arsenal ended their wait for a victory under new boss Unai Emery by coming from behind to beat […]

Cristiano Ronaldo made a winning home debut for Italian champions Juventus with Miralem Pjanic and Mario Mandzukic scoring in a 2-0 win over Lazio on Saturday. Ronaldo, 33, played a role in Mandzukic’s second goal of the night on 75 minutes after Pjanic put the hosts in front at the Allianz Stadium. The five-time Ballon […]

Iranian weightlifter Sohrab Moradi broke the world record in the snatch of 94kg category by successfully raising 189 kilograms. In the seventh day of 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia, 2016 Olympics champion lifted 185kg in his first move of snatch to secure his first place in the ranking table. Then, as announced before, he attacked […]

Iranian men’s and women’s kabaddi teams were both crowned the champions of Asia after beating South Korea and India in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Friday. The Iranian national team of men kabaddi defeated South Korea in the final match of the sportive field on Thursday and snatched the gold medal of the 2018 Asian Games underway […]

TEHRAN – Iranian international player Saman Ghoddos joined French football team Amiens from Ostersunds FK. The 24-year-old player has joined Amiens on a five-year contract. Amiens President Bernard Joannin has confirmed the transfer, L’Equipe reported. Amiens paid €4 million to sign Ghoddos. Ghoddos became the first Iranian player to play in France Ligue 1. Ghoddos […]