France international Steven Nzonzi, a World Cup winner in Russia, completed his switch to Roma from Sevilla on Tuesday after signing a four-year deal with the Italian side. The 29-year-old midfielder was greeted by dozens of Roma supporters as he arrived at the airport in the Italian capital, before the club posted images of the […]

Croatian World Cup hero and star striker Mario Mandzukic has announced his retirement from international football at the age of 32, the country’s national soccer federation said Tuesday. “I think the time has come for me now. I gave my best for Croatia and I have contributed to the greatest success in Croatian football,” Mandzukic […]

Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso announced on Tuesday that he will retire from Formula One at the end of the season after his recent struggles with underachieving McLaren. The 37-year-old Spaniard — who has 32 Grand Prix wins to his credit in 17 seasons — has become increasingly disenchanted with Formula One as the once […]

Young Iranian volleyball players have reached the final match in the Asian AVC CUP which is held in Taiwan. The 2018 Asian Men’s Volleyball Cup, so-called 2018 AVC Cup for Men is the sixth edition of the Asian Men’s Volleyball Cup and organized by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC). The tournament kicked off on August […]

TEHRAN – Iranian woman taekwondo athlete Kimia Alizadeh may be forced to retire from the sport forever, Mahroo Komrani said. Alizadeh, who had been selected to carry Iran’s flag at the 2018 Asian Games, missed the Games due to a torn ACL. Alizadeh won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. This made […]

TEHRAN – Carlos Queiroz will remain as Iran national football team coach until the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. The Portuguese has yet to extend his contract with Iranian federation but Deputy Sports Minister Mohammad Reza Davarzani says he will lead Team Melli in the competition in the UAE. Carlos Queiroz has been recently linked with […]

Two Iranian cadets have reached the final matches in 2018 Cadet World Wrestling Championships in Zagreb, Croatia. “Mohammad Reza Ghiassi” and “Amir Hossein Zare” at 80 and 110 kilograms categories, respectively, reached final matches, which are going to be held later today. Ghiassi will take on a wrestler from Russia to grab the gold medal. […]

Iranian player of Bank of Beirut Mahdi Javid completed a double when he was picked as the AFC Futsal Club Championship Indonesia 2018 Most Valuable Player. Javid also emerged the top scorer with 12 goals, ahead of Iran’s Mes Sungun Varzagan’s Hossein Tayebi and Bluewave Chonburi Suphawut Thueanklang who both scored eight goals. The awards […]

Khodadad Azizi stepped down as head coach of Sepidrood Rasht football team. The 47-year-old coach, who had replaced Ali Karimi in the Rasht based football team, resigned from his post just after 40 days in charge. Under Azizi’s guidance, Sepidrood suffered two successive defeats against Saipa and Sepahan and drew with Gostaresh Foolad. Sepidrood has […]

President of the Polo Federation Hojatollah Dehkhodaei said Chovgan, a forerunner of Polo, was named in the 12th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage as Iran’s cultural heritage, contrary to the claims of some other countries, like Azerbaijan. Chovgan is played on horseback and is recognized as a […]