Brazil international Fred chose Manchester United ahead of several other top clubs based on the advice of his compatriot and agent Gilberto Silva, the player said on Wednesday. The 25-year-old midfielder — United’s major signing in a close season transfer market that left manager Jose Mourinho underwhelmed — said Silva, a former Arsenal player, felt […]

TEHRAN – Iranian striker Kaveh Rezaei has joined Club Brugge on a four-year contract on Wednesday. Club Brugge has reportedly paid five million euros for the 26-year-old forward. Rezaei joined Charleroi in June 2017 and scored 19 goals in 43 matches for the Belgian team. He replaced Malian striker Abdoulaye Diaby who joined Sporting Lisbon […]

TEHTAN – Hamidreza Garshasbi has been appointed as General Manager of Persepolis football club on Tuesday. Garshasbi replaced Aliakbar Taheri as Persepolis acting president in November 2017. Iranian Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Masoud Soltanifar has appointed Garshasbi as Persepolis GM. “I am happy to be appointed as Persepolis GM but I am well aware […]

TEHRAN – Iran snatched three gold medals in Greco-Roman and taekwondo events on Wednesday at the 2018 Asian Games, bringing the nation’s total gold medal count to seven. Wrestlers Mohammadali Geraei and Hossein Nouri won two gold medals. Geraei claimed a gold medal in the 77kg weight category, beating Akzhol Makhmudov from Kyrgyzstan 7-3 in […]

Iranian taekwondo practitioner Saeid Rajabi has bagged another gold medal for Iran at 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia. On Tuesday, Iranian taekwondo practitioner Saeid Rajabi fought Dmitriy Shokin from Uzbekistan in the final match of heavy weight taekwondo competitions at +80kg division as part of the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia. The two fighters were […]

Iranian fencer Ali Pakdaman pocketed the bronze medal of Men’s Sabre Individual at 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia. Pakdaman was narrowly defeated by South Korea’s Oh Sanguk 14-15 in the semifinal and received the bronze medal. In the preliminary round, Pakdaman was in Group C along with fencers from Indonesia, Vietnam, Japan, Hong Kong and Qatar […]

 Iranian Wushu practitioner Zahra Kiani won the silver medal of Women’s Taolu forms in Asian Games for the first time in Iran’s history. 18-year-old Kiani snatched the silver medal of Women’s Jianshu and Qiangshu at 2018 Asian Games, underway in Indonesia. She became the first Iranian woman who wins a medal in Taolu categories of […]

Iran U23 football team lost the Monday match to Myanmar, however advanced to the next round of competitions as the Group F leader. Zlatko Kranjcar’s men suffered a 2-0 defeat to their East Asian rival but, taking into account 3-0 victory of DPR Korea over Saudi Arabia, Iran managed to advance to the knockout round […]

Iranian taekwondo practitioner Farzan Ashourzadeh won the bronze medal of men’s under 58 kg category in 2018 Asian Games. He defeated Tajikistan’s Sunatov Mahmadjon 26-3 in the first step and secured berth to the quarterfinal. The defending champion of U58 kg then overpowered Vietnamese Vo Quoc Hung 13-6. In the semifinal, he suffered a narrow […]

Iranian freestyle wrestler Parviz Hadi snatched the 3rd gold medal of Iran in 2018 Asian games underway in Indonesia. In men’s 125kg category, Parviz Hadi defeated Chinese Zhiwei Deng in the final on Monday and won the gold medal. The reigning champion of the event, gained a 10-0 victory over his Indian rival Sumit in […]