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 […]

Iranian junior wrestlers settled for two silver medals in freestyle competitions of 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In the final match of men’s 65kg category, held at 17:40 of Sunday, local time, Iran’s Mohammad Karimi suffered a 1-6 defeat to Azerbaijan’s Turan Bayramov and received the silver medal. In his route to […]

 The head coach of Team Melli appreciated the kindly inspirational message of Islamic Revolution Leader Ayatollah Khamenei to the team, adding, “we don’t need nothing more.” Carlos Queiroz made the remarks on Saturday on the sideline of Team Melli’s training session in Tehran. “With the inspiration of his Excellency’s words, we want to keep going […]

Iran delegation moved one place up to third place at the Asian Para Games in Jakarta, Indonesia. Iran won 51 gold, 42 silver and 43 bronze medals and were placed third in the overall rankings. Asian heavyweights China came atop of the overall rankings with 172 gold, 88 silver and 59 bronze followed by South […]

Iranian junior weightlifter Alireza Yousefi defeated his Bulgarian rival in a stunning comeback and won the gold medal at 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In men’s +85kg category, which was held on Saturday, Yousefi lifted 150kg, 156kg and 162kg in his three attempts in the snacth. This is while Bulgaria’s Hristo Hristov […]

 Iran’s men’s and women’s sitting volleyball teams claimed gold and silver medal respectively at the 2018 Asian Para Games on Thursday. The men’s team, six-time Paralympic champions, swept past China in straight sets 25-16, 25-14, 25-15 in the final match at the GBK Tennis Indoor. Kazakhstan claimed the bronze medal after beating Iraq 3-0 (25-22, […]

 Iran’s men’s goalball team defeated China 8-3 in the final game of the third edition of the Asian Para Games on Friday. Iran defended their gold medal in Jakarta after they pummeled China 10-0 in Incheon, South Korea. South Korea won the bronze medal, beating Japan 8-3. Earlier on the day, Iran’s women’s team had […]

 Super heavyweight powerlifter Siamand Rahman completed a remarkable Asian Para Games hat trick of gold medals on Friday. Rahman, the world’s strongest Paralympian, claimed a gold medal at the men’s over 107.00 kg at the Balai Sudirman in Jakarta, Indonesia. Rahman beat his own Asian record by 3.00kg. Rahman had won gold medals at the […]