TEHRAN – Trabzonspor’s new signing Vahid Amiri has been sidelined for three weeks with knee injury. Amiri sustained a right knee injury in the friendly match against Cagliari held in early August. He will require three weeks rest after an MRI scan. The 29-year-old joined Trabzonspor on July 20 on a two-year contract. Amiri has […]

Former Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta scored his first goal for J-League outfit Vissel Kobe in their 2-1 victory over Jubilo Iwata on Saturday while his former Spanish teammate Fernando Torres failed to open his account. The 2010 World Cup winners Iniesta made a move to Japan earlier this year in May following a magnificent career […]

Spain centre-back Gerard Pique confirmed that he had ended a glittering international career on Saturday, saying that the appointment of his former Barcelona coach Luis Enrique would not change his mind. The 31-year-old made the last of his 102 international appearances in Spain’s World Cup last-16 loss to Russia. Enrique took over as coach after […]

Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale were on target as European champions Real Madrid defeated AC Milan 3-1 in a friendly on Saturday just four days from their UEFA Super Cup clash with city rivals Atletico. French striker Benzema opened the scoring at the Bernabeu with a second-minute header before former Real star Gonzalo Higuain, signed […]

TEHRAN – Iran national football team first goalkeeper Ghorban Ali Taari passed away at the age of 93 on Friday. Tarri, who was born in Tehran, started his goalkeeping career in Shahin football club. He also played in Daraei, Taj and Persepolis. Taari played just one match for Iran national football team. On May 28, […]

TEHRAN – With the future of Jose Nestor Pekerman is still up in the air, the Colombian Football Federation is going to negotiate with Iran current coach Carlos Queiroz. With the 2019 Copa America in Brazil and the 2020 World Cup in Qatar ahead, the Colombian federation needs to arrange its plan for the future […]

 Title-holder Iran continued its winning streak in the 6th AVC Cup for Men to secure the first semi-final berth after downing Vietnam on Saturday. Iran Swept past Vietnamese in comfortable three-setter (25-19, 25-14, 25-19) on day 4 of the competition at the University of Taipei (Tianmu) Gymnasium. Iran troubled Vietnam with its advantage in high […]

The Iran-born, 19-year-old Australia international signed for Manchester City from Melbourne City on Thursday morning, with his Celtic move expected to be confirmed imminently. Manchester City, who is parent club to Melbourne, says Arzani will be sent out on loan “to progress his career”. Celtic coach Brendan Rodgers said they hope to complete the deal […]

Esteghlal football team defeated Tractor Sazi 3-0 in Iran Professional League (IPL) on Friday. In the match, held in front of about 50,000 spectators in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium, Ali Abdollahzadeh scored an own goal in the 13th minute. Esteghlal’s new signing Morteza Tabrizi extended the lead in the 28th minute and Farshid Esmaeili made it […]

Jurgen Klopp is trying to keep a lid on expectations, but ahead of the new Premier League season, Anfield is brimming with excitement that Liverpool could finally end a near three decade wait to be crowned champions of England. Often outgunned by the riches of fierce rivals Manchester United and the oil-backed wealth of Chelsea […]