TEHRAN – Hossein Keyhani claimed Iran’s 17th gold medal in the 2018 Asian Games on Monday. Keyhani seized the gold in the steeplechase event with a time of 8:22.79. Yaser Bagharab of Qatar (8:28.21) and Kazuya Shiojiri of Japan (8:29.42) won the silver and bronze respectively. Iranian athletes had previously won 1y gold medals in […]

 The Iranian Esteghlal football team faced Qatari side Al Assad in Tehran this evening and suffered a humiliating defeat. Playing in front of 80,000-capacity Azadi Stadium in Tehran, the Qatari Al Assad easily defeated his giant Iranian rival 3 to 1 in the first leg of the AFC Champions league quarter-finals. Esteghlal ended the first half […]

Iranian weightlifter Behdad Salimi won the gold medal of 2018 Asian Games and announced retirement from weightlifting. In men’s +105kg category, 2012 Olympics champion snatched the gold medal by lifting a total of 461 kg. Iran’s Saeid Alihosseini and Uzbekistan’s Rustam Djangabaev stood next with 456 and 455 kg respectively. Salimi hoisted 208 in third […]

 Iranian karate practitioner Bahman Asgari defeated a Saudi rival at the final showdown of Men’s -75kg karate contests and collected the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games underway in Indonesia. On Monday, Iran’s Bahman Asgari defeated Saudi Arabia’s Raef Adel alturkistani 5-0 in the finals fixture of Men’s -75kg karate contests, and grabbed the […]

Iranian karate practitioner Bahman Asgari defeated a Saudi rival at the final showdown of Men’s -75kg karate contests and collected the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games underway in Indonesia. On Monday, Iran’s Bahman Asgari defeated Saudi Arabia’s Raef Adel alturkistani 5-0 in the finals fixture of Men’s -75kg karate contests, and grabbed the […]

 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 […]