The Iranian national futsal team remained unchanged in the latest world rankings published on Monday. Team Melli sits sixth place with 1654 points. Brazil still is the best futsal team in the world with 1935 points. Spain sits second with 1807 points, followed by Portugal (1696), Russia (1686) and Argentina (1667). Asian teams Japan and […]

Mesut Ozil on Monday was warmly applauded by Turkey but faced uproar at home in Germany after announcing he was quitting the German national football team, lambasting “racism” over criticism for the side’s World Cup debacle. Ozil, who has Turkish roots but was born in Germany, had been under fire since posing for a controversial […]

Iran men’s national sitting volleyball team gained victory over Bosnia & Herzegovina in the final match and crowned at 2018 World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball World Championships. Iran won the match in three straight sets (25-18, 25-13, 25-20) and clinched the world title for the 7th time. Iran, 2016 Paralympic Champions, was in Pool B of […]

Iranian Greco-Roman wrestlers Ramin Taheri and Mehdi Aliyari brought home two bronze medals from an international tournament in Turkey. The three Iranian Greco-Roman wrestlers attending the Vehbi Emre and Hamit Kaplan Wrestling tournament in Istanbul of Turkey retuned home with two bronze medals. The international event which is part of the international ranking system for […]

Turkish news outlets reported that Iran international defender Majid Hosseini will pen a contract with Trabzonspor on Sunday. The 22-year-old defender represented Iran national football team in the 2018 World Cup. Hosseini had already been linked with a move to Trabzonspor but Esteghlal reportedly convinced the player to stay in the team. Now, the media […]

Iran’s national basketball players could not advance to the final match of Atlas Basketball Challenge after they were narrowly beaten by Nigeria. The national teams of Iran and Nigeria took on each other yesterday in the semi-final stage of Atlas Basketball Challenge held by Atlas Sports of China and the match ended 73 t0 72 […]

 Iran men’s national sitting volleyball team beat Ukraine in the semi-final of 2018 World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball World Championships and earned ticket to Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Iran launched a 3-0 win against Ukraine (25-13, 25,19, 25-13) in the semifinal on Saturday. Iran, 2016 Paralympic Champions, was in Pool B of the competition along with Russia, […]

Iranian volleyball team win title-holders China in their first match at 2018 Asian Men’s U20 Volleyball Championship. Iran made a sweep win against China (25-22, 25-13, 25-22) in a match held at Manama’s Isa Sport City Hall on Saturday. The last encounter of these two team was in the final of 2017 competitions where China […]

 On the last day of the 11th FISU World University Karate Championship currently underway in Japan, the Iranian squad managed to collect one gold, two silver, and four bronze medals in the men and women’s categories. Iranian karateka Saleh Abazari, who bagged the Asian Championship’s gold medal at +84kg last week, added another gold to his name today […]

 The Saturday match between Iran and Qatar in the quarter finals of Asian Men’s Junior Handball Championship finished with 26-26 draw. This was the second match of Iranian squad in this stage where they were stopped by Qatar. In the first match, Iran also finished the match against Japan with a 19-19 draw. With these […]