TEHRAN – Persepolis coach Branko Ivankovic believes they can overcome their one-goal deficit and defeat Al Duhail in the return leg in Tehran. Persepolis lost to the Qatari giants in the first leg of the 2018 AFC Champions League quarter-finals at the Khalifa International Stadium on Tuesday. The Iranian champions will host Al Duhail in […]

Iran Persian Gulf League winner Persepolis conceded defeat to Qatari Al Duhail football team 1-0 on Tue. in the AFC Champions League quarterfinals. The winner of Iranian Persian Gulf League Perspolis took on Qatari Al Duhail in Khalifa International Stadium in Doha as the first leg of the AFC Champions league quarterfinals and lost the […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s Persepolis coach Branko Ivankovic could not spot a weak point in Qatar’s Al Duhail football team. The Iranian giants will meet the Qatari powerhouse on Tuesday at the Khalifa International Stadium in the AFC Champions League (ACL) quarter-final first leg. “In this stage of the AFC Champions League, there is no a […]

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 […]