Iran defeated Oman 26-17 in Group D of the 2018 Asian Men’s Junior Handball Championship on Wednesday. The Iranian team, who had already defeated India 48-17 and Yemen 49-19 at the Al-Saada Indoor Hall in Salalah, Oman, booked a place in the next stage as the first team. The 2018 Asian Men’s Junior Handball Championship, […]

Iranian national volleyball team outside spiker Morteza Sharifi joined Italian volleyball club Bluvolley Verona. Sharifi stole the show during the 2018 Volleyball Nations League (VNL) with Team Melli. BluVolley Verona is a professional volleyball team based in Verona, Italy. The club plays in Serie A1 of the Italian Volleyball League. In season 2017/18 club is […]

Brazilian international Alisson is expected to sign for Liverpool on a five-year deal worth 75 million euros, a world record for a goalkeeper, media reports suggested Wednesday. The 25-year-old, who currently plays for Roma in Italy, is cutting short his vacation to undergo a medical on Merseyside after being given permission to talk to Liverpool. […]

TEHRAN – Amirhossein Fathi has been named as acting president of Esteghlal football club on Wednesday. Fathi replaced Reza Eftekhari in Tehran-based football team. Eftekhari, who stepped down as General Manager of Esteghlal on Wednesday, was the target of considerable fan dissatisfaction due to his side’s failure to challenge for the Iran Professional League title. […]

Iran capped off their Greco-Roman domination at the Asian Junior Championships by picking up two gold medals on the second day of competition at the I.G. Sports Complex in New Delhi, India. On Tuesday, Iran inserted five wrestlers into the finals and grabbed four gold medals. Today, they followed that up by placing four additional […]

AC Milan’s appeal against a European ban for breaking UEFA’s financial fair play rules will be heard Thursday by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the court announced. A spokesman for the Lausanne-based court told AFP that the hearing will be at 9:30 am (0730 GMT) and a decision would follow “probably within 24 hours”. […]

Franz Beckenbauer, who won the World Cup as a player and a coach, welcomed Didier Deschamps on Tuesday “to our club!” Beckenbauer won the World Cup as player with West Germany in 1974 and as Germany manager in 1990. He followed Brazilian Mario Zagallo, who won as a player in 1958 and 1962, as a […]

TEHRAN – Iran B basketball team earned their third successive win at the 2018 William Jones Cup in Taiwan on Tuesday. Farzad Kouhian’s men defeated 87–75 Chinese Taipei Blue in the competition’s Day 3. Mohammad Yousof Vand led Iran with 30 points and Liu Cheng was Chinese Taipei Blue’s top scorer with 15 points. The […]

TEHRAN – Esteghlal’s board member Hassan Zamani has said the Iran Football League Organization must apologize to Esteghlal’s fans after awarding Super Cup to Persepolis. Following Esteghlal’s withdrawal from Super Cup, the Iran Football League Organization announced Persepolis reclaimed the title for the second successive year. The 2018 Super Cup was scheduled to be played […]

 Esteghlal withdrew from playing in the final of Super Cup and the title went to Persepolis for the second successive year. The Super Cup was scheduled to be held on July 20 between Esteghlal (Hazf Cup winner) and Persepolis (Iran Professional League champions) in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium. Esteghlal officials had announced that they cannot play […]