Alireza Jahanbakhsh’s World Cup performances for Iran proved he is more than capable of stepping up to play on the big stage. The Iranian international has the ability to play anywhere along the front three and is equally capable of playing with both feet, tbrfootball.com reported. Tottenham Hotspur is edging closer to signing Brazilian starlet […]

Iranian squad comprising 12 players will participate in both junior and cadet categories of the 2018 Asian Tennis Table Championships in Maynmar. The competitions will be held on August 13 to 18 in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. Iranian boys’ team consists of Amin Ahmadian, Arya Amiri, Amirreza Abbasi, Vahid Shams, Mohammad Mousavi, Radin Khayyam and […]

Egyptian newspaper Alfajir claimed that Iran’s national football team manager Carlos Queiroz has accepted to take charge of Egypt national football team, known as The Pharaohs. According to reports, Queiroz and Egyptian Football Association have reached initial agreements, however, he had requested some time so that he can depart from Team Melli in a friendly […]

Despite being heavily linked with moves away, Alireza Beiranvand will remain at Persepolis football team. Beiranvand represented Iran in three matches in the 2018 World Cup and blocked a penalty kick from Cristiano Ronaldo to deny Portugal a 2-0 lead in Group B. Beiranvand had been linked with a move to the professional Turkish football […]

 Iran’s Men’s Junior Handball team commandingly defeated India in the 16th edition of the Asian Men’s Junior Handball Championship. In their first match, the Iranian handball players beat India 48 to 17 on Monday. Some 15 teams from different parts of Asia are competing in the tournament. The national Iranian team is pitted in the […]

Iran’s Esteghlal football team completed the signing of Sepahan midfielder Ali Karimi. The 23-year-old defensive midfielder has joined the Iranian giant as Omid Ebrahimi’s replacement. Ebrahimi has recently signed a contract with Al Ahli of Qatar. Karimi started his playing career in Sepahan in 2012 and joined Dinamo Zagreb in 2016. He joined Esteghlal’s training […]

TEHRAN – Iran B basketball team, consisting of youth players, earned their second win in a row at the 2018 William Jones Cup in Taiwan on Sunday. The team, which is headed by Farzad Kouhian in the eight-day tournament, beat Japan B 78-61 at the Xinzhuang Gymnasium in New Taipei City. Iran started the competition with a […]

France won the World Cup for the second time in spectacular style on Sunday as a 4-2 victory in one of the most entertaining and action-packed finals for decades ended battling outsiders Croatia’s dreams of a first title. After an early own goal by Mario Mandzukic France’s big guns delivered on the biggest stage of […]

Iranian karate practitioners claimed three gold medals at the 2018 Asian Karate Championships in Amman, Jordan. In the men’s over-84kg final, Iran’s Saleh Abazari thrashed Hideyoshi Kagawa from Japan 8-0 to win the gold medal. Iran tasted victory in two further events with Hamideh Abbasa beating Chinese Taipei’s Wen Tzu-Hsuan 8-0 in the women’s over-68kg […]

Iranian wushu practitioners bagged nine more medals in World Junior Wushu Championships, held in Brasilia. Iranian junior athletes picked one gold, four silver and four bronze medals in the third day of their competitions. Also, nine Iranian athletes have managed to reach the final of Sanda competition and await gold. Mohammad Hosseini in 15-18 age […]