Iran’s national team of sabre fencing defeated Ukraine and earned ticket to quarterfinals of 2018 World Fencing Championships in Wuxi, China. Iranian men’s sabre team, comprising Ali Pakdaman, Mohammad Rahbari and Mojtaba Abedini, sealed a 45-34 over Ukraine on Tuesday. Ukrainian squad consisted of Dmytro Pundyk, Andriy Yagodka and Oleksiy Statsenko. Iranian sabre fencers will […]

Vahid Amiri was honored last night with the Best Player of the Year award after his sensational year with Persepolis in Iran Professional League (IPL).  The 30-year-old midfielder also represented Iran in three matches of Group B against Morocco, Spain and Portugal in the 2018 World Cup. Amiri, who joined Turkey’s Trabzonspor on Saturday, helped […]

 Iranian female Taekwondokas added one gold and two silver to their medal tally at 2018 Jeju Korea Open International Taekwondo Championships. At under-73 kg bodyweight category, Iran’s Melika Mirhosseini overpowered rivals from South Korea, Tajikistan and Chinese Taipei and snatch the gold medal for her country. Aslo, Akram Khdabandeh and Zahra Pouresmaiel snatched two bronze […]

TEHRAN – Iran would have reached an agreement with Zlatko Dalic, had the federation offered him a position as a replacement of Carlos Queiroz before the start of the 2018 World Cup, but his price has skyrocketed ever since he led his team to the final of the World Cup. Dalic has recently claimed that […]

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 […]