Östersund midfielder Saman Ghoddos has dismissed the idea of going to the Chinese Super League, saying he has plenty of years in front of him. Ostersund Post had reported that the Iran international midfielder has been linked with Chinese football teams but Ghoddos says he would rather join a European football team. “I have offers […]

Esteghlal defensive midfielder Omid Ebrahimi has joined Qatari football club Al Ahli. Al Ahli SC, also known as Al Ahli Doha, has signed the Iranian player on a one-year contract. Omid Ebrahimi was discovered by Amir Ghalenoei in 2011. He started his career in Esteghlal Dargahan. He joined Sepahan in 2010 after spending the previous […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s Alireza Faghani says the Asian referees have done well so far at the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Faghani has taken charge of a number of high-profile games in Asia and is up there among the best in the world. In his impressive career, the 40-year-old has officiated finals of the 2014 […]

Gaining two gold, two silver and two bronze medals and 130 points, Iran’s Greco-Roman team claimed the title of 2018 Cadet World Championships. At 92 kg, Iran’s Mohammad Nosrati was 3-0 behind the Russian Aleksei Mileshin in the first period, however had a dramatic comeback in the final 20 seconds of the match when he […]

The Iranian taekwondo body has released the names of athletes who will compete in the 2018 Taekwondo Grand Slam that will be held in Wuxi, China at the end of this month. According to the Public Relations Department of the Islamic Republic of Iran Taekwondo Federation, the second Taekwondo Grand Slam championships will start on […]

The champion of Iranian Volleyball Super League Paykan has left Tehran for Kazakhstan to attend the 2018 Asian Women’s Club Volleyball Championship. The Iranian club has been seeded with the host country Kazakhstan, as well as Taiwan and Vietnam in group B of the tournament. Thailand, China, Japan are pitted in group A, while in […]

England reached their first World Cup semi-final since 1990 on Saturday, comfortably beating Sweden to set up a last-four clash against Croatia, who ended Russia’s fairytale run in a nailbiting penalty shootout. Gareth Southgate’s young team started their match in Samara as firm favourites and had too much for the Swedes, although they were indebted […]

Luka Modric admitted Croatia were shattered after they ended Russia’s World Cup hopes in another penalty shootout on Saturday to advance to a semi-final against England. Ivan Rakitic scored the winning spot-kick in Sochi at the end of a draining and rollercoaster last-eight clash that finished 2-2 after extra time. Brazilian-born Mario Fernandes kept Russia’s […]

 Iranian football player Sardar Azmoun had a crash accident while driving his car in Mazandardan province and suffered a minor injury. The accident took place in in Neka-Behshahr road on Sunday. Iman Charkazi, his brother-in-law who was also in the car, told Mehr that Sardar has got some minor scratches on the face and his […]

TEHRAN – Iran national football team head coach Carlos Queiroz says they deserve more credit for exceeding everyone’s expectations in the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Iran fought to the last moment and only narrowly missed the chance to reach the knockout phase of World Cup after a draw with Portugal 1-1 in Group B. Team […]