Persepolis coach Branko Ivankovic hopes they defeat Qatari giant Al Duhail in the AFC Champions League quarter-final. The Iranian giant is into the quarterfinals, facing the Qatari team in the last eight. “Our opponent has shown that it might even be the best team in the whole of Asia so far, so the game will […]

TEHRAN – The president of the Algerian Football Federation (FAF), Kheïreddine Zetchi, said he has not contacted Iran current coach Carlos Queiroz. The Portuguese has been reportedly a nominee to replace Rabah Madjer. The Algerian football federation parted company with Madjer in early July following a poor run of results that saw the national team […]

TEHRAN – Turkish media reported that Persepolis midfielder Vahid Amiri has reached an agreement with Trabzonspor. The Tukish club have already negotiated with Iranian international defenders Majid Hosseini and Pejman Montazri. Amiri, who represented Iran national football team against Morocco, Spain and Portugal in Group B of the 2018 World Cup, is a free agent […]

TEHRAN – Iran B basketball team defeated South Korea 80-69 in Day 6 of the 2018 William Jones Cup in Taiwan on Thursday. Vahid Dalirzahan was Iran’s top scorer with 23 points and Ricardo Ratliffe led South Korea with 30 points. Iran B, who have defeated LSU-Atletas from Lithuania 76–48, Japan B 78–61 and Chinese […]

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”. […]