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 […]

 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 […]