TEHRAN – Iran national football team snatched four points in Group B of the 2018 World Cup. It was outstanding. But Team Melli failed to make history in the World Cup finals, advancing to the next stage for the first time ever. Who’d have thought it? Iran came desperately close to qualifying for Round of […]

Iranian freestyle wrestlers won the title at the 2018 Cadet Wrestling World Championships in Croatia. Iranian freestyle wrestlers could claimed early championship at 2018 Cadet Wrestling World Championships in Croatia, after 22 years, out of home. On Tuesday and at the opening day of the international sporting event in the Croatian capital city of Zagreb, Iran’s Amirhossein […]

Iranian junior freestyle wrestlers have collected three gold, silver and bronze medals in the first World Championships of the season in Zagreb, Croatia. As the freestyle competitions continued in Zagreb yesterday, Amir Hossein Zare won the gold medal at 110kg, Mohammad Reza Ghiasi won the silver medal at 80kg, and Mohammad Karimi collected the bronze […]

England became the last team to qualify for the World Cup quarter-finals after a dramatic penalty shootout as favourites Brazil and fancied France trained their sights on their last-eight opponents. England’s victory against Colombia takes Gareth Southgate’s team into what looks like a winnable match against Sweden, who edged out Switzerland 1-0 earlier on Tuesday. […]

TEHRAN – Hossein Zare from Iran took a gold medal in the United World Wrestling (UWW) Cadet World Championships in men’s freestyle in Zagreb, Croatia on Tuesday. In a surprising result, 2018 Cadet Asian champion Zare took out 2017 Cadet World champion Daniel Kerkvliet from the U.S. in the 110 kg final. The combination of […]

Brazil superstar Neymar brushed off his critics after firing the five-time World Cup winners to victory over Mexico on Monday and into a quarter-final showdown with Belgium. Neymar scored one goal and created another as his increasingly impressive Brazil side overpowered the Mexicans 2-0 in sweltering conditions. But Neymar’s sparkling performance was tarnished by yet […]

Belgium produced one of the great World Cup comebacks on Monday to beat Japan 3-2 and set up an attractive-looking quarter-final clash against Neymar’s Brazil. Substitute Nacer Chadli was Belgium’s hero on a humid night in Rostov-on-Don, scoring in the fourth minute of injury time to seal the dramatic victory. Japan had stunned Roberto Martinez’s […]

 As the only remaining team of Group B in 2018 World Cup, Spain, was eliminated by Russia, public opinion and even some experts are beginning to cast doubt on whether Iran was in ‘Group of Death’ or not. Iran national football team was drawn in Group B of 2018 World Cup along with 2012 World […]

TEHRAN – Iran defeated Kazakhstan 88-56 in FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Asian Qualifiers and advanced to the second round of the Asian Qualifiers. The match was held in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium in Group D. The next phase will consist of 12 teams in two groups of six teams. The top three teams in each […]

 Magno Batista da Silva joined Iranian top-flight football club Paykan. The 32-year-old defensive midfielder has joined Paykan on a one-year contract for an undisclosed fee. Magno Batista came off the bench in a warm-up match against Pars Jonoubi on Sunday. The Brazilian player started his playing career at Brazilian club Centro Sportivo Alagoano and has […]