Brazil will look to keep their bid for a record sixth World Cup crown on track when they face Mexico on Monday with a quarter-final place at stake after seeing Spain join the list of contenders to be eliminated. Monday’s other last-16 game sees a much-fancied Belgium take on a Japan side who are dreaming […]

Russia captain Igor Akinfeev saved two penalties in a dramatic shootout as the World Cup hosts dumped title contenders Spain out in the last 16 following a 1-1 draw. Veteran Russia centre-back Sergei Ignashevich gifted Spain the opening goal on 12 minutes in Moscow when he unwittingly turned into his own net after grappling with […]

Iranian referee Alireza Faghani said that he goes through competitions match by match and its too soon to talk about officiating 2018 World Cup final. Alireza Faghani together with linesmen Reza Sokhandan and Mohammad Mansouri officiated one of the most important matches of Round of 16 between Argentina and France football teams which ended with […]

Iranian sprinter Hassan Taftian claimed a silver medal in 100m event of the Meeting de Paris IAAF Diamond League meeting in the Charlety Stadium on Saturday. Taftian came second with a time of 10.03 seconds, improving his personal best by 0.01 second. Abdullah Abkar Mohammed from Saudi Arabia won the gold medal with the same […]

TEHRAN – Iran national football team captain Masoud Shojaei says they deserved a place in the 2018 World Cup Round of 16. Iran failed to qualify for the next stage with four points, one point behind Spain and Portugal. “As you see, we did our best and I think we deserved to advance to the […]

TEHRAN – Persepolis coach Branko Ivankovic has been shortlisted to take charge of Iraq football team, mawazin.net reported. The Lions of Mesopotamia prepare for the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 and want to hire the Croat. Branko Ivankovic, who has led Persepolis to Iran Professional League (IPL) back-to-back title, is under contract with Persepolis until […]

Iran defeated Qatar 75-77 in the penultimate game of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 qualifiers at the Al Gharafa Indoor hall on Friday. Iranian center Hamed Ehadadi dominated in the paint with a game-leading 23 points and 14 rebounds. Clinton Johnson led the hosts dropping 22 points. Mohamed Yousuf Mohammed and Mansour Elhadary also […]

 Iranian rowers gained 2 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze medal at the 2018 Asian Rowing Junior Championships, held in Chungju, South Korea. On the last day of the competitions, Kimia Zarei and Forugh Aghabalazadeh clocked 7:42.937 minutes in the women’s doubles final to stand after China’s representatives and gain the silver. Also, Haniyeh Bidad, […]

Iran international opposite Saber Kazemi joined Turkey’s Ziraat Bankası volleyball team. The 19-year-old player was a true revelation for Iran national team in Volleyball National League. Kazemi was a member of Iranian Super League newcomer Shams Tehran last season. Iranian outside spiker Farhad Ghaemi had already joined the Turkish giant in early June. Ziraat Bankası […]

Host Iran pulled off a dramatic 3-1 victory over Thailand at Poursharifi Gymnasium in Tabriz at the 12th Asian Men’s U-18 Volleyball Championship. Iran proved much stronger than Thailand to win the first two sets 25-19, 25-20, but Thailand staged a successful comeback in the third and beat Iran 25-22. In the fourth set, Iran […]