Barcelona announced Friday that they had reached an agreement with Bayern Munich to sign Chile midfielder Arturo Vidal in a deal reportedly worth 30 million euros ($35 million). “FC Barcelona and FC Bayern Munich have reached an agreement for the transfer of player Arturo Vidal,” said Barcelona on their website. “The agreement is for the […]

TEHRAN – Al Duhail captain Karim Boudiaf has reportedly missed the vital match against Persepolis in the first leg of the AFC Champions League quarter-final. Boudiaf suffered a knee injury in the match against Al Rayyan in Sheikh Jassim Cup and limped off the field just after four minutes. Al Duhail lost to Al Rayyan […]

TEHRAN – Iran coach Carlos Queiroz is among the candidates to replace Shin Tae-yong in South Korea national football team. Hyundai scion Chung Mong-gyu has handed over $3.5 million of his own money to hire South Korea’s new football coach, in an outlandish attempt to turn the team’s fortunes around. Chung, president of the Korea […]

Iran’s Esteghlal Khuzestan General Manager Amir Soltani says Younes Delfi will soon leave the club to join PSV Eindhoven. The 18-year-old winger will join PSV on a 550,000 euros deal, Soltani said. Delfi had been also linked with a move to Turkey’s Besiktas in the summer transfer window. He represented Iran at the 2017 FIFA […]

UEFA extended former France international Samir Nasri’s doping ban from six to 18 months on Wednesday over the intravenous drip treatment he received at a Los Angeles clinic in 2016. The 31-year-old, who is currently without a club, was suspended for six months in February after taking a multi-vitamin booster in contravention of World Anti-Doping […]

Serie A champions Juventus got the best of Major League Soccer’s All-Stars in a penalty shootout on Wednesday after an entertaining 1-1 draw in the North American league’s mid-season exhibition. Before a crowd of 72,317 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium — home of MLS’s Atlanta United — Juventus prevailed 5-3 in the shoot-out after New York Red […]

Iranian female athletes participating at 2018 Asian Games to be hosted by Indonesia will compete in 22 sports at the international event. According to Nasrollah Sajjadi, the head of the Iranian outfit at the 2018 Asian Games, Iranian female athletes will take part in 22 sports including: archery, badminton, 3-on-3 basketball, cycling, horse riding, fencing, […]

TEHRAN – Carlos Queiroz’s contract has expired with Iran national football team on July 31 and he has reached an agreement with Algerian Football Federation (FAF) to take charge of the African team sports.orange.fr reported. Under guidance of the Portuguese coach, Iran narrowly missed the chance of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup next stage. […]

TEHRAN – Reigning Premier League champions Manchester City have set their sights on Östersunds FK winger Saman Ghoddos. City’s strategy of signing relatively unknown players for small fees with the aim of profiting in some way could continue after it was revealed that a club scout watched Ghoddos at the weekend. Ghoddos featured for 90 minutes […]

TEHRAN – Zlatko Kranjcar has named his 20-man squad for the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia. Iran U23 football team played two friendly matches against Iran and have been also scheduled to face China on August 9 ahead of the Games. Iran will fly straight to Indonesia from China to participate at the 2018 Asian […]