Iranian discus thrower Ehsan Haddadi harvested gold at the USSD Competitions in California, United States. The 33-year old Iranian athlete, who has already won a silver medal in 2012 London Olympics, recorded 67.99 meters in his second attempt to grab the gold medal. Discus throwers from Sweden, the United States and Germany attended the event, […]

Belgium coach Roberto Martinez has admitted he has no secrets as he plots to end Brazil’s bid for a record-extending sixth World Cup ahead of their “dream” quarter-final in Kazan on Friday. But the nation’s “Golden Generation” have been reminded that the match against the favourites could represent the last chance for them to shine […]

The build-up to Friday’s quarter-final clash between France and Uruguay has been dominated by individuals, but it may be the South Americans’ almost unbreachable four-man defence which decides the result. While Uruguay sweat on the fitness of striker Edinson Cavani, it should be remembered that La Celeste’s progress in Russia has been built upon their […]

Last weekend, Didier Deschamps chalked up another significant achievement in a remarkable career. He became the longest-serving coach of France when he oversaw his 80th game as Les Bleus beat Argentina 4-3 in a thriller to go through to Friday’s World Cup quarter-final against Uruguay. Six years have passed since he replaced Laurent Blanc, but […]

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 […]