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 […]

Jose Pekerman has refused to entertain the prospect of seeing Colombia’s stuttering World Cup campaign end with their final Group H clash against Senegal on Thursday. Despite following a disappointing 2-1 defeat to Japan with a decisive 3-0 win over Poland, Colombia need to beat the on-form Africans in Samara if they are to avoid […]

Brazil eased into the World Cup knockout stages after defeating Serbia 2-0 here Wednesday, with superstar Neymar sparkling in a win which sets up a last 16 clash against Mexico. Paulinho put Brazil ahead with a superb dinked finish on 36 minutes before Neymar swung in a cross for Thiago Silva to header the Selecao’s […]

Holders Germany sensationally crashed out of the World Cup on Wednesday in one of the biggest shocks in the tournament’s history — failing to make it past the opening round for the first time since 1938. In a stunning reverse by the footballing superpower who have reached either the final or semi-finals of every World […]

“Brilliant save! You don’t see that often vs Cristiano;” this is among millions of tweets went viral after Iranian goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand saved a penalty from Cristiano Ronaldo in a 1-1 draw with Portugal on Monday at Russia 2018 Woeld Cup. If you take a little time searching for Alireza Beiranvand’s name in google, you may find […]

TEHRAN – Iran national football team striker Reza Ghoochannejhad has retired from international duty on Wednesday. Ghoochannejhad, nicknamed ‘Gucci’, was a member of Iran national football team in the 2018 World Cup but remained an unused substitute in three matches against Morocco, Spain and Portugal. He made his senior national team debut on 16 October […]

Argentina rescued their World Cup hopes in dramatic fashion on Tuesday as defender Marcos Rojo scored a stunning volley to snatch a late 2-1 win over Nigeria and set up a last-16 match against France. Lionel Messi set the two-time winners on their way with his first goal in Russia but Victor Moses equalised from […]