A powerful brace from Romelu Lukaku and a glittering performance from Eden Hazard saw Belgium beat Costa Rica 4-1 in Brussels in their final World Cup warm up on Monday. But Belgium fans will have watched in horror as Hazard, showing great form lately, limped off in the 70th minute. His teammates later dispelled any […]

Iranian international referee Alireza Faghani says to reach the final of the 2018 World Cup is his dream and this is what he is working for. The 2018 edition will be Faghani’s second stint in the World Cup. His last appearance was in Brazil 2014 where he was the fourth official for seven matches, including […]

TEHRAN – Hassan Taftian from Iran claimed a gold medal in the Men’s 100 Meters of the 2018 Diamond League meeting in Stockholm. The race was won by Taftian in a season’s best 10.07 off his own Iranian national record. Yoshihide Kiryu from Japan won the silver medal, clocking 10.15 and Canadian Gavin Smellie took […]

Iran lost to Australia 3-2 (25–15, 25–15, 23–25, 21–25,12–15) in the 2018 Asian Women’s U-19 Volleyball Championship on Monday. Iran will play Macau on Tuesday. The 2018 Asian Women’s U-19 Volleyball Championship is a biennial international volleyball tournament organized by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Volleyball Federation of Vietnam (VFV) for the women’s under-19 […]

TEHRAN – Amir Mehdizadeh from Iran claimed a gold medal at the fifth stage of Karate 1-Premier League on Sunday. In the Male Kumite -60 Kg, Mehdizadeh defeated Oleg Melekhin from Belarus and Russia’s Stepan Efimenko 4-0 in his first two matches. He also beat Nenad Dulovic from Montenegro 2-1 and advanced to the semi-final. […]

Dmitriy Muserskiy offers his teams much with his spiking ability and his massive block, but today it was only the attacking side of his game that really functioned, but boy did it function. In a match where every set was decided by a few key moments, the 24 points scored by Russia’s number 13 – […]

TEHRAN – Iran lost to the U.S. and Uganda respectively in the Women’s FIBA 3×3 World Cup on Saturday. The Iranian women’s team started the campaign with a 21-7 loss to the U.S. at the Philippine Arena in Bocaue, Bulacan. The Persians suffered their second loss in a row hours later, being beaten by Uganda […]

This may have been a match of five sets, but in the end of all came down to the final few points of the decider. When it mattered, Brazil rallied and found some golden moments to take it 3-2 (25-17, 23-25, 25-19, 21-25, 15-13). The turning point was most probably at 10-8 in the fifth […]

TEHRAN – Head coach of Iran national football team Carlos Queiroz says they are ready to stun Morocco in the 2018 World Cup. Iran, making their fifth appearance in the World Cup finals, kick off their campaign against the Atlas Lions in St Petersburg on June 15. Carlos Queiroz’s side, meanwhile, face Spain in Kazan […]

TEHRAN – Sareh Javanmardi from Iran has been voted the Athlete of the Month for May after her outstanding performance at the 2018 World Shooting Para Sport Championships. The double Paralympic champion added two world titles to her collection at the Worlds in Cheongju, South Korea. She overcame a penalty deduction to win the P2 […]