Iran’s Esteghlal football team completed the signing of Sepahan midfielder Ali Karimi. The 23-year-old defensive midfielder has joined the Iranian giant as Omid Ebrahimi’s replacement. Ebrahimi has recently signed a contract with Al Ahli of Qatar. Karimi started his playing career in Sepahan in 2012 and joined Dinamo Zagreb in 2016. He joined Esteghlal’s training […]

TEHRAN – Iran B basketball team, consisting of youth players, earned their second win in a row at the 2018 William Jones Cup in Taiwan on Sunday. The team, which is headed by Farzad Kouhian in the eight-day tournament, beat Japan B 78-61 at the Xinzhuang Gymnasium in New Taipei City. Iran started the competition with a […]

France won the World Cup for the second time in spectacular style on Sunday as a 4-2 victory in one of the most entertaining and action-packed finals for decades ended battling outsiders Croatia’s dreams of a first title. After an early own goal by Mario Mandzukic France’s big guns delivered on the biggest stage of […]

Iranian karate practitioners claimed three gold medals at the 2018 Asian Karate Championships in Amman, Jordan. In the men’s over-84kg final, Iran’s Saleh Abazari thrashed Hideyoshi Kagawa from Japan 8-0 to win the gold medal. Iran tasted victory in two further events with Hamideh Abbasa beating Chinese Taipei’s Wen Tzu-Hsuan 8-0 in the women’s over-68kg […]

Iranian wushu practitioners bagged nine more medals in World Junior Wushu Championships, held in Brasilia. Iranian junior athletes picked one gold, four silver and four bronze medals in the third day of their competitions. Also, nine Iranian athletes have managed to reach the final of Sanda competition and await gold. Mohammad Hosseini in 15-18 age […]

Iranian lifters totally collected 512.8 points and claimed the title of 2018 IWF Junior World Championships. This is the third consecutive championship of Iran in IWF Junior World events. In the final day of competition, Ali Davoudi in 105 kg weight category, snatched two gold and one silver medal. He lifted 192 kg in his […]

Croatia face France in Moscow on Sunday attempting to win their first World Cup while Didier Deschamps’ side are aiming to land their second title two decades on from their triumph on home soil. France will also be spurred on by trying to put behind them the bitter disappointment of losing the Euro 2016 final […]

Belgium beat England in the World Cup third-place playoff on Saturday to ensure their best-ever finish as tournament top scorer Harry Kane admitted his side need to improve if they are to end their long trophy drought. Goals from Thomas Meunier and Eden Hazard secured a deserved 2-0 victory in Saint Petersburg and meant Belgium […]

TEHRAN – Iran B basketball team, consisting of youth players, started the 2018 William Jones Cup in Taiwan on a high note on Saturday. The team, which is headed by Farzad Kouhian in the eight-day tournament, defeated Lithuania 76-48 at the Xinzhuang Gymnasium in New Taipei City. Vahid Dalirzahan was Iran’s top scorer with 21 […]

Glasgow Rangers boss Steven Gerrard is keen to bring Milad Mohammadi at Ibrox but could face strong competition from Celtic. Earlier this week, The Scottish Sun reported that the Gers are keeping tabs on the Iranian defender and could move for him in the summer. The 24-year-old plays as a left-back for Russian outfit Akhmat […]