Iranian national defender midfielder Rouzbeh Cheshmi suffered an injury during Team Melli’s training session on Sunday and cannot play for Iran during 2018 World Cup anymore. Iran’s medical team immediately checked his injury and later decided that he cannot attend Team Melli’s next matches, meaning that he is sidelined for at least 4 weeks. His […]

According to ratetheref.net, a referee ranking website, Iranian international referee Alireza Faghani has gained 4.84 points from 2564 votes and tops other referees of the 2018 World Cup till date. The performance of Faghani and his two Iranian assists, namely Reza Sokhandan and Mohammad Reza Monsouri, in Germany-Mexico match was praised by both the public […]

England open their World Cup campaign on Monday with manager Gareth Southgate seeking to banish memories of dismal recent finals performances while Belgium’s “Golden Generation” kick off as dark horse challengers. England, winners on football’s biggest stage more than half a century ago, crashed out without a win four years in Brazil, and haven’t won […]

Iran’s national volleyball team lost the match 3-0 to USA at the fourth week of Volleyball Men’s Nation League (VNL). The match was held in Chicago on Monday morning and Kolakovic’s men couldn’t earn a point. Iran didn’t stun the spectators and lost the match in three straight sets (29-27, 25-20, 26-24). Milad Ebadipour and […]

The CEO of Adidas Kasper Rørsted said that it would be wrong for sporting companies to be directly engaged in politics. The Danish CEO of adidas told RT on Saturday that it’s important for his company and others to realize they’re in the business of sport, not politics. He went on to explain that the […]

Brazil star Neymar will make his World Cup bow on Sunday as the five-time champions kick off quest for redemption while holders Germany launch their bid for back-to-back titles. Four years after injury cut short his World Cup, before Brazil suffered a humiliating 7-1 semi-final defeat to Germany, Neymar is once again spearheading his country’s […]

ST PETERSBURG, Russia – Iran national football team defeated Morocco 1-0 thanks to an own goal from Aziz Bouhaddouz here in injury time in Group B of the 2018 FIFA World Cup on Friday. Bouhaddouzm who came off the bench as Ayoub El Kaabi’s replacement, headed the ball into his own goal from a free-kick. […]

ST PETERSBURG, Russia – Iran national football team coach Carlos Queiroz has hit out at critics after win over Morocco in their World Cup opener. Team Melli edged past Morocco in Group B thanks to an injury time goal from Aziz Bouhaddouz. “It was a tough match and I think Morocco didn’t expect a great […]

TEHRAN – Iran became runners-up at the 8th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships Saturday night. The Iranian delegation came second with 24 medals, including five gold, nine silver and 10 bronze. Kazakhstan collected seven gold medals, four silver medals and one bronze to finish in the first place. Qatar sat in third place, winning four gold […]

Spain’s World Cup preparations were thrown into turmoil on Wednesday as Real Madrid-bound coach Julen Lopetegui was fired on the eve of the tournament, just two days before their opening game in Russia. In a bombshell development which followed the naming of Lopetegui as Real’s new coach on Tuesday, the Spanish federation confirmed that the […]