Iranian beach volleyball team reaches final at world tour
Iran’s ‘B’ beach volleyball team has advanced to the final match at the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour in Turkey. Two beach volleyball teams ‘A’ and ‘B’ are representing Iran in the world tournament. The Iranian team ‘B’ defeated a team from the host country Turkey on Saturday afternoon to reach the final match. The […]
Iran national football teams’ mascot unveiled
TEHRAN – Yupa, the mascot of the Iranian national football teams, was unveiled ahead of the friendly match between Iran and Uzbekistan. Team Melli defeated Uzbekistan 1-0 in the warm-up match held in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium Saturday night. The word ‘Yupa’ is derived from the Persian word ‘Yuzpalang’ means cheetah and ‘Tizpa’ means fast. Yupa […]
Nothing is impossible for Iran in World Cup: Ghoochannejhad
TEHRAN – Iran international striker Reza Ghoochannejhad believes “nothing is impossible” for Team Melli at this year’s World Cup in Russia. Team Melli have been drawn in Group B of the 2018 World Cup along with Spain, Morocco and Portugal. The Iran national football team will open the campaign with a match against Morocco at […]
Iran Edges Past Uzbekistan in Friendly
Iran national football team defeated Uzbekistan 1-0 in a friendly match on Saturday.
Iran claims 1 gold, 1 bronze in military Greco-Roman wrestling c’ship
Iran’s Greco-Roman wrestling team won one gold and one bronze medal in 33rd World Military Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship held in Moscow. The world military wrestling championship in both freestyle and Greco-Roman has kicked off on May 14 and will continue to May 20. Mohammad Nourbakhsh, in 63kg, snatched the gold medal for Iran. Also Shirzad […]
Milad Ebadipour extends contract with PGE Skra Bełchatów
TEHRAN – Iran international outside hitter Milad Ebadipour extended his contract with PGE Skra Bełchatów volleyball team for one more year. In his first season in the team of PGE Skra Bełchatów, Ebadipour scored 345 points in PlusLiga and 70 in the Champions League. He made the best performance in the first semi-final match against […]
Iran eye fourth straight win against Uzbekistan
Tehran – Iran national football team want to defeat Uzbekistan for the fourth time in a row. Team Melli will kick-off their final phase of preparations for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia with a friendly against Asian rivals Uzbekistan on Saturday. Iran and Uzbekistan have already played together eight times, with Iran winning six […]
Rafting competition held in Chalus River
National rafting competition was held in Chalus River in the Mazandaran province on Tuesday. Rafting and white water rafting are recreational outdoor activities which use an inflatable raft to navigate a river or other body of water. This is often done on whitewater or different degrees of rough water. Dealing with risk and the need […]
Ashkan Dejagah to leave Forest this summer
TEHRAN – Iranian international midfielder Ashkan Dejagah will leave championships side Nottingham Forest. Forest finished the season in 17th place with 53 points, two points better off than a year ago. At the top, Wolves secured promotion and an impressive 99 points, followed by Cardiff, with Fulham, Aston Villa, Middlesbrough and Derby settling for places […]
Former Esteghlal player Jlloyd Samuel killed in car crash
TEHRAN – The former Esteghlal defender Jlloyd Samuel died in a car crash in the north west of England on Tuesday morning, the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association have announced. The 37-year-old player was understood to be on the way home after dropping his kids off at school when he collided with a truck on […]