Mohamed Salah faces a fight to play in any of Egypt’s World Cup group games, according to one of Liverpool’s physiotherapists. Club physio Ruben Pons has estimated Salah would normally need “three to four weeks” to recover from the left shoulder injury he sustained during Saturday’s Champions League final against Real Madrid. A three-week absence […]

Bayern Munich’s star striker Robert Lewandowski wants to leave the Bundesliga club this summer to seek “a new challenge”, his agent told Sport Bild on Wednesday. “Robert feels that he needs a change and a new challenge in his career,” Pini Zahavi told the weekly. “The managers of Bayern know about it.” Lewandowski, 29, whose […]

 Iranian Football Federation President Mehdi Taj has been hospitalized in Turkey due to heart complications. Iranian Football Federation President Mehdi Taj suffered a heart complication in Turkey on Tuesday. He was immediately rushed to the intensive care unit at a hospital in Istanbul by secretary general of the Iranian Football Federation and director of the department of national football teams. […]

TEHRAN – Iran national football team captain Ashkan Dejagah says they must learn from mistakes after losing to Turkey 2-1 in a friendly match at the Basaksehir Fatih Terim Stadium in Istanbul. Dejagah returned with a goal after about four months. He suffered a knee injury in Nottingham Forest’s training in February. “It doesn’t matter […]

TEHRAN – Iran international striker Saman Ghoddos says he is proud to play for his country. Iranian-Swedish Ghoddos decided to wear the jersey of Iran’s national football team despite being invited to play for Sweden in September. He had played in two friendly matches for Sweden and scored a goal. Ghoddos was called up for […]

Taftian finished in first place in the 100 meters event with a time of 10.19 seconds. Arthur Cisse from Ivory Coast won the silver medal, clocking 10.23 seconds. Bronze medal went to French sprinter Meba-Mickael Zeze with 10.25 seconds. Taftian had won a gold medal in mid-May at the 34th International Montgeron Athletics Meeting. The […]

TEHRAN – Iran Football Federation has yet to confirm that Ali Daei is a possible replacement for Carlos Queiroz at Team Melli but it’s no surprise that the current Saipa coach to be named as next coach. Queiroz will not remain at the helm of the Iran national team after the conclusion of the country’s […]

Japan claimed the Asian derby against Iran 3-1 (25-22, 30-28, 23-25, 25-23) thanks a commanding performance by Yuji Nishida in Sunday’s men’s 2018 Nations League clash. Nishida was on top form as he guided his team with 21 points, 2 aces and one block on his own. To edge out a solid Iranian side, Japan […]

Iran played a tough match against India before powering past the fighting rivals in thrilling four-setter 25-23 20-25 25-16 25-15 to take the 7th place at the 12th Asian Women’s U17 Volleyball Championship at the Nakhon Pathom Municipality Gymnasium on Sunday. Zahra Rezaei led Iran with 18 points including 11 attacks from 42 attempts, while […]

 A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Chess Federations of Iran and China for broadening and enhancing bilateral relationship in the relevant field. The MoU was inked between the two countries of Iran and China on the sidelines of International Silk Road Chess Competitions. In this regard, representative of Iranian Chess Federation inked a […]