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Alireza Beiranvand remains with Persepolis 17 Jul 2018

Alireza Beiranvand remains with Persepolis

Despite being heavily linked with moves away, Alireza Beiranvand will remain at Persepolis football team. Beiranvand represented Iran in three matches in the 2018 World Cup and blocked a penalty kick from Cristiano Ronaldo to deny Portugal a 2-0 lead in Group B. Beiranvand had been linked with a move to the professional Turkish football […]

Iranian handball players win first match in Asian c’ships 16 Jul 2018

Iranian handball players win first match in Asian c’ships

 Iran’s Men’s Junior Handball team commandingly defeated India in the 16th edition of the Asian Men’s Junior Handball Championship. In their first match, the Iranian handball players beat India 48 to 17 on Monday. Some 15 teams from different parts of Asia are competing in the tournament. The national Iranian team is pitted in the […]

Ali Karimi Joins Iran’s Esteghlal 16 Jul 2018

Ali Karimi Joins Iran’s Esteghlal

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 […]

Iran defeat Japan at William Jones Cup 16 Jul 2018

Iran defeat Japan at William Jones Cup

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 lift 2018 World Cup for second time 16 Jul 2018

France lift 2018 World Cup for second time

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 […]

Iran Claims Three Golds at Asian Karate Championships 15 Jul 2018

Iran Claims Three Golds at Asian Karate Championships

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 […]

Iran’s medal tally reaches 17 at World Junior Wushu C’ships 15 Jul 2018

Iran’s medal tally reaches 17 at World Junior Wushu C’ships

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 […]

Iran crowned at IWF Junior World C’ships 15 Jul 2018

Iran crowned at IWF Junior World C’ships

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 […]

France and Croatia seek World Cup glory 15 Jul 2018

France and Croatia seek World Cup glory

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 to secure best-ever World Cup finish 15 Jul 2018

Belgium beat England to secure best-ever World Cup finish

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 […]