Nemanja Matic says Manchester United “can fight for the title and the Champions League” if they make the right signings in the transfer window after defeat to Chelsea in the FA Cup final left the Old Trafford trophy cabinet bare. Jose Mourinho’s team lost Saturday’s showpiece at Wembley 1-0 to Matic’s former club, with Eden […]

 Iran’s national football team or Team Melli left Tehran for Istanbul to play a friendly match with Turkey. Iran national football team will hold a training camp in the European country for a week and play a warm-up match with Turkey on May 28, as part of preparation for the 2018 World Cup. After Turkey, […]

The 2017/18 Italian Serie A season finished on Sunday with Juventus crowned champions for the seventh straight year and 34th time in their history. AFP Sport looks at the tops and flops of the league campaign in Italy: – Tops – Massimiliano Allegri The 50-year-old Juventus coach once again proved to be the master strategist […]

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani welcomed Iran national football team, also known as Team Melli, on Sunday. In addition to Iranian players, coaching staff, Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs Masoud Soltanifar and head of Iran Football Federation Mehdi Taj were also present. “I would like to express my happiness to participate at Team Melli’s […]

 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 […]

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 […]

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 national football team defeated Uzbekistan 1-0 in a friendly match on Saturday.

 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 […]

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 […]