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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Tehran: A Mame Thiam hat-trick earned Esteghlal the final West Asia AFC Champions League quarter-final ticket as they defeated fellow Islamic Republic of Iran side Zobahan 3-1 in Tuesday’s second leg, securing a 3-2 aggregate win. After a tense start, Esteghlal were awarded a penalty kick inside 11 minutes and Senegalese forward Thiam fired from […]

TEHRAN – Winfried Schaefer has called upon Esteghlal’s supporters to rally behind the team and help the Blues overcome a 1-0 deficit in their AFC Champions League Round of 16 against Zob Ahan on Tuesday. Esteghlal will host compatriot Zob Ahan in Tehran’s 80,000-seat Azadi Stadium on Tuesday. The German coach spoke before the second-leg […]

TEHRAN – Persepolis of Iran football team booked a place in the AFC Champions League quarter-final with a 2-1 win over the UAE’s Al Jazira. In front of 90,000 vociferous fans in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium, Persepolis, who had lost 3-2 in the first leg in Abu Dhabi, put the visiting team under pressure in the […]

TEHRAN – Al Jazira coach Henk ten Cate says they have come to Tehran to enjoy football in front of tens of thousands of spectators. Al Jazira have defeated Persepolis 3-2 in the first leg held at the Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, in Abu Dhabi, UAE last week. “Al Jazira want to enjoy football in […]

TEHRAN – Persepolis coach Branko Ivankovic says that they are determined to overturn first-leg deficit in the AFC Champions League Round of 16 in Tehran. Persepolis football team lost 3-2 in Abu Dhabi last week and now are hopeful to book a place in the competition’s quarter-final in their home match. “We know that the […]

 Persepolis of Iran will need to overhaul a 3-2 AFC Champions League Round of 16 first leg deficit against Al Jazira when the sides face off in the second leg at Azadi Stadium in Tehran on Monday. Ali Alipour gave the Iranian side the lead in Abu Dhabi last week but goals from Ali Mabkhout […]