Iran national football team goalkeeper coach Dan Gaspar left Team Melli after six years. The Portuguese-American football and goalkeeping coach has left Iran two months before he would have gone to the World Cup with Team Melli for a second time. Gaspar, who has worked under Iran’s Portuguese head coach, Carlos Queiroz, for many years, did […]

Thomas Mueller shone as Bayern Munich romped to a 6-2 semi-final win at Bayer Leverkusen on Tuesday to reach the German Cup final and keep their treble dreams alive. Leverkusen are up to third in the Bundesliga, but trail champions Bayern by a massive 24 points and the gulf in the league table showed up […]

Harry Kane stepped up his bid to win the Premier League’s golden boot as Tottenham warmed up for the FA Cup semi-finals with a 1-1 draw at Brighton on Tuesday. Kane fired Tottenham ahead in the 48th minute when his close-range shot deflected in off Brighton defender Bruno. It was Kane’s 26th of the season […]

TEHRAN – Iranian super heavyweight weightlifter Bahador Molaei has announced his retirement on Tuesday. Molaei suffered “serious and potentially life-threatening injuries” in the crash involving a car  in July 2016 in the northern city of Amol, Mazandaran province. Molaei’s grandfather was killed in that accident and he was undergone surgery with surgical hip dislocation. Molaei […]

Qatar’s Al Gharafa ended their 2018 AFC Champions League journey on a positive note after coming from behind to register a 3-1 win over Islamic Republic of Iran’s Tractor Sazi Tabriz on Tuesday. In a battle between two eliminated teams, it was Tractor Sazi who showed urgency early on and it was they who made […]

TEHRAN – Zob Ahan of Iran football team advanced to the 2018 AFC Champions League Round of 16 after a 1-1 draw with Uzbekistan’s Lokomotiv. On Tuesday, the Iranian representatives were held to a 1-1 draw by Lokomotiv in Tashkent in Group B and qualified for knockout stage as the second-placed team. Morteza Tabrizi put […]

Tehran: Islamic Republic of Iran’s Persepolis will head into the Knockout Stage of the 2018 AFC Champions League as winners of Group C, after overcoming Qatar’s Al Sadd with a 1-0 win on Matchday Six. Backed by a vociferous home crowd, Persepolis needed less than three minutes to go in front. Mohammed Ansari whipped in […]

Esteghlal secured first place in Group D with a 1-0 win over Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal, thanks to Vouria Ghafouri’s goal on Matchday Six of the 2018 AFC Champions League Group D on Monday. Al Hilal started the brighter of the two sides and had their first attempt on goal six minutes in, when Achraf […]

Iran’s Persepolis can finish as table-topper in Group C of the 2018 AFC Champions League if it overcomes Al Sadd of Qatar at Azadi Stadium on Monday. The Iranian side has won both of its home games and secured its place in the next round following a scoreless draw away at Nasaf two weeks ago. […]

Bottom faces top in Group D of the AFC Champions League when Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia takes on Iran’s Esteghlal at Kuwait Sports Club Stadium on Monday. Esteghlal is already assured of a place in the next round having beaten Al Rayyan 2-0 in early April, but the Iranian side must avoid defeat to […]