Iran edge Lithuania in friendly
TEHRAN – Iran national football team edged past Lithuania in a friendly match at the 45,000-seater Otkritie Arena, the home stadium of Spartak Moscow, on Friday. Karim Ansarifard scored the only goal of the match in the 88th minute. Iran, making their fifth appearance in the World Cup finals, kick off their campaign against Morocco […]
Iran football team no longer Asian best team
TEHRAN – Australia, known as Socceroos, leapfrogged Iran to be the top ranked AFC nation in the latest FIFA rankings released on Thursday. With just seven days remaining before the 2018 World Cup, Iran moved down one place to 37th, while Australia moved up four places to 36th. Iran could have stayed as the Asian […]
2018/19 IPL to kick off on July 26
Defending champions Persepolis will play Padideh in the opening match in Mashhad. The Tehran derby between Persepolis and Esteghlal has been scheduled for Week 8. The Iran Professional League is a professional football league competition for clubs at the highest level of the Iranian football league system. Persepolis are the most-decorated football team with 11 […]
13 Iranian free-style wrestlers await medals in Romania competition
Six young Iranian free-style wrestlers have reached the final, while seven others will compete for a place in an international competitions in Bucharest, Romania. At the end of the first stage of an international free-style wrestling competitions held in Bucharest, Romania yesterday, out of fourteen young Iranian representatives, six reached the final matches, while seven others […]
Carlos Queiroz laments ‘cruel sanctions’ against Iran
TEHRAN – Iran national football team head coach Carlos Queiroz says the cruel sanctions against Iran have disrupted Team Melli’s preparation for the 2018 World Cup. Iran were scheduled to play Greece and Kosovo football teams in Turkey’s training camp but the matches were canceled and Queiros says Iran’s World Cup preparations were hit by […]
Zaytsev inspires Italy to straight-sets win over Iran
Ivan Zaytsev surged back to top form as Italy rebounded from their first Volleyball Nations League defeat to sink Iran 3-0 (25-23, 25-18, 25-20) early Sunday. Zaytsev, the prolific and hard-hitting Italian wing spiker, had struggled in his team’s loss to Canada a day earlier but was back to his best in racking up 14 […]
Iran wins Argentina in VNL
Iran secured a nail-biting 3-2 victory over Argentina in the Volleyball Nations League (VNL) on Friday. The second week of VNL competitions kicked off in San Juan, Argentina, where Kolakovic’s men proved their quality against their former coach Julio Velasco. Iran won the second, third and fifth sets (25-22, 25-22 and 15-9) while losing first […]
Iran’s Hadadi wins bronze in IAAF Diamond League
TEHRAN – Ehsan Hadadi of Iran claimed a bronze medal in the 2018 IAAF Diamond League in Rome, Italy on Thursday. Jamaican thrower Fedrick Dacres completed a good natured, mini-lap of honor of his opponents – bumping a fist here, patting a shoulder there, after winning a stacked men’s discus with 68.51m. The 24-year-old, who […]
Iran are on a good way
To be honest, I was surprised when I saw the Iran’s line-up against Turkey. A very offensive team, which was ready and had full self-confidence to win in Istanbul. Maybe everybody wants to write history and to get the first win against Turkey. Turkey’s young team made in the first 20 minutes a strong pressing […]
Iran learn AFC U-16 Women’s Championship qualifying opponents
Iran knew their opponents at the AFC U-16 Women’s Championship 2019 Qualifiers Round 1 following the official draw at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday. DPR Korea, Korea Republic and Japan, the top three finishers in the 2017 edition, received direct qualification to the Finals. Thirty teams from across Asia will vie for […]











































