TEHRAN – Iran have learned their fate at the AFC Women’s Futsal Championship Thailand 2018 on Monday. The tournament’s official draw took place at the AFC House, Kuala Lumpur. Iran have been drawn in Group D along with Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan in an all Central Asian affair. Thailand, who finished third in 2015, will play […]

TEHRAN – Iran freestyle team finished in second place in the 2018 Asian Wrestling Championship on Sunday. The Iranian team won three gold medals, one silver and two bronzes in the competition held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. On Saturday, Ezzatollah Akbari built up a commanding 5-0 lead before Uzbekistan’s Rashid Kurbanov defaulted with a knee injury […]

TEHRAN – Persepolis coach Branko Ivankovic says the match against Al Wasl of the UAE is a must-win game for them. There is a lot of pressure on Ivankovic’s shoulders after losing 1-0 to Esteghlal in Tehran derby on Thursday. Persepolis will host Al Wasl in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium in Group C of the AFC […]

TEHRAN – AZ Alkmaar ace Alireza Jahanbaksh has been sidelined for a while with a hamstring injury on Saturday. The Iranian international winger suffered the injury in the 2-1 win against Excelsior that will likely keep him sidelined for four weeks. “Jahanbakhsh’s injury does not look good.  We are unsure about the extent of his […]

Iranian super heavyweight weightlifter Saeid Alihosseini says that it could be a great honor for his nation if he would win the Laureus World Comeback of the Year. Roger Federer was the big winner at the 2018 Laureus World Sports Awards on Tuesday night, picking up the Sportsman of the Year and Comeback of the […]

The United World Wrestling (UWW) has abated the cash penalty on Iran Wrestling Federation by 30,000 Swiss francs due to the country’s holding of an anti-doping seminar. A couple of weeks ago concurrent with the Youth Championship Competition held in the country, Islamic Republic of Iran Wrestling Federation embarked on organizing an Anti-Doping training course […]

Iran national football team will face Algeria on March 27 at the UPC-Arena in Graz, Austria. Carlos Queiroz’s men will take on the African powerhouse at 18:00 local time. The friendly will be held as part of Team Melli’s preparation for the 2018 World Cup. Iran selected Algeria because the African team have the same […]

Iran national basketball team dropped one place in the latest FIBA rankings released on Thursday. Iran slid down one spot at 24th and China – the hosts of next year’s World Cup – dropped four spots at 28th. Powerhouse Australia maintained their number 10 position in the world rankings and remain as the best team […]

Two German rowing coaches Wolfgang Lothar Schäfer and Ralf Herbert Zeidler start their works with Iranian teams. They’ve already worked with the Iranian teams and returned to the country once again to lead the rowers. Iranian rowing teams prepare for the 2018 Asian Games to be held in Jakarta, Indonesia. Rowing has been contested at […]

TEHRAN– The two Iranian professional clubs Persepolis and Esteghlal challenged each other today for the 86th Tehran derby as the biggest domestic fixture in Iranian football. Vouria Ghafouri scored Esteghlal’s only goal in the 44 minute. FIFA President Gianni Infantino watched the match at Azadi Stadium.