Iranian freestyle wrestlers finished first in the 38th Freestyle Takhti Cup with 4 gold, 5 silver, and 7 bronze medals. The 38th Freestyle Takhti Cup was held for two days on Thursday and Friday in Tabriz, Iran and  attracted 160 wrestlers from Iran, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Mongolia, Romania, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey, Hungary, Tajikistan, Armenia, India, Bulgaria, Belarus, […]

Defending champion Iran defeated Thailand 9-1 on Thursday to seal a place in the semi-final of the AFC Futsal Championship 2018. In the match, held at the Xinzhuang Gymnasium in New Taipei City, Hossein Tayebi (three goals), Ahmad Esmaeilpour (two goals), Mohammad Shajari (two goals), Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh and Mehdi Javid scored for Team Melli. […]

TEHRAN – The Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) has invited FIFA President Gianni Infantino to come to Iran on March 1. The Iranian football officials will negotiate with the FIFA President about the AFC Champions League home and away basis in the current season. The Saudi Arabian football teams will not travel to […]

Iran national beach soccer head coach Marco Octavio says he is very satisfied with his men’s performance in the Persian Beach Soccer Cup. Iran claimed the title in Bushehr in late January after three wins over Azerbaijan, Ukraine and Spain. One week ahead of the competition, the Brazilian coach was forced to leave Iran for […]

Defending champions Iran defeated Iraq 5-3 on Tuesday to win Group C in a match that proved the first real test of the holders’ credentials. Both Iran and Iraq had already qualified for the quarter-final ahead of the match at University of Taipei Gymnasium but, nevertheless, it was to be a hard-fought and intriguing contest […]

TEHRAN – John Green from Great Britain claimed the title of the Eight-ball Foreign Diplomats’ Cup in Tehran on Sunday. The event brought together diplomats from Armenian, British, Bulgarian, Egyptian, German, Greek, Indian and Tajik embassies and missions at the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Cultural Institute in the Iranian capital city of Tehran. The diplomats’ […]

Iran national football team will face African powerhouse Algeria on March 27 in the Austrian capital of Vienna, an Iran Football Federation’s official said. The friendly match will be held as part of Team Melli’s preparation for the 2018 World Cup. Some media reports had suggested that the match is scheduled to take place in […]

TEHRAN – Hamid Ali Samimi was elected as new President of Islamic Republic of Iran Sports Federation for the Disabled on Monday. Iran’s Deputy Sports Minister Mohammad Reza Davarzani and Shahrokh Shahnazi, the National Olympic Committee Secretary General, attended the elections. He will serve for four years as President after securing 24 out of 43 […]

TEHRAN – Iranian taekwondo athlete Kimia Alizadeh says she will participate at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to win a gold medal. Alizadeh won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. This made her the first Iranian woman to win a medal at the Olympic Games. “Now, I’m training in the camp far from […]

Reigning champions England launched their Six Nations title defence with a 46-15 win away to Italy in Rome on Sunday to cap an exciting first weekend of the Championship. Wales stopped Scotland’s recent revival in its tracks with a dominating 34-7 win in Cardiff on Saturday, a day when there was drama on and off […]