Persepolis striker Ali Alipour started his 2018 AFC Champions League campaign in style and his side will rely on him to replicate his league form on the continental stage to fire them to glory. Persepolis’ run to the 2017 AFC Champions League semi-final introduced Asian football fans to striker Mehdi Taremi who finished the campaign […]

Portuguese coach Antonio Oliveira, better known as Toni, reflects on great times at Tractor Sazi Tabriz and playing in the AFC Champions League. Tractor Sazi had achieved its highest-ever finish in the Iran Professional League in the 2011-12 season, ending the campaign as runner-up, a single point behind champions Sepahan, which meant the club would […]

Iran national basketball team took revenge on Iraq in the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Asian Qualifiers on Sunday. The Iranian team defeated Iraq 83-53. Hamed Haddadi led the way with 15 points, 9 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 blocked shots, while fellow veteran Samad Nikkhah Bahrami added 16 points, 7 assists, 4 boards and […]

Iranian men’s under 81 kg judoka Saeid Mollaei grabbed gold medal in Düsseldorf Grand Slam after he threw for ippon against Alpha Oumar Djalo from France. This was the first Grand Slam gold for the Iranian judo fighter, while he has won bronze and silver medals in the past. Today, which is the third day […]

TEHRAN – FIFA Chief Officer for Technical Development Marco van Basten will reportedly travel to Tehran, capital of Iran, within the next few days. The Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) had already invited FIFA President Gianni Infantino to come to Iran on March 1 and the Iranian media reports suggest that the Dutch […]

Iran men’s national Kabaddi team has won the Fajr International Kabbadi Cup. The Iranian players won their final match against Iraq 45 to 15 on Friday. Iranian junior team won the tournament last year. The second edition of Fajr International Kabbadi Cup was held in southern city of Khorramshahr on February 22-23. In addition to […]

TEHRAN – Sepidrood coach Ali Karimi and Saipa coach Ali Daei ended their feud ahead of a match in Iran Professional League (IPL) on Friday. The war of words between Karimi, Daei started after the 2006 World Cup, where Team Melli failed to book a place in the next stage under guidance of Branko Ivankovic. […]

Sepahan of Isfahan football team humiliated Siahjamegan 5-0 in Iran Professional League (IPL) on Friday. Reza Dehghan was on target twice (2nd and 74th) and Sasan Ansari (33rd), Mehdi Sharifi (35th) and Milad Sarlak (87th) scored each for the Isfahan-based football team. Elsewhere, struggling Sepidrood Rasht defeated Saipa 2-0, Gostaresh Foolad lost to Paykan 3-0 […]

TEHRAN – Sepidrood coach Ali Karimi and Saipa coach Ali Daei ended their feud ahead of a match in Iran Professional League (IPL) on Friday. The war of words between Karimi, Daei started after the 2006 World Cup, where Team Melli failed to book a place in the next stage under guidance of Branko Ivankovic. […]

Iranian para-archer Zahra Nemati won the World Archery 2017 Athlete of the Year award. The online vote decided the best athlete from the recurve men, recurve women, compound men, compound women, Para-men and Para-women categories. “I am very happy to win the award with the help of my country’s people. They have always inspired me,” […]