TEHRAN  – Iran national handball team lost to Qatar 33-28 in the Qatar Four-Team International Tournament on Tuesday. Borut Macek’s team had defeated Oman 32-24 on Sunday in its first match. Iran, who is preparing for the 18th Asian Handball Championship, will play Algeria on Wednesday. The Asian Handball Championship will be held from Jan. […]

Iran national volleyball team will kick off the FIVB Men’s World Championship with a match Puerto Rico. The match will be held in Varna, Bulgaria on Sept. 12. The first round of the Championship will be co-hosted by Italy and Bulgaria from September 9 to 30. As previously announced, the 24 teams participating in the […]

TEHRAN – Spain, Ukraine and Azerbaijan will participate in the Second Persian Beach Soccer Cup which is scheduled to be held at the end of January in Iran. The Second Persian Beach Soccer Cup is slated for January 27-29, 2018 in Bushehr province, Iran. Spain, Ukraine and Azerbaijan national teams along with Iran’s national team […]

Iranian football club Esteghlal has selected Turkmenistan as the neutral venue to host the match against Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia at the 2018 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League Group Stage. Esteghlal is drawn along with Al-Rayyan of Qatar, Al-Hilal and Winner Play-off West 1in Group D. Esteghlal has been scheduled to meet Al-Hilal on […]

Iran national football team and Persepolis striker Mehdi Taremi joined Al Gharafa of Qatar. Taremi has penned a six-month contract with the Qatari giants for an undisclosed fee. The 25-year-old scored 18 goals in the 2016-17 season, topping the Persian Gulf Pro League’s scoring table for a second straight time. He also scored seven goals […]

TEHRAN – Iranian blind footballer Behzad Zadaliasghari is ready to stand down from representing his country due to lack of respect of the sport officials. Iran football 5-a-side came second at the 2017 IBSA Blind Football Asian Championships in December after being defeated by China in the final match. Iran took their place at the […]

TEHRAN – Iran national Junior futsal team will probably hold friendly matches against Thailand and Brazil in preparation for Junior Olympics games. Iran’s national junior Futsal team coach, Ali Sanei, said that they have applied for several friendly matches before Junior Olympics Games. In relation to the applications they have submitted so far for friendly […]

Iranian weightlifter Sohrab Moradi has been nominated for the Lifter of the Year 2017. Moradi snatched a gold medal at the 2017 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships Moradi, who won gold in Rio last year, also broke two world records in winning the 94 kilogram class. Colombian Francisco Mosquera Valencia (62kg), Egyptian Ihab Mahmoud […]

FA Cup holders Arsenal were sensationally dumped out of the competition by Nottingham Forest on Sunday, joining Leeds United as big-name casualties on a day of shocks. Elsewhere, West Ham stayed alive with a goalless draw at Shrewsbury and Tottenham scored three goals in eight second-half minutes to see off the challenge of League One […]

Iranian international referee Alireza Faghani has been chosen to officiate a match in Group E of the AFC Champions League. Faghani will take the whistle the match between Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors with Winner Play-off East 2, scheduled for Feb. 13 at the Jeonju World Cup Stadium in Jeonju, South Korea. He will be assisted by […]