Prolific Liverpool scorer Mohamed Salah was named African Player of the Year in Ghanaian capital Accra on Thursday, the first Egyptian to win the award since Mahmoud al Khatib in 1983. The 25-year-old has scored 23 goals in 29 matches in all competitions this season for the Premier League outfit after moving from AS Roma […]

Iran national volleyball team head coach Igor Kolakovic will return to Tehran on Jan. 14. The Montenegrin coach to meet Iran Volleyball Federation newly-elected president Ahmad Ziaei and will discuss about the team’s programs. 2018 will be a busy year for Iran volleyball since Team Melli should participate at the Asian Games as well as […]

Deputy Head of the Iranian Football Federation Ali Kafashian said, upon agreement of the Asian Football Confederation, Ardabil city can play host to AFC Futsal Championship. Kafashian made the remarks during a visit to Rezazadeh Stadium which is an all-seater indoor arena located in Ardabil, Iran. “The stadium is capable of hosting AFC Futsal Championships […]

TEHRAN – The Russian Wrestling Federation, in an official letter, has invited Iran’s national Greco-Roman squad to take part at an international tournament dubbed ‘Ivan Poddubny’. The sportive event, which marks the most reputable annual Greco-Roman wrestling tournament in Russia, will kick off on January 18 in Krasnodar and will conclude three days afterwards on […]

Iranian climber Reza Alipour, nicknamed the ‘Persian Cheetah’, has been nominated for the International World Games Athlete (IWGA) of the Year 2017. Reza Alipour did not only win The World Games title in Speed Climbing this summer, he also holds the World Record in this discipline. The 23-year-old faced his final race at the Games […]

Iranian national football team striker Reza Ghoochannejhad will likely miss the 2018 World Cup, elfvoetbal.nl reported. Last season, Ghoochannejhad scored 19 goals in 34 games for SC Heerenveen. It was a great achievement for the Iranian. But this season he has only scored twice and will likely miss the World Cup in Russia. Ghoochannejhad scored […]

Hossein Tayebi from Iran national futsal team has been nominated for the Best Player of the World prize. Tayebi is a member of the team who won the title of the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Turkmenistan in late September. The final results will be announced on Jan. 10 by futsalplanet.com. The […]

TEHRAN – The latest ranking list released by the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) contains names of four Iranian taekwondo practitioners. The WTF Top 10 ranking list for the year 2017, which takes into account events until end of December 2017, was released with Armin Hadipour enjoying the fourth best place in -54kg weight category with […]

The 39-year-old coach, who parted company with Naft Tehran in September, will be introduced as new head coach of Iran top flight team soon. Karimi replaces Omid Ravankhah who stepped down from his role on Dec. 21. Sepidrood Rasht sits 13th in Iran 16-team league, just three points above the relegation zone. Sepidrood is a […]

According to the latest FIFA rankings, the men’s national futsal team of Iran has remained at the top of Asia’s best teams and fifth in the world. Iran men’s national futsal team has maintained its position as Asia’s best team and the fifth in the world rankings after Brazil, Spain, Russia, and Argentina with 1,625 […]