The Iranian recurve junior men’s team secured 2018 World Archery Indoor Championship title at the NFAA Easton Archery Center in Yankton, USA on recurve Sunday. The Iranian team consists of Reza Shabani, Kiyan Moradi and Seyedabolfazl Hosseini from Iran defeated Ukrainian men Roman Sheremet, Oleksandr Pantsyru and Ivan Kozhokar in a shoot-off. “We tried our […]

Four Iranian athletes claimed four bronze medals on the final day of the Karate 1-Premier League in Dubai. Abolfazl Shahrjerdi won a bronze medal in the male kata after defeating his Moroccan opponent 3-2. Hamideh Abbasali finished in third place in female kumite +68kg after beating María Torres from Spain 2-1. Ali Asghar Asiabari defeated […]

Iranian football clubs Tractor Sazi and Zob Ahan are adamant they can turn results around after their defeats in Matchday One of the 2018 AFC Champions League. Tractor Sazi will be desperate to get off the mark after suffering disappointing defeat in its opening game so as to avoid losing touch with the other teams […]

Asghar Rahimi has been named as Iran’s Chef de Mission for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games is the third edition of the Summer Youth Olympics, a major international sports in which culture and education are also of great importance, are due to be celebrated […]

Iran’s women’s national futsal team defeated Russia in a friendly match on Saturday. In the match held in Tehran’s Shahid Chamran Hall, Shahrzad Mozaffar’s team defeated Russia 2-1 thanks to goals from Sara Shirbeigi and Mahsa Kamali. Team Melli will play the Russian team once again on Sunday. Iran is preparing for the 2018 AFC […]

Iranian veteran soccer player and a world record holder Ali Daei has been chosen to play for Mexico peace match, along with luminaries like Brazilian Ronaldinho and Spanish Carles Puyol. Ali Daei has been invited to play for a friendly game in aid of striving for world peace in Mexico and Colombia in March, 2018. Honored […]

Austrian Marcel Hirscher was in pole position to claim a second Olympic gold of the Pyeongchang Games after scorching the first leg of the men’s giant slalom on Sunday. Hirscher, who finally won an individual gold in the alpine combined on Tuesday after dominating the World Cup for the last six years, clocked 1min 08.27sec […]

TEHRAN – Former Iran champions Pas were relegated to the country’s third tier league. The former giants were sent to the third division after suffering a 2-0 defeat to Shahrdari Bam football team on Saturday. Pas are one of the oldest Iranian football clubs founded in 1963. Pad along with Esteghlal are only two Iranian […]

TEHRAN – Nottingham Forest coach Aitor Karanka says Iranian international midfielder Ashkan Dejagah has taken a knock to his knee in the training and they are waiting to find out how serious it is. The 31-year-old is expected to be missing for at least a month – and it may be for longer than that. […]

Mehdi Mohammadi took Iran’s first gold medal at 7th edition of Para Asian Track Championships in Malaysia on Friday. Iran has dispatched three cyclists including Mehdai Mohammadi, Alreza Ghasemi, and Bahram Soleimani to the competition, according to the Islamic Republic of Iran National Paralympics Committee (IRINPC). Mehdi Mohammadi grabbed the gold medal at the individual stage, […]