TEHRAN– Sattar Seid, a member of Iranian national skiing team, managed to earn a quota to 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea. Head of Alborz Alpine Skiing Committee, Sadegh Kalhor, said the Iranian skier scooped up a total of 60 points and was qualified for the Winter Olympics. “Sattar Seid also occupied fourth and fifth […]

TEHRAN – Iranian female taekwondoka at +67kg left the 1st World Taekwondo Grand Slam Championships in Wuxi City in China on the first day after she lost to South Korean opponent. Zahra Pouresmaeil, who was representing Iran at +67kg, had to leave the competition after ‘Saha Bo Man’ beat her 11 – 8 on the […]

TEHRAN– National Iranian Judo Federation has officially invited a French coach to make a visit to Tehran and negotiate inking of a contract. The Public Relations Department of the Iranian Judo Federation said, as per earlier coordination, Nicolas Baudou, one of world’s leading judo coaches arrived in Iran’s capital city on Saturday morning to attend […]

TEHRAN – Persepolis football team cemented their place at summit of the Iran Professional League (IPL) table with a win over Tractor Sazi on Friday. Persepolis defeated Tractor Sazi 2-0 thank to two goals from Ali Alipour and Kamal Kamyabinia at the Azadi Stadium in Tehran. Alipour headed home from Mohsen Mosalman’s cross just before […]

Spain national football team head coach Julen Lopetegui has praised the Iranian national football team. In an interview with channel Movistar, the Spaniard has said Team Melli are a powerful team. Spain have been drawn along with Iran, Morocco and Portugal in Group B of the 2018 World Cup. The Reds will meet Portugal on […]

Iran national football team will play a friendly match with Algeria in March, according to Hakim Medane, Algerian FA executive committee member. “We’ve reached an agreement with the Iranian federation for a friendly match in next March in a European country. We will also face Portugal on 7 or 8 June in Lisbon,” Medane told […]

TEHRAN – Mohammad Hossein Barkhah has been named as new head coach of Iran weightlifting team. Barkhah replaced Mohsen Beiranvand, who was appointed as secretary general of Iran Weightlifting Federation, in the weightlifting team. Barkhah has previously coached Iran junior team and now Asghar Ebrahimi is taking charge of the team. Barkhah is a retired […]

TEHRAN – Ahmad Ziaei has been elected as new president of Islamic Republic of Iran Volleyball Federation (IRIVF) on Thursday. In the election held at the Iran’s Academy Olympic in Tehran, Ziaei took charge of IRIVF for a four-year term until 2021. Ziaei, a member of IRIVF board, won 43 votes out of 44 votes […]

Iranian Greco-Roman wrestler Hossein Ghanbarzadeh has died of bone cancer on Wednesday. Ghanbarzadeh has passed away at the age of 19 in Babol in northern Iran. He was a member of Iran Greco-Roman youth team in the previous years. Ghanbarzadeh had won medals in the Iran wrestling championships. Tehran Times staff wish to express deepest […]

Bahram Shafie has secured his fourth term as president of the Iran Hockey Federation, after being re-elected on Wednesday by members of the sport’s governing body in the country. In the election held at the Iran’s Academy Olympic in Tehran, 33 of the 37 present members, voted for Shafie. Ramezanali Davallou finished in second place […]