Albanian midfielder Edon Hasani has joined Iranian football club Sepahan on Tuesday. The 25-year-old player has joined the Iranian top-flight team on a six-month contract with an option to extend that for one more year. The details of the contract fee have not been revealed. Hasani made his professional debut for Albanian team Vllaznia Shkodër […]

An evening full of late drama and controversy ended with Claudio Bravo cast as an unlikely hero and Pep Guardiola conducting a choir of Manchester City’s triumphant supporters as they chanted the Spaniard’s name in the wake of a penalty shootout victory that moved the Premier League leaders a step closer to their first trophy […]

Often symbolised as pitting the pride of Catalonia against Spain’s capital, the ‘El Clasico’ between Barcelona and Real Madrid is a match laced with political and social as much as sporting tension. Even more so this week when the sides face off in Madrid on Saturday lunchtime just over 36 hours after polls will close […]

The Australian Ambassador to Iran, Ian Biggs, has offered a friendly match between Iran and Australia as part of preparation for the 2018 World Cup. At a meeting held in Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) headquarters on Monday, the official announced their interest in playing a warm-up match with the best […]

TEHRAN – Rasoul Khadem has been elected for another four-year term as the Islamic Republic of Iran Wrestling Federation President on Tuesday. He will serve as president of the Federation for four more years until 2021. In the elections held at the Iran’s Academy Olympic in Tehran, Khadem secured 40 of 40 votes cast. Abbas […]

TEHRAN – Persepolis football team lost to Sanat Naft Abadan in penalty shootout in the Iran’s Hazfi Cup quarter-final on Tuesday. Sanat Naft defeated Persepolis 5-4 on penalties after the match had ended 1-1 after 120 minutes. Farshad Ahmadzadeh scored for Persepolis in the 26th minute but Ali Abdollahzadeh equalized the match just three minutes […]

Attila Hejazi has been appointed as new head coach of Iranian football club Naft Tehran on Sunday. Hejazi took charge of the Tehran-based team until the end of the Iran Professional League (IPL) season. Hejazi replaced Hamid Derakhshan in the struggling team. Naft sits five points above the relegation zone. Attila is son of the […]

English Championship leaders Wolverhampton Wanderers are interested in signing Saman Ghoddos from Swedish side Ostersunds. The 24-year-old forward has played a key role in Ostersunds’ impressive Europa League campaign, scoring four goals and setting up three in 11 appearances (including qualifying), derbytelegraph.co.uk reported. Queens Park Rangers had already showed interest in buying the Iranian international […]

TEHRAN – Two football matches in Hazfi Cup were postponed because of air pollution in Tehran, capital of Iran. Esteghlal match against Iranjavan Bushehr was canceled on Monday and Iran football officials also postponed a match between Persepolis and Sanat Naft in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium. No new date for the fixtures has been announced. Iran […]

Luka Modric’s signed shirt worn at FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2017 is raising money for the Iranian earthquake victims. The shirt is going to raise funds for the victims’ families and survivors of last month earthquake in Kermanshah province in western of Iran. Modric’s shirt has been brought for auction by Persepolis coach Branko […]