Esteghlal football team defeated Sanat Naft 4-0 in Iran Professional League (IPL) while the team’s arch-rival Persepolis was held to a 1-1 draw by Foolad. In the match held in Tehran Azadi Stadium, Esteghlal defeated visiting team Sanat Naft 4-0. Mohsen Karimi opened the scoring for Esteghlal in the 15th minute and Vouria Ghafouri made […]

TEHRAN – Persepolis’s Alireza Beiranvand set a new Iran Professional League (IPL) record by going 718 minutes without conceding a goal. Beiranvand broke the previous mark set by former Sepahan stopper Armenak Petrosian. The Persepolis keeper surpassed Petrosian’s old mark of 704. Persepolis football team was held to a 1-1 draw by Foolad in Ahvaz’s […]

TEHRAN – Iranian international attacking midfielder Masoud Shojaei will sign his contract with AEK after Christmas of 2017. The 33-year-old player will soon be released from Panionios and AEK Spanish coach Manolo Jimenez considers him as an ideal replacement for captain Petros Mantalos, who will miss the remainder of 2017-18 season because of cruciate ligament […]

TEHRAN – Iranian national football team and Persepolis striker Mehdi Taremi has been linked with a move to Al-Gharafa of Qatar. Taremi, who is serving a four-month ban from late September after FIFA found he had breached his contract with Turkish club Çaykur Rizespor, is reportedly close to join the Qatari club. Persepolis’s officials will […]

TEHRAN– The head of Iran Wrestling Federation said on Saturday that the country’s wrestling is facing serious threat of suspension by international body, adding that the federation is in constant contact with the body to solve the issue. Rasoul Khadem said, “everybody in the country’s sport community knows that the international wrestling governing body is […]

At the beginning of the clásico, a huge banner was unfurled at the south end of the ground welcoming a “White Christmas”. At the end, it was the handful of Barcelona fans high in the opposite stand who celebrated. Way below, their players applauded back, marking a victory whose consequences will be profound: theirs will […]

Saipa football team was held to a 1-1 draw by Sepahan in Iran Professional League (IPL) on Friday. Mehdi Torabi scored for Saipa in 35th minute but with five minutes remaining, Sasan Ansari equalized the match from the penalty spot. Moreover, Padideh drew 1-1 with Paykan, Sepidrood Rasht defeated struggling Naft Tehran 3-1 and Zob […]

Iranian football club Sanat Naft has completed the signing of former Persepolis goalkeeper Sosha Makani on Friday. The 31-year-old goalie has joined Sanat Naft until the end of the season during the winter transfer window. Makani joined Norwegian club Mjøndalen in June 2016 on a two-and-a-half-year contract. He joined Strømsgodset on loan in January 2017. […]

The sport’s governing body, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), announced Iranian cyclist Aidin Aliyari has failed doping test. The cyclist, who is a member of Iran national cycling team, has failed for a positive test for testosterone. In December, another Iranian cyclist Mahmoud Rasouli had tested positive for Stanozol. Shahab Jadidoleslam also tested positive for […]

Iran ended the year 2017 ranked No.32 in the world on the latest FIFA rankings released on Thursday. Team Melli are still the best Asian team above Australia, Japan and South Korea. The world champions, who qualified to defend their crown in Russia by winning all ten of their qualifiers and have been unbeaten in […]