Former Iran weightlifter Manouchehr Boroumand has passed away at the age of 83 on Thursday. Boroumand died after a long battle with disease in Tehran and will be laid to rest on Friday. He was selected for the 1960 Summer Olympics, but withdrew in the last moment due to an illness; he also missed the […]

Syria international goalkeeper Ibrahim Alma joined Iranian football club Sepahan on Wednesday. The 26-year-old keeper penned a contract with Sepahan until the end of the season for an undisclosed fee during the January transfer window. Alma has joined Sepahan from Syrian club Al-Ittihad SC Aleppo. On Tuesday, Sepahan signed a contract with Albanian midfielder Edon […]

TEHRAN– Esteghlal football team qualified for semi-final round of Iran’s Hazfi Cup on Wednesday. The Iranian giant beat Iranjavan Bushehr 3-0 in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium. Majid Hosseini opened the scoring for Esteghlal just before the interval. Server Djeparov extended Esteghlal’s lead in the 50th minute and Ali Ghorbani scored the third goal for the Blue […]

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 […]