TEHRAN- The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Aliasghar Hasanzadeh was named the AFC Futsal Player of the Year for the third time, ahead of compatriot Touhid Lotfi and Thailand’s forward Jirawat Sornwichian. After receiving the award in 2014 and 2016, the 30-year-old from the city of Qom joins the ranks of compatriot Vahid Shamsaei, who also […]

TEHRAN – Iran was named the AFC Inspiring Member Associations of the Year at the AFC Annual Awards 2017 on Wednesday. The Iranian federation claimed the award of the AFC Inspiring Member Associations of the Year in the ceremony held at the Aksra Theatre King Power in Bangkok, Thailand on Wednesday. Iran was the first […]

TEHRAN– Nasrollah Parichehreh was appointed as acting president of Iran Basketball Federation on Tuesday. Mahmoud Mashhoon stepped down from his role as basketball federation president after 14 years on Friday. Parichehreh will be introduced as the federation’s acting president on Wednesday. He has already worked as acting president in Iran Chess Federation. The new president […]

TEHRAN – Tehran has been chosen as host of fourth edition of the World Wrestling Clubs Cup. The freestyle competition was originally scheduled to be held in Kashan but Iranian officials changed the venue of the event and it will be held in Tehran on Dec. 7-8. World Wrestling Clubs Cup is an international wrestling […]

TEHRAN – Ali Kafashian, the Iran football federation vice president, said that matches between Asian clubs must be played on a home and away basis in next year’s Asian Champions League and there should be no exceptions. The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Executive Committee decided to maintain the current home and away format as per […]

USA is planning to send a women’s delegation to Iran next March, as well as a men’s team to compete in the Fajr Cup in Ahvaz. Ali Moradi, head of Iran Weightlifting Federation, has invited the USA to compete in the Fajr Cup, a men’s invitation competition, and has also asked them to send a […]

Croatian national team manager, Zlatko Dalic, talked about his friendship with Branko Ivankovic, coach of Persepolis, and praised the Iran national team quality. “Branko Ivankovic is my big friend, he helped me a lot when I started my career,” Dalic said in an interview with GOL BEZAN. “He was my coach for five years and […]

TEHRAN– Iran defeated Qatar 65-39 on Day 4 of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Asian Qualifiers on Monday. In the match held in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium, Arsalan Kazemi ruled the boards with 17 rebounds to prop up Iran’s cause, while the scoring cudgels fell on the shoulders of Meisam Mirzaei, Sajjad Mashayekhi and Vahid […]

TEHRAN – Amir Sarkhosh from Iran finished in second place at the IBSF World Amateur Championship on Monday. The Iranian representative lost to Indian Pankaj Advani 8-2 in the final match. Ehsan Heydarinejad also won a bronze medal in the competition held in Doha, Qatar. A total of 88 cueists from 36 countries, including four […]

TEHRAN– Naft va Gaz of Iran lost to Iraq’s Al Shurta 31-20 at the 20th Asian Men’s Handball Club League Championship on Monday. The Iranian outfit had already lost to Qatar’s Al Duhail, Sharjah of the UAE and Oman’s Muscat. Naft va Gaz will play the loser of Uzbekistan’s Rkor and Muscat of Oman for […]