Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has demanded more protection for players after seeing Kevin De Bruyne narrowly avoid serious injury as his side’s 18-game winning streak came to an end. De Bruyne was stretchered off after being hacked down by Crystal Palace’s Jason Puncheon as City broke in search of a late winner at Selhurst […]

Behnam Yakhchali from Iran has been mentioned among the young players who have proven themselves worthy to be among the Asia region’s Team Future 2nd Team. Yakhchali is one of the most productive young player who saw action for Team Melli at either the FIBA Asia Cup 2017 or the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 […]

TEHRAN– Two Iranian representative are slated to depart for Wuxi, China on Tuesday to compete at the ongoing event dubbed as the World Taekwondo Grand Slam Champions Series. The World Taekwondo Grand-Slam & 2020 Olympic Wild Card Games is being held in Wuxi, China with 240 fighters fiercely battling for the championship, according to the competition […]

Mohsen Rezvani remained as president of Iran Swimming Federation until 2021. In the election held in Iran’s Olympic Academy on Saturday, Rezavani secured 39 votes out of 42 votes to remain as the president of the federation for a second successive four-year term. Rezvani is a former water polo player who has represented Iran national […]

Persepolis midfielder Bashar Resan left Persepolis football team on Saturday to join Iraq U-23 football team. Iraq have been drawn in Group C of the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship along with Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Malaysia. The competition will be held in China from Jan. 9 to 27. Resan, who joined Persepolis from Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya […]

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 […]