TEHRAN– The Iranian national handball team will take part at the tournament in Doha, Qatar. The tournament will be held in January with participation of Qatar, Iran, Oman and Algeria. The event comes in light of the preparation for the 18th Asian Handball Championship to be staged in South Korea in January 2018. The event […]

TEHRAN  – Former Iranian national football team’s player Mehdi Mahdavikia has received an invitation from the International Federation of Football (FIFA) to attend the 2018 World Cup draw ceremony. The ceremony will be held at the Kremlin Palace Ballroom in Moscow on Dec. 1. This invitation came in recognition of the great role played by […]

Iran national football team defeated Venezuela 1-0 thanks to a goal from Alireza Jahanbakhsh on Monday. Iran and Venezuela players observed a minute’s silence to remember those killed in the magnitude-7.3 earthquake that struck late Sunday in Iran’s western provinces. In the match held at the Goffertstadion in Nijmegen in the Netherlands, Jahanbakhsh found the […]

Italy failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time in 60 years after being held to a 0-0 draw at home to Sweden who booked a place in Russia with a 1-0 aggregate win on Monday. Sweden survived wave after wave of Italian attacks in the second leg of their European playoff […]

Former Iran national football team striker Akbar Eftekhari was laid to rest in Tehran’s Behesh Zahra Cemetery on Saturday. He passed away on Thursday at the age of 73 in Tehran’s Ebne Sina Hospital after a long battle with disease. Eftekhari started his professional playing career at Iranian football club Daraei in 1962 and played […]

TEHRAN – Parisa Rohanian from Iran claimed a silver medal at the first stage of the 2017-2018 Indoor Archery World Cup in Morocco. She lost to Denmark’s Lena Agerholm in recurve junior women final and claimed the silver medal. The bronze medal went to Madison Devencenzi from USA. The second stage of the Indoor Archery […]

Iran will not be holding anything back when they plunge into action at the Asian Qualifiers this month. All the players who saw action for Team Melli at the FIBA Asia Cup 2017 have returned to the national pool for the Asian Qualifiers, led by Mohammad Jamshidi and Hamed Haddadi, who were both chosen to […]

Iran national football team captain Ashkan Dejagah has been linked with a move to Australian top-flight team Sydney FC, according to media reports. Dejagah is without a team after parting company with Wolfsburg in June. The Iranian media reports suggest that the 31-year-old player has reached an agreement with the Australian team. The free agent […]

TEHRAN – Iranian gymnast Saeed Reza Keikha is going to take part at the 2017 Toyota International Gymnastics Competition. The competition will be held in Tokyo, Japan on December 9-10. Saeed Reza Keikha is the only Iranian gymnast in the prestigious competition. Keikha won the bronze medal at the 2017 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships held […]

Iran’s Peyman Hosseini has been chosen as the 2017 Beach Soccer Best Goalkeeper while his compatriot Mohammad Ahmadzadeh is among the Five Stars. Hosseini’s long-range goal against the Mexico in the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was selected as the Best Goal of the year. Hosseini and Ahmadzadeh have played key roles in the […]