Iran coach Carlos Queiroz has named a 26-man squad for the training camp in Austria. Team Melli will also meet Panama in a friendly match on November 10 in Vienna. The Persians have defeated the Central American team once on Dec.18, 2004 in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium. Ali Daei scored the only goal the match. Iran, […]

TEHRAN – Iranian athletes managed to win three more medals on Fri., the second day of the 7th World Kung Fu Championships (WKFC) in China, rounding up their medal tally to seven so far. Hosted by the International Wushu Federation, the 7th World Kungfu Championships (7thWKFC) kicked off on Thursday in Emeishan City in Sichuan […]

TEHRAN – Former Iran national football team striker Akbar Eftekhari passed away on Thursday after a long battle with disease. Eftekhari died at the age of 73 in Tehran’s Ebne Sina Hospital. Eftekhari stated his professional playing career at Iranian football club Daraei in 1962 and played at the Tehran-based club for six years before […]

Iran’s national football team managed to defeat Panama’s second team in a friendly match held Thursday evening in Graz, Austria. In a World Cup preparation match, the Persian side pulled out a 2-1 victory over Panama’s second team, while most of the players of Panama national football team were absent. Ashkan Dejagah and Saman Ghoddos […]

Mohsen Samadi sealed Iran’s place atop the final medal standings at the International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness (IFBB) World Bodybuilding Championships after winning the regular overall title. Samadi triumphed with a score of nine points, beating Oman’s Haitham Al Zadjali by a margin of one, to move his country ahead of overnight leaders South […]

Iran beach soccer coach Marco Octavio says he is very proud of his players after winning a bronze medal in the 2017 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup in Dubai, the UAE. Team Melli came third in the prestigious event after beating Russia 4-2 in the third-place play-off on Saturday. “It was a very tough competition with […]

German club Arminia Bielefeld are going to make a formal complaint against Iranian football teams Persepolis and Esteghlal over cancelation their friendly match at the Schüco Arena in July. For the first time in history, Tehran derby was scheduled for July 22 in the stadium but was cancelled after Persepolis withdrew from the match due […]

Struggling Bundesliga outfit Werder Bremen are reportedly interested in signing Iranian international striker Saman Ghoddos. Ghoddos, who scored his first goal for Iran national football team on Thursday against Panama, will reportedly cost the German team five million euros. Ghoddos, whose contract expires in Östersund in December 2019, has been voted the best striker in […]

TEHRAN – Iran football team defeated Palestine 4-0 but failed to book a place at the AFC U-19 Championship 2018 in Indonesia. Iran went in for maximum points against already-eliminated Palestine and took the lead in the 10th minute through striker Hossein Nokhodkar. Alireza Ghaderi scored the second goal just four minutes later. Mohammad Khodabandehlo […]

TEHRAN – Wolverhampton Wanderers has joined QPR and Fulham in the race for Iranian striker Saman Ghoddos. The Championship teams sent scouts to watch Saman Ghoddos in action for Swedish side Ostersunds in their Europa League defeat to Athletic Bilbao on Thursday. The Iranian striker is in prolific form in 2017, scoring 15 goals and […]