Persepolis football club General manager Ali Akbar Taheri stepped down as his post. Iran’s Ministry of Sport and Youth has appointed Hamid Reza Garshasbi as the club’s acting president. Taheri replaced Hamid Reza Siasi in 2014 and Persepolis earned remarkable achievements under his leadership. Persepolis claimed the title of Iran Professional League in the 2016-17 […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s Naft va Gaz lost to Al Duhail of Qatar at the 20th Asian Men’s Handball Club League Championship. The competition is being held at Kotla Vijayabhaskar Reddy Indoor Stadium, in Hyderabad, India from November 20 to 30. The Iranian team has been pitted against Qatar’s Al Duhail, the UAE’s Sharjah and Muscat […]

Persepolis and Esteghlal football teams were held by Padideh and Siahjamegan respectively on Monday. Persepolis missed chance to go back to the top of the Iran Professional League (IPL) table after a 0-0 draw against Padideh in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium. The Iranian giant were the better team but failed to find the back of the […]

TEHRAN – Iranian speed climber Reza Alipour won a gold medal in the China Open on Sunday. Alipour, nicknamed the ‘Persian Cheetah’, won the title with a time of 5.67 seconds in the competition held in Guangzhou. Russian Vladislav Deulin came in second place with a time of 5.89 seconds. Meantime, Alipour dedicated his gold […]

TEHRAN– Iranian judoka Javad Mahjoub won a bronze medal at the International Judo Federation (IJF) Grand Prix in The Hague on Sunday. Mahjoub defeated Austrian Daniel Allerstorfer in the +100kg weight class and claimed the bronze medal. Mahjoub looks a new man at the heavier weight and came in at 117kg which suited him as […]

Polish football club Lech Poznan is reportedly eying a move for Olympiacos star Karim Ansarifard. The Polish outfit sent scouts to watch Olympiacos striker Ansarifard in action against Levadiakos on Saturday, according to SDNA.gr. AEK Athens, French Ligue 1 side Olympique Marseille and Feyenoord Rotterdam had also shown interest in signing the Iranian striker. Ansarifard, […]

Persepolis coach Branko Ivankovic says he doesn’t like Iran and Croatia to be drawn into a same group in the 2018 World Cup. Ivankovic led Iran national football team from 2002 to 2006. The Croat gaffer led Iran to qualify for the 2006 World Cup, where Team Melli failed to advance to the next stage. […]

TEHRAN – Iranian international referee Alireza Faghani was selected to officiate at the 2018 World Cup in Russia. He is among the six Asian referees, who have been chosen to officiate at the 2018 World Cup. The 39-year-old referee officiated the FIFA Confederations Cup Russia 2017 semi-final clash between Portugal and Chile along with his […]

Liverpool midfielder Philippe Coutinho’s signed shirt will be auctioned for the Iranian earthquake victims. The Brazilian is going to raise fund for the victims of the 7.3 magnitude quake which occurred in the western region of Iran and caused numerous human victims, mutilation and large scale destructions. Liverpool midfielder Emre Can and Dortmund star Nuri […]

The World Anti-Doping Agency maintained its suspension of Russia on Thursday, raising the spectre of a possible ban from February’s Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. WADA’s Foundation Board, meeting in Seoul, came to the decision after its Compliance Review Committee recommended that Russia’s anti-doping body, RUSADA, “should not be reinstated”. The decision had been expected after […]