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 […]

Iran national football team will play a friendly match with Algeria in March, according to Hakim Medane, Algerian FA executive committee member. “We’ve reached an agreement with the Iranian federation for a friendly match in next March in a European country. We will also face Portugal on 7 or 8 June in Lisbon,” Medane told […]

TEHRAN – Mohammad Hossein Barkhah has been named as new head coach of Iran weightlifting team. Barkhah replaced Mohsen Beiranvand, who was appointed as secretary general of Iran Weightlifting Federation, in the weightlifting team. Barkhah has previously coached Iran junior team and now Asghar Ebrahimi is taking charge of the team. Barkhah is a retired […]

TEHRAN – Ahmad Ziaei has been elected as new president of Islamic Republic of Iran Volleyball Federation (IRIVF) on Thursday. In the election held at the Iran’s Academy Olympic in Tehran, Ziaei took charge of IRIVF for a four-year term until 2021. Ziaei, a member of IRIVF board, won 43 votes out of 44 votes […]

Iranian Greco-Roman wrestler Hossein Ghanbarzadeh has died of bone cancer on Wednesday. Ghanbarzadeh has passed away at the age of 19 in Babol in northern Iran. He was a member of Iran Greco-Roman youth team in the previous years. Ghanbarzadeh had won medals in the Iran wrestling championships. Tehran Times staff wish to express deepest […]

Bahram Shafie has secured his fourth term as president of the Iran Hockey Federation, after being re-elected on Wednesday by members of the sport’s governing body in the country. In the election held at the Iran’s Academy Olympic in Tehran, 33 of the 37 present members, voted for Shafie. Ramezanali Davallou finished in second place […]

Iranian international attacking midfielder Masoud Shojaei joined AEK Athens. The 32-year-old player has joined the Greek giant until the end of the season, with the option to negotiate a further year. Shojaei has been released from Panionios and AEK Spanish coach Manolo Jimenez considers him as an ideal replacement for captain Petros Mantalos, who has […]

Iranian international left-back Ehsan Haji Safi has reportedly reached an agreement with Greek giant Olympiakos. The 27-year-old player is the team’s first transfer in the January window, sdna.gr reported. Haji Safi signed a two year contract with Greek Super League side Panionios in June 2017 and teamed up with his fellow Masoud Shojaei. He will […]

Iran national futsal team and Iran U-20 futsal team are nominees for the Best National Team of the World awards category 2017. This list is, as usual, coming from a combination of worldwide futsal powers that confirmed their status and nations which registered a dramatic improvement till celebrating unexpected achievements, futsalplanet.com wrote. Two Iranian goalkeepers, […]