TEHRAN – Iran earned its second victory in a row in the 2017 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup on Wednesday. Iran, who had defeated Paraguay 5-2 in its opening match on Tuesday, overpowered Mexico 4-1 in Group B. Seyed Ali Nazem, Amirhosein Akbari, Moslem Mesigar and Ali Mirshekari kept Marco Octavio’s men on course for their […]

TEHRAN  – Tehran football giants Persepolis and Esteghlal emerged victorious over their opponents in Iran Professional League (IPL) on Tuesday. Persepolis defeated Saipa 2-0 in Tehran’s Takhtii Stadium. Hossein Kanaanizadega scored an own goal in 20th minute and Persepolis top goalscorer Ali Alipour found the back of the net in the 25th minute. Esteghlal also […]

Iran came from behind to defeat Paraguay 5-2 at the 2017 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup on tuesady. Mohammad Ahmadzadeh put the Iranians in the lead at the end of the first period, but Paraguay came right back with two quick strikes from Luis Alberto Ojeda and Carlos Alfredo Carballo Ruiz to make it 2-1. Amirhossain […]

Persepolis football team moved back to the top of Iran Professional League (IPL) table with a 2-0 win over Saipa on Tuesday. In the match held in Tehran’s Takhti Stadium, Saipa defender Mohammadhossein Kananizadegan opened the own goal in the 20th minute. Ali Alipour made scoreboard 2-0 five minutes later. “First of all, I would […]

Russian Grand Master Anton Demchenko won the 2nd Paytakht Cup International Chess Festival A title on Tuesday. The Russian GM, with FIDE rating of with 2649, won the tournament with seven points out of nine matches. Iran’s Parham Maghsoodloo finished in second place and Ukraine’s Bernadskiy Vitaliy came third. A total of 430 chess players […]

Iran’s mountain bike racing was held in Alborz Province, west of Tehran on Friday. There were two categories cross-country and downhill in the competition. Mountain bike racing (shortened MTB or ATB racing) is the competitive cycle sport discipline of mountain biking held on off-road terrain. Tehran Times/ Aref Fathi

Kianoush Rostami’s participation at International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships in the U.S. is in doubt since the Iranian athlete has not yet received his visa. The competition will be held from Nov. 28 through Dec. 6 in Anaheim, California. Rostami broke his own world record to win gold medal in the men’s 85kg weightlifting […]

La Liga went on Twitter to thank talented Iranian painter Fatemeh Hashemi for her amazing illustration of La Liga superstars. She has wowed the football world by producing the incredible portraits of Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann with just her feet. Fatemeh Hamami has recently uploaded a picture on Instagram of her incredible […]

Ex-Iran freestyle wrestler Abbas Zandi passed away at the age of 87 in Tehran on Monday. Zandi will be laid to rest in Tehran’s Behesht Zahra Cemetery on Tuesday. He competed in three Olympic Games including 1948 London, 1952 Helsinki and 1956 Melbourne. Zandi went to Babr (Tiger) Club in Tehran when he was 14 […]

Iranian weightlifter Kianoush Rostami says he is not seeking asylum in the United States. Phil Andrews, the chief executive of USA Weightlifting, told Tehran Times on Sunday that Rostami showed intent to move to the United States during his visa interview, or rather he failed to prove his intent to return to Iran after his […]