Iran’s national football team managed to defeat Togo in an international friendly bout held Thursday evening in the capital city of Tehran. The warm-up session, as part of preparations for the 2018 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup, convened in Azadi Sports Complex where the Persian side pulled out a 2-0 victory over […]

TEHRAN  – Iranian para-archer Zahra Nemati has been nominated for the Allianz Athlete of the Month for September. The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has revealed the shortlist for the award, and the public can now vote for the winner on www.paralympic.org. The Iranian recurve archer united the Paralympic and world titles with another world title […]

TEHRAN – AFC official site reported that the Iranian football team wants to go beyond the Group Stage at the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017. The prestigious competition will kick off on Friday in Goa, India from October 6 to 28. Iran has been drawn in Group C along with Guinea, European powerhouse Germany and […]

Olympic champion and four-time World champion Jordan Burroughs will likely join Iranian wrestling club Bimeh Razi, team’s manager, Kiumars Mehrabi, said. There is no place Burroughs enjoys competing more than wrestling-crazed Iran. The passion of the fans and level of competition is unmatched anywhere in the world. According to Mehrabi, the Iranian team has reached […]

TEHRAN– Iran has learned its rivals at the Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup. The Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup will kick off on Oct. 31 in Dubai, the UAE with the closing game to be held on Nov. 4. The competition is composed of eight teams spread over two groups. Iran has been pitted against Mexico, Paraguay […]

TEHRAN – Iranian female wushu fighters collected 11 medals to land second overall at the 14th World Wushu Championships. Final showdowns of the international sportive tournament in in the western Russian city of Kazan saw Iran clinching more medals at various divisions. Persian wushu practitioners finished runner-up in the tournament after winning eight gold, one […]

TEHRAN – Persepolis football team of Iran is eighth in the latest Club Asia Ranking, released by footballdatabase.com. Iran Professional League title-holder Persepolis is the country’s sole representative in the AFC Champions League. Branko Ivankovic’s team sits eighth in the ranking with 1560 points. Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia, who has defeated Persepolis 4-0 in […]

TEHRAN  – FIFA has banned the Iranian national football team’s midfielder Saeid Ezatolahi Iran’s first match at the 2018 World Cup. FIFA says its disciplinary panel imposed a two-game suspension on the 21-year-old midfielder for his red card against South Korea in a qualifying match in Seoul on Aug. 31. Ezatolahi brought his boot down […]

TEHRAN – Winfried Schäfer has been named as new head coach of Esteghlal football team on Monday. The 67-year-old coach has penned a one year contract, with the option of extension. The former Cameroon and Thailand head coach replaced Alireza Mansourian in the Iranian popular football team. Schäfer has also worked at VfB Stuttgart, FK […]

TEHRAN – Iran U-17 football coach Abbas Chamanian says that they have a common goal in the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017 and are working as a team to reach that target. The prestigious competition will kick off on Friday in Goa, India. Iran has fond memories of Goa and is hopeful that this can […]