TEHRAN – Iranian national football team’s striker Sardar Azmoun says that he will make a decision about his future after the 2018 World Cup. Team Melli striker currently plays at Rubin Kazan, despite being linked with European giants Liverpool, Arsenal and Lazio. “I want to play in the big leagues and I will make the […]

German football coach Winfried Schafer has been linked with a move to Iran’s Esteghlal. Schafer is without a team after parting company with Jamaica in last September. A source close to the club said Esteghlal General Manager Reza Eftekhari is now in Dubai to negotiate with the 67-year-old coach. Winfried Schafer started his coaching career […]

Barcelona continued their 100% start to life in La Liga in bizarre circumstances, beating Las Palmas 3-0 at an empty Camp Nou. The club had asked for the match to be postponed due to protests across Catalonia over the controversial Catalan independence referendum in which more than 750 people have been injured, many in the Spanish city. […]

Younes Emami and Kamran Ghasempour claimed a gold and a bronze medal respectively at the Dmitry Korkin 2017 wrestling tournament. Emami won the gold medal in the 65kg weight category at the Sports Training Center in the Russian city of Yakutsk after beating his Russian opponent 5-1 in the final match on Saturday. Ghasempour claimed […]

Iranian top flight football club Gostaresh Foolad sacked Luka Bonacic after Thursday’s 2-1 defeat by Tractor Sazi in Tabriz’s derby. The 62-year-old coach Luka Bonacic took charge of Gostaresh Foolad on a one-year contract in May but was sacked following the poor results in the IPL. Gostaresh Foolad sits bottom of the IPL table with seven […]

Bayern Munich have sacked coach Carlo Ancelotti in the wake of their Champions League defeat at the hands of Paris Saint-Germain, the club announced on Thursday. “FC Bayern Munich have parted company with head coach Carlo Ancelotti as a result of internal discussions following the 3-0 defeat in the Champions League group stage match at […]

TEHRAN  – Persepolis Nigerian striker Godwin Mensha says that they have suffered a heavy 4-0 defeat against Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia in the first leg of the AFC Champions League semi-final but things are not done yet with the return leg in Muscat three weeks’ away. “It was a difficult game for us because […]

TEHRAN – Iran finished in third place at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) which were held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Iranian sportsmen and sportswomen claimed 36 gold, 23 silver and 59 bronze medals. The host nation, Turkmenistan, topped the medal tally with 89 gold, 70 silver and 86 bronze medals. China placed second […]

Esteghlal midfielder Mojtaba Jabbari will reportedly bid farewell to football. The 35-year-old player joined the Iranian popular football team in late June on a two-year contract. Jabbari was signed by Alireza Mansourian but the coach is no longer Esteghlal coach. He was sacked last week following disappointing results in Iran Professional League. Jabbari is not […]

Omar Khribin’s hat-trick helped ensure Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia will take a commanding four-goal lead into the second leg of the 2017 AFC Champions League semi-final in three weeks’ time after posting a 4-0 first leg victory over Islamic Republic of Iran’s Persepolis at Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium on Tuesday. After a lively opening, […]