TEHRAN – Persepolis football coach Branko Ivankovic says that they will lift the 2017 AFC Champions League title if they defeat Al Hilal. The Iranian giants will face Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal in Abu Dhabi, the UAE on September 26 in the first leg of the ACL semi-final and meet the team on October 17 […]

Iranian-Swedish midfielder Saman Ghoddos says that he will fight for his place in Team Melli starting line up with Ashkan Dejagah. Ghoddos was invited to Iran national football team in the match against South Korea in the 2018 World Cup qualifier but didn’t play. “The Iranian football federation asked me to join Team Melli’s preparatory […]

TEHRAN– Iran began its 2018 AFC U-16 Qualifiers campaign with a win over Lebanon on Monday in Karaj’s Enghelab Stadium, west of Tehran. Abbas Chamanian’s boys defeated Lebanon 3-0 in the five-team Group C. Iranian defender Hossein Shahverdi broke the deadlock in the 23rd minute, before Amirhossein Azizi doubled Iran’s advantage a minute later. Mahdi […]

TEHRAN  – Iranian sportsmen claimed four gold medals at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) in Ashgabat on Monday. Taekwondo fighters Mahdi Eshaghi in the Men’s -54kg and Mahdi Jalali in the Men’s -74kg claimed two gold medals. Fatemeh Madahi won the bronze medal in the Women’s -46kg. Ju-jitsu fighter Masoud Jalilvand won […]

TEHRAN  – Milad Ebadipour from Iran was named the Best Outside Spiker of the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Grand Champions Cup. Ebadipour helped Iran finishes third in the competition. Ricardo Lucarelli of Brazil was also awarded the Best Outside Spiker trophy. FIVB Men’s World Grand Champions Cup’s organizers named Brazilian Ricardo Lucarelli for the […]

TEHRAN  – Persepolis football team suffered a 1-0 home defeat to Paykan in Iran Professional League (PL) on Sunday. In the match held at  Tehran’s Azadi Stadium, Morteza Aghakhan found the back of the net from the set piece in the 4th minute. Soon after, Persepolis dominated the match and created several chances but its strikers […]

TEHRAN – On the last day of the 2017 World Archery Para Championships in Beijing, China, Iran contested all three team gold medal finals. The women’s compound open match between Iran and China, the first and second seeds, was spectacular. China opened with a 59 to take a four point lead. But Iran then found […]

TEHRAN  – Iran defeated France 3-2 (38-36, 25-23, 22-25, 25-27, 15-11) to win a bronze medal in the FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Grand Champions Cup at the Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium on Sunday. It was Iran’s first-ever medal on world’s stage. Iran had five players that scored in double figures led by Amir Ghafour, who […]

Former Iran national football team and Persepolis FC coach Stanko Poklepovic had his leg amputated from below the knee. Poklepovic, 79, underwent the surgery at the hospital in Split, Croatia. “I am ok at the moment and I’ll be back home soon,” Poklepovic told Slobodna Dalmacija. Poklepovic took charge of Iran national football team in […]

TEHRAN – Iranian national volleyball team defeated Japan 3-1 (21-25, 25-19, 25-20, 25-14) in the FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Grand Champions Cup at the Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium on Saturday. Amir Ghafour topped all scorers with 23 points. Issei Otake and Akihiro Yamauchi led Japan with 16 and 11 points, respectively. Iran and Japan most […]