The Australian Ambassador to Iran, Ian Biggs, has offered a friendly match between Iran and Australia as part of preparation for the 2018 World Cup. At a meeting held in Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) headquarters on Monday, the official announced their interest in playing a warm-up match with the best […]

TEHRAN – Rasoul Khadem has been elected for another four-year term as the Islamic Republic of Iran Wrestling Federation President on Tuesday. He will serve as president of the Federation for four more years until 2021. In the elections held at the Iran’s Academy Olympic in Tehran, Khadem secured 40 of 40 votes cast. Abbas […]

TEHRAN – Persepolis football team lost to Sanat Naft Abadan in penalty shootout in the Iran’s Hazfi Cup quarter-final on Tuesday. Sanat Naft defeated Persepolis 5-4 on penalties after the match had ended 1-1 after 120 minutes. Farshad Ahmadzadeh scored for Persepolis in the 26th minute but Ali Abdollahzadeh equalized the match just three minutes […]

Attila Hejazi has been appointed as new head coach of Iranian football club Naft Tehran on Sunday. Hejazi took charge of the Tehran-based team until the end of the Iran Professional League (IPL) season. Hejazi replaced Hamid Derakhshan in the struggling team. Naft sits five points above the relegation zone. Attila is son of the […]

English Championship leaders Wolverhampton Wanderers are interested in signing Saman Ghoddos from Swedish side Ostersunds. The 24-year-old forward has played a key role in Ostersunds’ impressive Europa League campaign, scoring four goals and setting up three in 11 appearances (including qualifying), derbytelegraph.co.uk reported. Queens Park Rangers had already showed interest in buying the Iranian international […]

TEHRAN – Two football matches in Hazfi Cup were postponed because of air pollution in Tehran, capital of Iran. Esteghlal match against Iranjavan Bushehr was canceled on Monday and Iran football officials also postponed a match between Persepolis and Sanat Naft in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium. No new date for the fixtures has been announced. Iran […]

Luka Modric’s signed shirt worn at FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2017 is raising money for the Iranian earthquake victims. The shirt is going to raise funds for the victims’ families and survivors of last month earthquake in Kermanshah province in western of Iran. Modric’s shirt has been brought for auction by Persepolis coach Branko […]

TEHRAN – National Iranian chess squad overcame Belarus to stand in the third place overall at FIDE World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad 2017 in India. World Youth Chess Olympiad-2017 was competed at Karnavati Club in India. Thirty teams from twenty-five countries had taken part at the prestigious event of World Chess Calendar for Under-16 players. […]

FC Lokomotiv Moscow became the first team to seal the Mundialito throne for the second occasion, following their narrow win over Iranian side Pars Jonoubi in the final of the competition. Despite bagging a wide advantage in the first period, the 2012 champions saw their opponents react and climb back, pulling two goals back to […]

TEHRAN  – Iran won the title of the International Blind Judo Tournament in Turkey on Saturday. The Iranian judo fighters won two golds, two silvers and two bronzes in the competition. Hossein Darabi in 100kg and Mohammadreza Kheirollahzadeh in +105kg won gold medals. Sajjad Khodadadi in 66kg and Sajjad Hajebi in 90kg seized two silvers […]