TEHRAN – Iran was defeated against Japan 2-0 in the Ashgabat 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games women’s futsal semi-final on Sunday. Sakata scored both goals for the Japanese team. The defending champion Japan, will face Thailand in the final and Shahrzad Mozafar’s girls meet China in the bronze medal match. Iran, who had […]

TEHRAN  – Farzan Ashourzadeh of Iran claimed a bronze medal at the 2017 World Taekwondo (WT) Grand Prix in Rabat, Capital of Morocco on Saturday. In the men’s under 58kg competition, Ashourzadeh and Spaniard Jesus Tortosa Cabrera rounded out the podium by sharing the bronze medals. South Korean Tae-Hun Kim sealed his country’s second title […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s CP football team suffered a loss in the face of Ukrainian rivals to land in the second place at 2017 IFCPF CP Football World Championships in Argentina. The final showdown saw Iranian and Ukrainian CP footballers competing over the gold medal. At the end of a breath-taking debut, Ukraine got the better […]

TEHRAN  – Olympic champion Sohrab Moradi broke the overall men’s 94 kilograms weightlifting world record at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games on Saturday. Moradi registered a total of 413kg to beat the mark set by Greece’s Akakios Kakhiasvilis as far back as November 1999 by 1kg. It came after he won the […]

TEHRAN  – Iran advanced to the last four of the Ashgabat 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games men’s futsal after beating Thailand 10-4 on Saturday. Iran stormed into the last four of the Ashgabat 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games men’s futsal after beating Thailand 10-4 in the quarter-finals on Saturday. “We are […]

Iranian visually-challenged and –impaired chess players have demonstrated impressive talents at the first edition of Asian Championship for Disabled, and managed to collect three gold medals at the continental sporting event. Seddigheh Sargazi participated in the tournament C contests for adults, and lifted the trophy following seven compelling rounds, the Chess Federation of the Islamic […]

Persepolis and Iran national football team striker Mehdi Taremi will serve a four-month ban after FIFA found he had breached his contract. Taremi had been locked in a contract dispute with Turkish club Çaykur Rizespor dating back to June 2016, when the player reached an agreement to join the club and later returned to Persepolis. […]

Iranian popular football team Esteghlal have opened negotiations over hiring Fatih Terim as their new head coach, however the Blues have other options on their list. Esteghlal parted company with Alireza Mansourian after a string of dire results this season in Iran Professional League. Under guidance of Mansourian, Esteghlal sit rock bottom of the table […]

TEHRAN  – South Korea overpowered Iran in straight set (25-16, 25-18, 25-20) at the FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Championship Japan 2018 Asian Qualifiers Pool B at the Nakhon Pathom Gymnasium on Friday. Kim Yeonkoung collected 11 crucial points to power Korea to the victory. Mahsa Saberi also scored 11 points for Iran. Korea head coach […]

TEHRAN  – Iran powered its way into the AFC U-16 Championship 2018 Malaysia after a 2-1 win over 10-man Afghanistan in a Group C tie at the Enghelab Stadium on Friday. Iran went ahead in the 26th minute through Mahdi Seyedi. Amir Jafari added the second for Iran in the 69th minute as Afghanistan struggled […]