TEHRAN – Iran coach Carlos Queiroz says he is personally happy to be drawn with Spain and Portugal. Team Melli has been pitted against Spain, Portugal and Morocco in Group B of the 2018 World Cup. Queiroz has some emotional ties to World Cup group opponents. He is from Portugal and he lived in Spain […]

Persepolis football team earned a brilliant 4-0 victory over Zob Ahan in Iran Professional League (IPL) on Friday. Ali Alipour opened the scoring in the 22nd minute, scoring his seventh goal in the season. Kamal Kamyabinia extended Persepolis’s lead in the 35th minute. Morteza Tabrizi could have scored in the 40th minute from penalty spot […]

TEHRAN– The Iranian national football team (known as Team Melli) has been drawn in Group B of the 2018 World Cup. In the draw ceremony held at Moscow’s State Kremlin Palace on Friday, Iran was pitted against Spain, Portugal and Morocco in Group B. Iran will open the prestigious competition with a match against Morocco […]

TEHRAN – Esteghlal and Paykan football teams played out a goalless draw in Iran Professional League (IPL) on Thursday. Paykan was reduced to 10 men after Abolfazl Ebrahimi received his second yellow card for a tackle in the 78th minute. Foolad moved up to second place after defeating Sepidrood Rasht 2-1. Gostaresh Foolad defeated Saipa […]

TEHRAN – Iranian weight lifters who faced difficulties in obtaining visas, are still being deliberately delayed in the US. Shortly after Iranian national weight lifting team arrived in LEX airport, the Iranian weight lifter Sohrab Moradi was stopped at the passport check stands and was transferred to the airport police department for investigations which delayed […]

TEHRAN- The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Aliasghar Hasanzadeh was named the AFC Futsal Player of the Year for the third time, ahead of compatriot Touhid Lotfi and Thailand’s forward Jirawat Sornwichian. After receiving the award in 2014 and 2016, the 30-year-old from the city of Qom joins the ranks of compatriot Vahid Shamsaei, who also […]

TEHRAN – Iran was named the AFC Inspiring Member Associations of the Year at the AFC Annual Awards 2017 on Wednesday. The Iranian federation claimed the award of the AFC Inspiring Member Associations of the Year in the ceremony held at the Aksra Theatre King Power in Bangkok, Thailand on Wednesday. Iran was the first […]

TEHRAN– Nasrollah Parichehreh was appointed as acting president of Iran Basketball Federation on Tuesday. Mahmoud Mashhoon stepped down from his role as basketball federation president after 14 years on Friday. Parichehreh will be introduced as the federation’s acting president on Wednesday. He has already worked as acting president in Iran Chess Federation. The new president […]

TEHRAN – Tehran has been chosen as host of fourth edition of the World Wrestling Clubs Cup. The freestyle competition was originally scheduled to be held in Kashan but Iranian officials changed the venue of the event and it will be held in Tehran on Dec. 7-8. World Wrestling Clubs Cup is an international wrestling […]

TEHRAN – Ali Kafashian, the Iran football federation vice president, said that matches between Asian clubs must be played on a home and away basis in next year’s Asian Champions League and there should be no exceptions. The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Executive Committee decided to maintain the current home and away format as per […]