Iranian National Paralympic Committee (NPC) President Mahmoud Khosravi Vafa left Tehran on Monday to participate at this week’s IPC General Assembly in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Khosravi Vafa is accompanied by Iran’s NPC Secretary General Masoud Ashrafi in the elections. The 18th IPC General Assembly and Conference will begin on Tuesday (5 September) and conclude on […]

Iranian para archer Zahra Nemati is determined to participate in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics once again. Nemati is the first Iranian woman to win an Olympic or Paralympic gold medal at London 2012. She also made history by securing a spot for Iran not only at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, but Olympics as well. […]

Iranian outside hitter Farhad Nazari Afshar will his retirement from national duty after the FIVB World Grand Champions Cup. The 33-year-old player will be participating in the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Grand Champions Cup in Japan as his last international tournament. The tournament will bring six teams in Nagoya and Osaka namely, Japan, Iran, […]

TEHRAN – Team Melli drew 2-2 with Syria national football team here at the Azadi Stadium on Tuesday. The already-qualified Iranian football team had not conceded a single goal before this match but Syria ended their run of clean sheets. Tamer Mohamad scored in the 13th minute before Iran equalized through Sardar Azmoun, who chested […]

Three Iranian Greco-Roman wrestlers claimed medals on Day 2 of the Cadet World Championships in Athens, Greece, on Tuesday. Mohsen Fathollah Madhani from Iran claimed gold medal after defeating Indian Sonu Sonu 14-3 at the 58kg weight category. Bronze medal went to Sergey Aleksandrovitch Chigirev from Russia and Japan’s Kosei Takeshita. In the 63kg category, […]

Iran national football team will face African nation Togo in a friendly match in late September. The match has been scheduled for Sept. 29 in Russia. Team Melii will also play Russia six days later in St. Petersburg. Iran football team, which hold 24th place in the most recently published FIFA World Rankings list, have […]

Iran Under-19 Women’s Team will face the U.S. in the CFA International Women’s Youth Football Tournament. The tournament will take place in Duyun, China from Sept. 10-14. The tournament will mark just the second meeting between Iran and the U.S. in women’s soccer. The first was April 2016 when the countries met at the U-16 […]

Iranian Paralympic powerlifter, Siamand Rahman, has received the 2017 Paralympic Sport Award in the Best Male category, thanks to his superb display of strength and prowess at various international tournaments. During a ceremony on the sidelines of the 2017 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) General Assembly and Conference in Abu Dhabi, the capital city of the […]

Head of Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) Mehdi Taj has denied match-fixing claims between Iran and Syria teams. Iran was held to a 2-2 draw by Syria in the 2018 World Cup qualifier in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium on Tuesday. The draw was enough to give Syria third place in Group A […]

Iran national football team will face African nation Togo in a friendly match in late September. The match has been scheduled for Sept. 29 in Russia. Team Melii will also play Russia six days later in St. Petersburg. Iran football team, which hold 24th place in the most recently published FIFA World Rankings list, have […]