TEHRAN – Naft va Gaz of Iran suffered its third defeat in a row at the 20th Asian Men’s Handball Club League Championship. On Friday, the Iranian outfit suffered a close 25-24 loss to Oman’s Muscat. Naft va Gaz failed to qualify for the competition’s semi-final. The team had already lost to Qatar’s Al Duhail […]

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) ordered Iranian and Saudi Arabian teams should not meet each other in neutral venues. In March 2016, AFC had ruled the clubs from Saudi Arabia and Iran had to play each other at neutral venues. The decision was taken after two countries failed to resolve their political differences ahead of […]

Paykan football team lost to Esteghlal Khuzestan and missed a chance to provisionally go top of the Iran Professional League (IPL). On Friday, Esteghlal Khuzestan defeated visiting team Paykan 1-0 thanks to a goal from Claudir in the 73rd minute. Furthermore, Sanat Naft earned a late 3-2 victory against Sepahan and Padideh defeated Naft Tehran […]

Iran national basketball team lost to Iraq at the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Qualifiers on Friday. In the match held at the Prince Hamza Arena, in Amman, Jordan, Iraqi team defeated Iran 74-66. Naturalized player Demario Mayfield torched Iran for 24 points to go along with 10 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 steals in […]

The three-time Asian Cup winner is hopeful of a longer stay in Russia for its fanatical support than at any previous World Cup. Iran secured back-to-back World Cup qualification for the first time in the country’s history as Carlos Queiroz and his team sealed the nation’s fifth appearance at the finals with relative comfort, Reuters […]

Iran have climbed two spots in the latest FIFA rankings released on Thursday. Team Melli remain Asia’s top-ranked team as they moved up to 32 in the rankings, an improvement of two places from October. Australia – thanks to their FIFA World Cup 2018 Play-off wins over Syria and Honduras – also saw an improvement […]

Persepolis football coach Brank Ivankovic says he is going to transfer his knowledge to Iran football. “I came to Iran to change your style of play and improve your game. Iranian teams were playing English style of football and it’s normal because the sport had been brought to the country by Englishmen. I want to […]

National Iranian weightlifters plan to attend world weightlifting championships has been postponed to next Saturday due to the US embassy in Dubai being temporarily closed. After some of the weightlifters of the national Iranian team obtained visas to attend world weightlifting championship, their trip has been delayed due to the US embassy in Dubai being […]

TEHRAN  – Hamid Reza Garshasbi has been appointed as acting president of Iranian Persepolis football club. Garshasbi replaced Ali Akbar Taheri, who stepped down as his role in early November, in the Iranian club. Iran’s Ministry of Sport and Youth has appointed Garshasbi as replacement for Taheri. Taheri quit as Persepolis GM after three years. […]

TEHRAN  – Football Federation Australia (FFA) has reportedly shown in signing Iran football coach Carlos Queiroz. Ange Postecoglou stepped down as Socceroos coach just seven months before the 2018 World Cup. The Australia media reports suggest that FFA is going to sign Iran coach after the 2018 World Cup. According to the reports, Socceroos will […]