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Esteghlal Defender Montazeri Undergoes Surgery on Shoulder Injury 03 Sep 2017

Esteghlal Defender Montazeri Undergoes Surgery on Shoulder Injury

TEHRAN  – The Iranian national football team and Esteghlal’s defender Pejman Montazeri underwent shoulder surgery in Tehran’s Bahman Hospital. Montazeri suffered a shoulder injury in practice last week. He will be out of action for Esteghlal for at least two months. The 33-year-old international defender joined Esteghlal on a two-year contract in late June. Montazeri […]

Syria’s Al Soma Hopes of Beating Iran at World Cup Qualifier 03 Sep 2017

Syria’s Al Soma Hopes of Beating Iran at World Cup Qualifier

TEHRAN – Syria’s national football team’s striker Omar Al Soma hopes that they will beat Iran in the 2018 World Cup qualifier. An unlikely win away to Iran on Tuesday coupled with defeat for South Korea by Uzbekistan in the final round would give Syria second spot and direct entry to the finals in Russia […]

Iran win WABA U17 Championship 02 Sep 2017

Iran win WABA U17 Championship

Iran claimed the title of the 16th edition of the West Asian Basketball Association (WABA) U17 Championship on Thursday. The Iranian team overpowered Lebanon 81-40 to claim the title. Earlier in the day, Syria had defeated Jordan in the bronze-medal match. Iran started the campaign with a victory over Iraq and also defeated Syria and […]

Harry Kane scores twice as England beat Malta and move closer to World Cup 02 Sep 2017

Harry Kane scores twice as England beat Malta and move closer to World Cup

The best thing that can probably be said about England is that they won convincingly thanks to the flurry of goals in the closing exchanges, when they scored three of their four in all. Yet the lingering memory of this night might be the sight of England’s supporters taking down their flags and heading towards the exits […]

Iran’s Siamand Rahman Still Hungry for Further Glory 02 Sep 2017

Iran’s Siamand Rahman Still Hungry for Further Glory

TEHRAN – World’s strongest Paralympian Siamand Rahman is ready for another showdown in the world stage. The World Championships will kick off in Mexico City less than a month. The world’s strongest Paralympian made history at Rio 2016 by breaking the 300kg barrier after lifting unprecedented 310kg in the men’s over 107kg. With two Paralympic […]

Iran’s Naft Abadan Basketball Club Signs Steven Burtt 02 Sep 2017

Iran’s Naft Abadan Basketball Club Signs Steven Burtt

TEHRAN  – Naft Abadan basketball team of Iran has signed 33-year-old guard Steven Burtt. Burtt is a dual citizen owning American and Ukrainian passport. He played this summer at Gallitos de Isabela in Puerto Rican BSN league. In three BSN games he recorded 12.7ppg, 1.7rpg, 9.0apg and 1.7spg. Burtt is quite experienced player. He managed […]

Iran’s Reza Shekari Joins Rubin Kazan Russia 02 Sep 2017

Iran’s Reza Shekari Joins Rubin Kazan Russia

TEHRAN – Russian top-flight club Rubin Kazan has completed the signing of Iranian midfielder Reza Shekari on Thursday. The 19-year-old player is reunited with Iranian international striker Sardar Azmoun in Rubin Kazan. The footballer is widely considered as one of the brightest youngsters in Iran. In 2015, he was named by British newspapers The Guardian […]