TEHRAN – Iranian women’s national futsal team is scheduled to play two friendly matches against Italy in Tehran on Thursday and Friday. Iran is preparing for the 2018 AFC Women’s Futsal Championship which will be held in May in Thailand. Team Melli claimed the title of the first edition which was held in Malaysia in […]

The Iranian men’s epee team has moved up five spots to occupy the 23rd position in the newest International Fencing Federation rankings. The latest rankings released by the Fédération Internationale d’Escrime (FIE) reveal that Iran’s epee squad has improved its standing by five spots reaching the 23rd place. The improvement was made following Men’s Epee […]

Mehran Hatami has named his 12-man team for the match against Iraq in the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification. Team Melli will face the West Asian team Iraq on Nov. 24 in Group D at the Prince Hamza Arena in Amman, Jordan on Nov. 24. Iran will host Qatar at the Azadi Gym three […]

Persepolis football club General manager Ali Akbar Taheri stepped down as his post. Iran’s Ministry of Sport and Youth has appointed Hamid Reza Garshasbi as the club’s acting president. Taheri replaced Hamid Reza Siasi in 2014 and Persepolis earned remarkable achievements under his leadership. Persepolis claimed the title of Iran Professional League in the 2016-17 […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s Naft va Gaz lost to Al Duhail of Qatar at the 20th Asian Men’s Handball Club League Championship. The competition is being held at Kotla Vijayabhaskar Reddy Indoor Stadium, in Hyderabad, India from November 20 to 30. The Iranian team has been pitted against Qatar’s Al Duhail, the UAE’s Sharjah and Muscat […]

Persepolis and Esteghlal football teams were held by Padideh and Siahjamegan respectively on Monday. Persepolis missed chance to go back to the top of the Iran Professional League (IPL) table after a 0-0 draw against Padideh in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium. The Iranian giant were the better team but failed to find the back of the […]

TEHRAN – Iranian speed climber Reza Alipour won a gold medal in the China Open on Sunday. Alipour, nicknamed the ‘Persian Cheetah’, won the title with a time of 5.67 seconds in the competition held in Guangzhou. Russian Vladislav Deulin came in second place with a time of 5.89 seconds. Meantime, Alipour dedicated his gold […]

TEHRAN– Iranian judoka Javad Mahjoub won a bronze medal at the International Judo Federation (IJF) Grand Prix in The Hague on Sunday. Mahjoub defeated Austrian Daniel Allerstorfer in the +100kg weight class and claimed the bronze medal. Mahjoub looks a new man at the heavier weight and came in at 117kg which suited him as […]

Polish football club Lech Poznan is reportedly eying a move for Olympiacos star Karim Ansarifard. The Polish outfit sent scouts to watch Olympiacos striker Ansarifard in action against Levadiakos on Saturday, according to SDNA.gr. AEK Athens, French Ligue 1 side Olympique Marseille and Feyenoord Rotterdam had also shown interest in signing the Iranian striker. Ansarifard, […]

Persepolis coach Branko Ivankovic says he doesn’t like Iran and Croatia to be drawn into a same group in the 2018 World Cup. Ivankovic led Iran national football team from 2002 to 2006. The Croat gaffer led Iran to qualify for the 2006 World Cup, where Team Melli failed to advance to the next stage. […]