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 […]

USA is planning to send a women’s delegation to Iran next March, as well as a men’s team to compete in the Fajr Cup in Ahvaz. Ali Moradi, head of Iran Weightlifting Federation, has invited the USA to compete in the Fajr Cup, a men’s invitation competition, and has also asked them to send a […]

Croatian national team manager, Zlatko Dalic, talked about his friendship with Branko Ivankovic, coach of Persepolis, and praised the Iran national team quality. “Branko Ivankovic is my big friend, he helped me a lot when I started my career,” Dalic said in an interview with GOL BEZAN. “He was my coach for five years and […]

TEHRAN– Iran defeated Qatar 65-39 on Day 4 of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Asian Qualifiers on Monday. In the match held in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium, Arsalan Kazemi ruled the boards with 17 rebounds to prop up Iran’s cause, while the scoring cudgels fell on the shoulders of Meisam Mirzaei, Sajjad Mashayekhi and Vahid […]

TEHRAN – Amir Sarkhosh from Iran finished in second place at the IBSF World Amateur Championship on Monday. The Iranian representative lost to Indian Pankaj Advani 8-2 in the final match. Ehsan Heydarinejad also won a bronze medal in the competition held in Doha, Qatar. A total of 88 cueists from 36 countries, including four […]

TEHRAN– Naft va Gaz of Iran lost to Iraq’s Al Shurta 31-20 at the 20th Asian Men’s Handball Club League Championship on Monday. The Iranian outfit had already lost to Qatar’s Al Duhail, Sharjah of the UAE and Oman’s Muscat. Naft va Gaz will play the loser of Uzbekistan’s Rkor and Muscat of Oman for […]

The Iranian football teams cannot play in front of their eager fans against Saudi Arabian teams just for political reasons, however sport is always above politics. 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 […]

TEHRAN – Iranians offered impressive performances at the 2017 Portugal Junior and Cadet Open in Guimarães collecting a total of 17 gold, silver and bronze medals. Mohammad Amin Samadi won the title in the Hopes division. One more gold trophy was collected by Fatemeh Jamalifar and Mahshid Ashtari who competed in Girls’ singles. Silver medalists […]

Persepolis football team returned to the top of the Iran Professional League (IPL) table with a late win over pacesetters Pars Jonoubi on Saturday. Ali Mosleh, who came off the bench in the last minutes, scored the winner in the dying moments of the match. With one game in hand, Persepolis moved back to top […]