TEHRAN – Parisa Rohanian from Iran claimed a silver medal at the first stage of the 2017-2018 Indoor Archery World Cup in Morocco. She lost to Denmark’s Lena Agerholm in recurve junior women final and claimed the silver medal. The bronze medal went to Madison Devencenzi from USA. The second stage of the Indoor Archery […]

Iran will not be holding anything back when they plunge into action at the Asian Qualifiers this month. All the players who saw action for Team Melli at the FIBA Asia Cup 2017 have returned to the national pool for the Asian Qualifiers, led by Mohammad Jamshidi and Hamed Haddadi, who were both chosen to […]

Iran national football team captain Ashkan Dejagah has been linked with a move to Australian top-flight team Sydney FC, according to media reports. Dejagah is without a team after parting company with Wolfsburg in June. The Iranian media reports suggest that the 31-year-old player has reached an agreement with the Australian team. The free agent […]

TEHRAN – Iranian gymnast Saeed Reza Keikha is going to take part at the 2017 Toyota International Gymnastics Competition. The competition will be held in Tokyo, Japan on December 9-10. Saeed Reza Keikha is the only Iranian gymnast in the prestigious competition. Keikha won the bronze medal at the 2017 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships held […]

Iran’s Peyman Hosseini has been chosen as the 2017 Beach Soccer Best Goalkeeper while his compatriot Mohammad Ahmadzadeh is among the Five Stars. Hosseini’s long-range goal against the Mexico in the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was selected as the Best Goal of the year. Hosseini and Ahmadzadeh have played key roles in the […]

Iran coach Carlos Queiroz has named a 26-man squad for the training camp in Austria. Team Melli will also meet Panama in a friendly match on November 10 in Vienna. The Persians have defeated the Central American team once on Dec.18, 2004 in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium. Ali Daei scored the only goal the match. Iran, […]

TEHRAN – Iranian athletes managed to win three more medals on Fri., the second day of the 7th World Kung Fu Championships (WKFC) in China, rounding up their medal tally to seven so far. Hosted by the International Wushu Federation, the 7th World Kungfu Championships (7thWKFC) kicked off on Thursday in Emeishan City in Sichuan […]

TEHRAN – Former Iran national football team striker Akbar Eftekhari passed away on Thursday after a long battle with disease. Eftekhari died at the age of 73 in Tehran’s Ebne Sina Hospital. Eftekhari stated his professional playing career at Iranian football club Daraei in 1962 and played at the Tehran-based club for six years before […]

Iran’s national football team managed to defeat Panama’s second team in a friendly match held Thursday evening in Graz, Austria. In a World Cup preparation match, the Persian side pulled out a 2-1 victory over Panama’s second team, while most of the players of Panama national football team were absent. Ashkan Dejagah and Saman Ghoddos […]

Mohsen Samadi sealed Iran’s place atop the final medal standings at the International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness (IFBB) World Bodybuilding Championships after winning the regular overall title. Samadi triumphed with a score of nine points, beating Oman’s Haitham Al Zadjali by a margin of one, to move his country ahead of overnight leaders South […]