Omar Khribin’s hat-trick helped ensure Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia will take a commanding four-goal lead into the second leg of the 2017 AFC Champions League semi-final in three weeks’ time after posting a 4-0 first leg victory over Islamic Republic of Iran’s Persepolis at Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium on Tuesday. After a lively opening, […]

BC Astana broke into the win column of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2017 after outlasting Petrochimi Iran on Day 2. Petrochimi had a strong start in this game, scoring the first 11 points of the game, controlling the tempo and leading by 9 after the first half. They looked well on their way to […]

Iranian Olympic champion weightlifter Sohrab Moradi broke the longest standing world record in the sport to win gold at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games on Saturday. Moradi, who returned from a two-year doping ban to win gold in the 94 kilogram division at last year’s Rio Olympics, set a new world record of […]

Iran 7-a-side football team won the silver medal at the 2017 IFCPF World Championships on Saturday. The Iranian team lost to Ukraine 1-0 in the final math at the Stadium Juan Gilberto Funes. Iran started much better but as always the Ukrainian goalie performed a gorgeous first half that saved his team.  Dmytro Molodstov scored […]

Iran men’s snooker team claimed the title of the Ashgabat 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games on sunaday. The Iranian team consists of Hossein Vafaei, Soheil Vahedi and Amir Sarkhosh defeated their Qatari opponents (Ahmed Saif, Ali Nasser al-Obaidli and Khamis Nasser al-Obaidli) 3-0 in the final match and won the gold medal. Iran […]

German Turkish coach Engin Firat says no Esteghlal official has contacted him so far. The Iranian Blues are searching new head coach after parting company with Alireze Mansourian last Wednesday. Mansourian quit as Esteghlal coach after a string of dire results this season in Iran Professional League. Under guidance of Mansourian, Esteghlal sit rock bottom […]

Persepolis football coach Branko Ivankovic says they will have a difficult task Tuesday night since Al Hilal are best Asian team. The Saudi Arabian team will host Persepolis in a much-awaited clash in the first leg of their 2017 AFC Champions League semi-final in Abu Dhabi, the UAE. “We know well Al Hilal are the […]

Mehdi Zamani from Iran snatched a gold medal at the World Shooting Para Sport World Cup on Monday. The Iranian para shooter finished in first place, scoring 235.0 points in the P1 10m Air Pistol Men SH1. Damir Bosnjak from Croatia claimed the silver medal with 230.9 points and bronze medal went to Jungnam Kim […]

Iranian taekwondo practitioner Kimia Alizadeh has successfully undergone surgery on her damaged ankle. She underwent surgery in Tehran’s Iranmehr Hospital on Monday. Alizadeh won a silver medal at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships in June after losing to Ruth Gbagbi from Ivory Coast in the women’s -62 kg final match. Soon after, her doctor said […]

Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has reported that Iran’s Persepolis football team has had a historic AFC Champions League campaign in 2017 so far. The Iranian football team has progressed to the Round of 16, where it defeated Lekhwiya of Qatar 1-0 to reach the quarter-final for the first time. Branko Ivankovic’s men then went one […]