Three Iranian Greco-Roman wrestlers claimed medals on Day 2 of the Cadet World Championships in Athens, Greece, on Tuesday. Mohsen Fathollah Madhani from Iran claimed gold medal after defeating Indian Sonu Sonu 14-3 at the 58kg weight category. Bronze medal went to Sergey Aleksandrovitch Chigirev from Russia and Japan’s Kosei Takeshita. In the 63kg category, […]

Iranian para archer Zahra Nemati is determined to participate in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics once again. Nemati is the first Iranian woman to win an Olympic or Paralympic gold medal at London 2012. She also made history by securing a spot for Iran not only at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, but Olympics as well. […]

The Iranian national football team was held to a 2-2 draw by Syria in the 2018 World Cup qualifier in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium on Tuesday. The result means Syria’s World Cup qualification dream is still alive. Haj Mohamad put the ball at the back of Iran’s net after 13 minutes after Iranian goalie Alireza Beiranvand […]

Iran national football team head coach Carlos Queiroz says that they want to make history in the match against Syria. Already-qualified Team Melli will host Syria in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium on Tuesday in the 2018 World Cup qualification Matchday 10. “Without a doubt, we have a very important match against Syria. Nobody thought Syria could […]

US Open Venue: Flushing Meadows, New York Dates: 28 Aug-10 Sept BBC coverage: Live radio and text commentary on selected matches every day. Juan Martin del Potro came back from two sets down and saved two match points to beat sixth seed Dominic Thiem in a raucous US Open classic. The 24th seed, cheered on by a large Argentine […]

Chess player Sarasadat Khademalsharieh will be Iran’s flag-bearer in the Ashgabat 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. The competition will take place between September 17 and 27 in Turkmenistan’s capital. Khademalsharieh will bear Iran’s flag in the opening ceremony at the newly built Olympic Stadium in Ashgabat. All 45 member countries of the Olympic […]

TEHRAN – Iranian karate practitioners will leaver Tehran for Leipzig to compete at the sixth stage of Karate 1 Premier League. The three-day event will attract as many as 1350 karate practitioners from 87 countries to the German city of Leipzig from September 08-10. The Persian squad to attend the upcoming round of Karate 1 […]

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 […]

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 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 […]