TEHRAN  – Iranian sportsmen claimed four gold medals at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) in Ashgabat on Monday. Taekwondo fighters Mahdi Eshaghi in the Men’s -54kg and Mahdi Jalali in the Men’s -74kg claimed two gold medals. Fatemeh Madahi won the bronze medal in the Women’s -46kg. Ju-jitsu fighter Masoud Jalilvand won […]

TEHRAN  – Milad Ebadipour from Iran was named the Best Outside Spiker of the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Grand Champions Cup. Ebadipour helped Iran finishes third in the competition. Ricardo Lucarelli of Brazil was also awarded the Best Outside Spiker trophy. FIVB Men’s World Grand Champions Cup’s organizers named Brazilian Ricardo Lucarelli for the […]

TEHRAN  – Persepolis football team suffered a 1-0 home defeat to Paykan in Iran Professional League (PL) on Sunday. In the match held at  Tehran’s Azadi Stadium, Morteza Aghakhan found the back of the net from the set piece in the 4th minute. Soon after, Persepolis dominated the match and created several chances but its strikers […]

TEHRAN – On the last day of the 2017 World Archery Para Championships in Beijing, China, Iran contested all three team gold medal finals. The women’s compound open match between Iran and China, the first and second seeds, was spectacular. China opened with a 59 to take a four point lead. But Iran then found […]

TEHRAN  – Iran defeated France 3-2 (38-36, 25-23, 22-25, 25-27, 15-11) to win a bronze medal in the FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Grand Champions Cup at the Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium on Sunday. It was Iran’s first-ever medal on world’s stage. Iran had five players that scored in double figures led by Amir Ghafour, who […]

Former Iran national football team and Persepolis FC coach Stanko Poklepovic had his leg amputated from below the knee. Poklepovic, 79, underwent the surgery at the hospital in Split, Croatia. “I am ok at the moment and I’ll be back home soon,” Poklepovic told Slobodna Dalmacija. Poklepovic took charge of Iran national football team in […]

TEHRAN – Iranian national volleyball team defeated Japan 3-1 (21-25, 25-19, 25-20, 25-14) in the FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Grand Champions Cup at the Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium on Saturday. Amir Ghafour topped all scorers with 23 points. Issei Otake and Akihiro Yamauchi led Japan with 16 and 11 points, respectively. Iran and Japan most […]

TEHRAN– Esmaeil Amiri (68kg), Ghasem Dazi (75kg), and Habibollah Torabi (82kg) won bronze medals at traditional wrestling category of 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. Habibollah Torabi who won his first game in the weight category of -82 kilogram, lost his semi-final event against a Turkman opponent to jointly bag the bronze medal in […]

TEHRAN – Esteghlalif Tehran football team suffered another loss in the Iran Professional League (IPL) on Friday. The Iranian popular outfit was defeated 2-0 against newly-promoted Pars Nonoubi in Abadan. Ali Dashti gave the host the lead in the 38th minute. Pars Jonoubi’s Farshad Mohammadi Mehr was sent off in the 79th minute after receiving […]

TEHRAN – Iranian powerlifter Majid Farzin says his main goal is to win the gold medal at Tokyo 2020. Farzin exceeded all expectations at last year’s Paralympic Games in Rio, when he set a new World and Paralympic record in the up to 80kg category with a lift of 240 kg. “Currently, my main goal […]