Iran suffered a heavy 8-0 loss to host China at the 2017 CFA International Women’s Youth Football Tournament opener on Sunday. The Iranian team will face Japan on Tuesday and meet the U.S. on Thursday. The tournament is being held in in Duyun, China from Sept. 10-14. The tournament will mark just the second meeting […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s Amir Mehdizadeh and Saeid Ahmadi claimed two bronze medals at the fifth and final Karate 1 Premier League event of the season in the German cities of Halle and Leipzig on Sunday. Mehdizadeh defeated Vladimir Kalashnikov from Russia 8-0 in the Male Kumite -60 kg event in the bronze medal match and […]

Asian champions Iran climbed to second in the world rankings during August. Asian champions Iran are Movers of the Month for August, replacing Portugal as the world’s second best beach soccer nation, beachsoccer.com wrote. Iran – again under the tutelage of Brazilian coach Marco Octavio – were not in action last month but climb to […]

Iranian basketball national team captain Hamed Haddadi dedicated his shirt to Shahid Fayyazbakhsh Rest Home for Disabled on Monday. The former Memphis Grizzlies center traveled to Mashhad, northeast of Iran, to give his shirt to the rest home. Haddadi was named the Most Valuable Player at the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup in August and he […]

Iranian National Paralympic Committee (NPC) President Mahmoud Khosravi Vafa left Tehran on Monday to participate at this week’s IPC General Assembly in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Khosravi Vafa is accompanied by Iran’s NPC Secretary General Masoud Ashrafi in the elections. The 18th IPC General Assembly and Conference will begin on Tuesday (5 September) and conclude on […]

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. […]

Iranian outside hitter Farhad Nazari Afshar will his retirement from national duty after the FIVB World Grand Champions Cup. The 33-year-old player will be participating in the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Grand Champions Cup in Japan as his last international tournament. The tournament will bring six teams in Nagoya and Osaka namely, Japan, Iran, […]

TEHRAN – Team Melli drew 2-2 with Syria national football team here at the Azadi Stadium on Tuesday. The already-qualified Iranian football team had not conceded a single goal before this match but Syria ended their run of clean sheets. Tamer Mohamad scored in the 13th minute before Iran equalized through Sardar Azmoun, who chested […]

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, […]

Iran national football team will face African nation Togo in a friendly match in late September. The match has been scheduled for Sept. 29 in Russia. Team Melii will also play Russia six days later in St. Petersburg. Iran football team, which hold 24th place in the most recently published FIFA World Rankings list, have […]