Bayern Munich sacked Carlo Ancelotti after a board meeting on Thursday afternoon, with the performance of the team and the side’s 3-0 thrashing at the feet of Paris Saint-Germain adding to the generally poor start to the season. The previously dominant German champions currently are in third place in the Bundesliga, having recently drawn 2-2 with […]

German football coach Winfried Schafer has been linked with a move to Iran’s Esteghlal. Schafer is without a team after parting company with Jamaica in last September. A source close to the club said Esteghlal General Manager Reza Eftekhari is now in Dubai to negotiate with the 67-year-old coach. Winfried Schafer started his coaching career […]

Iran coach Carlos Queiroz has named a 27-man provisional squad for the upcoming friendlies against Togo and Russia. Team Melli will face Togo in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium on October 5th and Russia in Kazan Arena in Kazan five days later. Queiroz has said Iran national football team will play two more friendlies by the end […]

German football coach Winfried Schafer has been named as new head coach of Iran’s Esteghlal. Schafer, who was without a team after parting company with Jamaica in last September, replaced Alireza Mansourian in the Tehran-based football team until the end of the season. A source close to the club said the 67-year-old coach will come […]

Russia coach Stanislav Cherchesov says that they are ready to play Asia’s best football team Iran in a friendly. Cherchesov replaced Leonid Slutski after the Euros. No. 64 Russia will host Team Melli (25th) in Kazan Arena in Kazan on October 10th. The Russian will face South Korea three days earlier in Moscow. “I’ve previously […]

Peyman Hosseini and Mohammad Ahmadzadeh have been shortlisted for the Best Beach Soccer Player and Best Beach Soccer Goalkeeper of the Year award. The 50 nominees for the Best Player of the Year award, as well as the 12 nominees for the Best Coach of the Year award, have been unveiled. Mohammad Hossein Mirshamsi has […]

Iran will start the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup with a match against Guinea on Saturday while the Persians have an uphill task in the event after being drawn with European powerhouses Germany and Costa Rica in Group C. The Iranian team, now in Goa, India, will participate in the World Cup with a perfect […]

Olympic champion and four-time World champion Jordan Burroughs will likely join Iranian wrestling club Bimeh Razi, team’s manager, Kiumars Mehrabi, said. There is no place Burroughs enjoys competing more than wrestling-crazed Iran. The passion of the fans and level of competition is unmatched anywhere in the world. According to Mehrabi, the Iranian team has reached […]

A bronze sculpture of the late legendary Iranian wrestler and national hero Jahan Pahlavan Takhti was unveiled at the United States Sports Academy’s American Sport Art Museum & Archives (ASAMA) in Daphne, Alabama on Wednesday. The three-foot, 110-pound, created by sculptor Dr. Alireza Khaghani, was presented by the North American Iranian Friendship Society (NAIFS) to […]

Iranian girls are practicing at the training pitch in Tehran’s Golah Hall as the team prepare for the 2017 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship for Women. The competition will be held in Bengaluru, India from October 22 to 28. A total of six teams are waiting to know their opponents in the competition’s Division B. […]