Iran will kick off the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Grand Champions Cup with a match against Italy. The match has been scheduled for September 12 in Nagoya, Japan. The tournament will bring six teams in Nagoya and Osaka namely, Japan, Iran, the U.S., Brazil, Italy and France together from September 12 to 17. The […]

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 […]

Iran national football team head coach Carlos Queiroz says that flowers are an integrated part of Persians’ daily life. Queiroz’s seven-year tenure with Team Melli has been successful on the field and now the Portuguese says he is happy to live in Tehran in an interview with Diário de Notícias. “Iran is covered by deserts, […]

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, […]