Pars Jonoubi defeated Zob Ahan 3-0 in the 10th Week of Iran Professional League (IPL) on Friday. The newly-promoted team moved top of the IPL table with 22 points. Mehdi Zobeidi opened the scoring for Pars Jonoubi in the 41st minute in Isfahan’s Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium. Omid Sing made it 2-0 in the 83rd minute […]

Esteghlal football team booked a spot in Iran’s Hazfi Cup Round of Eight after defeating Nassaji Mazandaran 2-1 on Friday. In the match held in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium in front of about 30,000 spectators, Farshid Esmaeili gave the Blues a lead in the 28th minute after taking advantage of a mistake by Nassaji defender. Nassaji […]

Iranian international midfielder Masoud Shojaei has been linked with a move to Greek side AEK, according to the Greek media reports. The 33-year-old midfielder joined Panionios in July 2016 and scored four goals in his first season in the team. Now, AEK Athens are interested in signing the player during the January transfer window. Shojaei […]

Persepolis coach Branko Ivankovic says that they will fight until the last second against Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal in the second leg of the AFC Champions League semi-final. The Iranian giant suffered a disappointing 4-0 defeat against Al Hilal last month and now face an uphill task in return match. “First of all, we are […]

Iran coach Abbas Chamanian has warned his players there will be no margin for error when they face Mexico in the FIFA U-17 World Cup Round of 16.. ¬¬ Iran will face Group F’s third-placed Mexico at the Fatorda Stadium in Margao on Tuesday. “Mexico are a strong team and they could have qualified as […]

Bijan Taheri has been appointed as assistant of Esteghlal German coach Winfried Schafer. The 56-year-old coach started his coaching career at Paykan and has worked at Mes Kerman, Saba Battery, Sepahan, Saipa and most recently Gostaresh Foolad as assistant coach. During a technical commission session on Sunday, the former Esteghlal midfielder was named Schafer’s assistant. […]

Iran defeated Mexico 2-1 on Tuesday to reach the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup quarter-finals. The Prince of Persia will face Spain in the quarter-final on Sunday. Mohammad Sharifi put the Iranian team into the lead just seven minutes into the match from the penalty spot. Allahyar Sayyadmanesh extended Iran’s lead four minutes later, chipping […]

Iran’s Persepolis failed to book a spot in the 2017 AFC Champions League final after being held by Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. Being beaten 4-0 in the first leg of the semi-final, Persepolis drew 2-2 with Al Hilal in Muscat’s Sulatan Qaboos Stadium. Godwin Menshah gave the Iranian team the lead in […]

TEHRAN – Godwin Mensha’s second goal against Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia has been nominated for this week’s Goal of the Week. The Nigerian striker of Persepolis scored a brace against the Saudi Arabian team in the 2017 AFC Champions League Semi-Finals second leg. Mensha’s second goal has been nominated for Goal of the Week by […]

TEHRAN – Iran defeated Tunisia 10-8 in the 6th edition of the FINA World Men’s Water Polo Development Trophy on Wednesday. The Iranian team had already defeated Uruguay in Group A. Aleksandar Ciric’s men will face host Malta on Thursday in its last group stage match. Group B consists of Peru, Singapore, Austria and Saudi […]