Iranian Paralympic powerlifter, Siamand Rahman, has received the 2017 Paralympic Sport Award in the Best Male category, thanks to his superb display of strength and prowess at various international tournaments. During a ceremony on the sidelines of the 2017 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) General Assembly and Conference in Abu Dhabi, the capital city of the […]

Head of Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) Mehdi Taj has denied match-fixing claims between Iran and Syria teams. Iran was held to a 2-2 draw by Syria in the 2018 World Cup qualifier in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium on Tuesday. The draw was enough to give Syria third place in Group A […]

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 […]

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, […]

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. […]

The Iranian national football team was held to a 2-2 draw by Syria in the 2018 World Cup qualifier in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium on Tuesday. The result means Syria’s World Cup qualification dream is still alive. Haj Mohamad put the ball at the back of Iran’s net after 13 minutes after Iranian goalie Alireza Beiranvand […]

Iran national football team head coach Carlos Queiroz says that they want to make history in the match against Syria. Already-qualified Team Melli will host Syria in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium on Tuesday in the 2018 World Cup qualification Matchday 10. “Without a doubt, we have a very important match against Syria. Nobody thought Syria could […]

US Open Venue: Flushing Meadows, New York Dates: 28 Aug-10 Sept BBC coverage: Live radio and text commentary on selected matches every day. Juan Martin del Potro came back from two sets down and saved two match points to beat sixth seed Dominic Thiem in a raucous US Open classic. The 24th seed, cheered on by a large Argentine […]

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 […]

TEHRAN – Iranian karate practitioners will leaver Tehran for Leipzig to compete at the sixth stage of Karate 1 Premier League. The three-day event will attract as many as 1350 karate practitioners from 87 countries to the German city of Leipzig from September 08-10. The Persian squad to attend the upcoming round of Karate 1 […]