TEHRAN (Iran News) – By the decision of members of the Presiding Board of Iran Football Federation (IFF), Heidar Baharvand replaced Former President of Iran Football Federation Mehdi Taj. Today, the Presiding Board of Iran Football Federation held a session following the resignation of Mehdi Taj from his position as president of the Iran Football […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – United World Wrestling Asia has announced Bana and Mohammadi as nominations of the Best Coach in each style. The results of the contest are based on the performance criteria for 2019, which has been approved at General Assembly of the United Wrestling Asia in Xi’an (China) on the initiative of the […]

Naft Masjed Soleyman defender Mohammad Tayyebi joined Sepahan for an undisclosed fee on Sunday.

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Mehdi Taj has submitted his resignation as the president of Iranian football federation due to suffering from heart attacks. Confirming the news on resignation, the federation’s spokesman Amirmahdi Alavi said on Sunday that “unfortunately, after the last heart attack that happened in Turkey and treatments that Taj received in that country, […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian soccer referee Bijan Heidari has been appointed as one of the judges to officiate at the 2020 the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup. Iranian international referee Bijan Heidari has been invited to judge Defenders and Paro FC match in Sri Lanka on January 22, 2020. Last month, it was announced […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran U23 football team was held with a 2-2 draw against Qatar on Saturday in a friendly match that was held in Doha. Reza Shekari broke the deadlock in the 28th minute from the penalty spot while Mehdi Qaedi doubled the lead six minutes later. However, the Qatari team displayed a […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian freestyle wrestlers claimed three gold medals, one silver and three bronzes at the 3rd Moscow Christmas. The Iranian freestyle wrestlers competed in Moscow Christmas competition which was held in Moscow, Russia from December 25 to 28. Ebrahim Khari (45kg), Ali Arab Firouzjai (48kg) and Hossein Azizi (110kg) claimed three gold […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – A 1-0 win over Nassaji sent Persepolis football team provisionally top of the Iran Professional League, IPL, on Friday. In the match held in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium, Vahid Amiri was on target with a header in the 34th minute. Persepolis was reduced to 10 men in the 58th after Mohsen Rabikhah […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Esteghlal football club officially announced that Andrea Stramaccioni has parted ways with Esteghlal FC. The Italian coach, Andrea Stramaccioni, left Esteghlal on December 8 after the Iranian team failed to transfer his salary due to the USA sanctions. While the Italian coach received part of his unpaid salary after the representative […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Ali Fathollahzadeh sent his resignation from Esteghlal board of directors after serving just one week in the post. Fathollahzadeh announced resignation on his Instagram account. “When I returned to Esteghlal, the team neither had a coach nor a general manager. I did my best for a better situation but I am […]