Iran’s Persepolis books AFC Champions League final ticket
Iran’s Persepolis football team has booked its ticket to the final of the 2020 AFC Champions League. The Iranian reds advanced to…
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Who could Taremi face with Porto in UEFA CL?
August 2020 saw Primeira Liga striker Mehdi Taremi join Porto. In doing so, he becomes one of a select few Iranians ever…
Iran’s Majid Hosseini on Porto radar
Tasnim – Porto has set its sight on signing Iranian international defender Majid Hosseini. The Portuguese team has reportedly shown interest in…
AFC president congratulates Iran’s Persepolis victory
IRNA – President of the Asian Football Confederation Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa in a letter expressed congratulations on the 4th consecutive…
Azmoun helps Zenit St. Petersburg to repeat championship with two goals
IRNA – Zenit St. Petersburg soccer club managed to repeat its championship four weeks before the end of Russia’s 2020 soccer season.…
Esteghlal in shock after 8 members test positive for COVID-19
MNA – Officials of Esteghlal FC announced that the results of COVID-18 tests of eight members of the team have been positive.…
Iran’s legendary wrestler’s will to be unveiled
IRNA – On the occasion of the anniversary of the National Sports, Olympic and Paralympic Museum establishment, the historic will of the…
Expert predicts long-term effects of coronavirus on Iran’s football
MNA – Bijan Zolfagharnasab, head of Iran Football Coaches Association (IFCA), believes that the pandemic coronavirus crisis could bring long term consequences…
Iranian boxer wins ticket to Tokyo 2020 Olympic
FNA – Featherweight boxer of Team Iran Danial Shahbakhsh managed to defeat his rivals in the Jordanian capital city of Amman on…
Iranian female athlete bags gold, qualified for Olympics
IRNA – Hamideh Abbasi, Iranian Karateka secured the 48th Iranian quota at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics during the Austrian Karate-1 Championships to…
World’s strongest para-lifter dies of heart attack
FNA – Iranian weightlifter Siamand Rahman, who was famous for breaking world records at Paralympics, passed away at the age of 31…
FIFA punishes Persepolis over unpaid debt
Tasnim – Persepolis has faced a punishment from FIFA for non-payment of wages owed to former forward Mario Budimir. The Croatian player…
Iran achieves 41 Olympic quotas
IRNA – The head of the National Olympic Committee while referring to the 41 Olympic quotas for Tokyo-2020 expressed hope to get…
Ghaem-Maghami becomes champion of Fajr International chess cup
IRNA – The head of sports office of southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan said on Sunday that Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami became the champion of…
Dragan Skocic becomes new head coach for Team Melli
MNA – The former Sanat Naft coach, Dragan Skocic of Croatia, has been named the new head coach for Iran national football…
Iran catches first medal in Asian mountain biking c’ships
MNA – Female cyclist Faranak Parto-Azar won a bronze medal in the 26th edition of Asian Mountain Bike Continental Championships in Thailand.…
ACL qualifiers: Esteghlal 3-0 al-Kuwait
Press TV – Esteghlal of Iran have advanced to the next round of the Asian Champions League qualifiers, after a comfortable 3-nil…
Meet the dismissed sports host who challenged Iran’s state TV
Al-Monitor | Rohollah Faghihi: Adel Ferdosipour, one of Iran’s most popular sports hosts, has flexed his muscles against Iran’s hard-liner-controlled state TV…
‘Unprofessional and political’: Tehran slams Asian Football Confederation’s decision to move matches out of Iran
RT – Tehran has sharply criticized the decision by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to move matches set to take place in…
Branko Ivanković says Iran has no security concerns
IRNA – Former Coach of Iran’s Persepolis Club Branko Ivanković said on Wednesday that during his four-year life in Iran, he saw…
AFC moves Champions League matches out of Iran
Reuters – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has shifted two preliminary matches in its elite club competition from Iran to neutral venues…
Iran to lodge complaint with CAS over AFC ruling
FNA – Iran will file a complaint with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against a ruling of the Asian Football…
Ali Daei to be announced as Team Melli head coach in few hours
MNA – Multiple media reports suggest that Ali Daei is to be announced as the new head coach of Iran national football…
AFC President, Iran’s Sports Minister hold phone talk amid AFC’s controversial decision
MNA – Iranian Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Masoud Soltanifar held a phone conversation with the President of the Asian Football…
Iranian federation calls on AFC to dismiss untrue claims about Iran’s security
MNA – A spokesman with the Islamic Republic of Iran Football Federation noted that Iran is fully ready to host international teams.…
FIFA President highlights presence of Iranian females at Azadi stadium a turning point
IRNA – FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Wednesday described the 1st presence of Iranian women at Azadi stadium as a very significant…
Rostami wins silver in Qatar Intl. Cup 2019
MNA – Iranian lifter Kianoush Rostami won the silver medal of 96kg category at the 2019 edition of Qatar International Cup on…
Iran skiers snatch one gold, 10 other medals in Turkey
IRNA – Iranian skiers won one gold medal and six silver and four bronze medals in Alpine field at international competitions of…
Iran, Qatar football chiefs meet in Doha
MNA – Heads of Iranian and Qatari football federations met and held talks on Saturday in Doha. President of Iran Football Federation,…
Iran gives FIFA commitment on women’s access to matches – source
Reuters – Iran’s Football Federation has given world governing body FIFA a written commitment that women will be allowed to attend matches…
Iran’s Tabatabaei comes 1st at Spanish chess festival
Tasnim – Mohammad Amin Tabatabaei from Iran finished in the first place at the sixth edition of the Sunway Sitges chess festival…
Iranian trailblazer’s Olympic dream faces US immigration hurdle
Reuters – With Tokyo 2020 looming, Iranian sprinter Maryam Toosi has been desperately trying to come to the U.S. to pursue her…
How foreign football coaches in Iran are collateral damage to US sanctions
Euronews | Lillo Montalto Monella: Hundreds of Iranians took to the streets of Tehran on Monday but unlike recent protests decrying a…
Andrea Stramaccioni quits as Esteghlal coach
Tasnim – Andrea Stramaccioni has resigned as coach of Esteghlal after the Iranian football club failed to respect contractual obligations. The Italian…
Ronaldo reaches 99 goals; 10 goals behind Iran’s Daei
Tasnim – Cristiano Ronaldo took his tally of international goals to 99 with a late tap-in as Portugal secured a place at…
Iranian woman weightlifter Hosseini makes history
Tehran Times – Elham Hosseini became the first Iranian woman to win a medal in an international weightlifting tournament. Hosseini claimed a…
Iranian Hulk finally set to get in the cage with Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship
News.com.au – The man mountain dubbed the Iranian Hulk has been floating an MMA fight for years and now he might finally…
Iran crowned at Junior World Kabaddi C’ship
Press TV – Iran has been crowned in the 1st-ever Junior World Kabaddi Championship, after overwhelming Kenya 42-22 in the final match.…
Asian qualifiers: Iraq 2-1 Iran
Press TV – Iran’s hopes of qualifying for the 2022 FIFA World Cup and the 2023 Asian Cup, have taken a major…
Iranian women attend weightlifting tournament in Turkey
IRNA – Iranian weightlifting team including three men and two women will participate in the Weightlifting IWF Naim Suleymanoglu Tournament 2019 to…