TEHRAN (Tasnim) Persepolis football team edged past Saba in Iran Professional League (IPL) Week 4th on Thursday. Mehdi Taremi scored the only goal of the match in the 40th minute. Elsewhere, Tractor Sazi beat Machin Sazi 2-0 in Tabriz derby thanks to a brace from Mohammad Iranpourian. Esteghlal of Tehran was held to a 1-1 draw by newly ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Mehdi Tartar has been appointed as the new head coach of the Saba football team. Tartar replaced Samad Marfavi, who stepped down as his post to join Paykan last week, in the Iranian football team. Tartar was sacked as coach of Gostaresh Foolad in October and has returned to coaching after two months. Tartar has also worked at ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Samad Marfavi has stepped down as head coach of Saba due to travel conditions. Saba was held to a 2-2 draw by Rah Ahan in the Iranian Professional League (IPL) on Friday and Marfavi announced his retirement right away in the post match news conference. I am tired of traveling from Tehran to Qom and I decided to quit my job,...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Persepolis of Tehran earned a victory after three weeks in the Iranian Professional League (IPL) on Saturday. The Reds defeated Saba 2-0 in Qoms Yadegar-e Emam Stadium. Omid Alishah gave the visiting team a lead just six minuts into the match. Persepolis extended its advantage in the second period through Mehdi Taromi in the 60th ...