TEHRAN – Iran lost to powerhouse South Korea 46-21 on Thursday and failed to qualify for the final match of the 2021 Asian Women’s Handball Championship. Iran will play Kazakhstan, who lost to japan 38-24 in the same round, in the bronze medal match on Saturday. Iran had previously made history by securing their place […]
TEHRAN – Mostafa Ajorloo has been named as new general manager of Esteghlal football club on Friday. He replaced Ahmad Madadi, who stepped down from his position last week. Ajorloo has previously worked as general manager in three Iranian clubs Pas, Steel Azin and Tractor. Iran’s Sports Ministry will also appoint Persepolis general manager within […]
TEHRAN – Iran futsal player Farhad Fakhim missed the rest of the 2021 Futsal World Cup due to the foot injury. In the match against Uzbekistan, he suffered a knee injury and MRI has revealed a right knee sprain. Hossein Tayebi, who has been absent so far for the rib injury, is a doubt for […]
TEHRAN – Head of Iran volleyball federation Mohammadreza Davarzani said that Behrouz Ataei will remain as Iran coach for two more years. The 51-year-old became the first Iranian coach to lead Iran to a gold medal in the Asian championship. Ataei replaced Vladimir Alekno after the 2020 Olympic Games and helped the West Asian team […]
TEHRAN – Iran were defeated against Argentina 2-1 in their last match in the preliminary round of the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup on Monday. In the match held at the Avia Solutions Group Arena in Vilnius, Lithuania, Leandro Cuzzolino scored for Argentina in the 24th minute and Damian Satazzone made the scoreboard 2-0 three […]
TEHRAN – Iran defeated Kuwait 38-11 at the 2021 Asian Women’s Handball Championship on Thursday. Iran had started the campaign with a 23-20 loss against Japan in Group B on Wednesday. Jordan, Palestine and Syria also are in the group. Group A consists of South Korea, Singapore, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Hong Kong. The 2021 Asian […]
TEHRAN – Esteghlal and Tractor football teams failed to keep their AFC Champions League dream alive after being defeated by Saudi Arabian teams in Round of 16. Both teams are suffering from repercussions of mismanagement over the past months. A heavily revamped Esteghlal met Al Hilal, while the side’s top scorer in the group stage […]
TEHRAN – FIFA president Gianni Infantino praised the Iranian football fans, remembering the match between Iran and Spain in the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Iran lost to the La Roja 1-0 in Group B at the Kazan Arena. “I was remembering the memories of the match in Kazan at the last World Cup […]
TEHRAN – Iranian football club Sanat Naft announced that they have reached an agreement with ex-Esteghlal coach Alireza Mansourian for the new season of the Iran football league. Mansourian, 49, has penned a one-year contract with the Abadan based football club. He replaced Sirous Pourmousavi, who left the team for Naft Masjed Soleyman, in Sanat […]
TEHRAN – The Iran national football team’s win against Syria in the 2022 World Cup Qualifiers was a good result but not the best performance. The ‘Persian Leopards’ defeated Syria 1-0 at Azadi Stadium on Thursday. However, the way the team played failed to impress the Iranian experts, football media, and the fans. Dragan Skocic’s […]
TOKYO – Iran delegation came 13th in the 2020 Paralympic Games with a total of 12 gold medals. The Iranian para athletes won historic 12 gold medals as well as 11 silvers and one bronze. Iran sent 62 athletes to Tokyo in 10 sports. The Persians finished 15th in 2016 with 24 medals after winning […]
TEHRAN – Iranian shot putter Sajad Mohammadian won a silver medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games on Saturday. He won the silver in the men’s shot put – F61 with a throw of 14.88 meters. Gold medal was won by Briton Aled Davies who threw 15.33 meters. The bronze medal went to Kuwait’s Faisal Sorour […]
