TEHRAN – Iran international defender Morteza Pouraliganji will be sidelined for at least six months due to a foot injury. The Shenzhen defender tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in the match against Qingdao in China Super League on Tuesday. It’s a bad news for Iran national football team since the player […]
TEHRAN – Brighton winger Alireza Jahanbakhsh has been tipped to return to Dutch football. The 27-year-old signed for Albion in July 2018 for a then club-record fee of £17 million from AZ Alkmaar but in that time he has made 61 appearances, 31 of which have been from the bench, and scored just four goals. […]
TEHRAN – Iran claimed the title of the 4th Asian U21 Beach Volleyball Championships on Thursday. Iran 1 (Abolhassan Khakizadeh/Sina Shokati) defeated Thailand 1 (Phichakon Narathon/Phanuphong Thanan) 2-1 (17-21, 28-26, 15-7) in the gold medal match. Thailand 2 also defeated Thailand 3 in the bronze medal match. Iran2’s Amir Reza Zamani/Reza Naghibizadeh Shamili also participated […]
TEHRAN – Esteghlal football team defeated Persepolis 4-3 in penalty shootout in the Iran’s Hazfi Cup quarterfinals on Thursday. In a lackluster match held in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium, two teams played out a goalless draw after 120 minutes. In the penalty shootout, Esteghlal defeated their archrivals 4-3 and advanced to the semifinals. In Ahvaz, Foolad […]
TEHRAN – Italy football team beat England in a penalty shootout to win the Euro 2020 on Sunday. England have not won a major title since the 1966 World Cup. Italy defeated England 3-2 after the match ended 1-1 following extra time at Wembley Stadium in London. Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma was the hero for […]
TEHRAN – Former Iran national football team winger Mehdi Mahdavikia has been named as new coach of the country’s U23 football team on Sunday. Mahdavikia, who has worked at the Hamburger SV Academy in the past years as an assistant, will lead the team in the AFC U23 Asian Cup 2022 Qualifiers, where the Iranian […]
TEHRAN – Iran’s Zahra Nemati and Alisina Manshaezadeh claimed two medals at the Para-Archery World Ranking Tournament and Final Paralympic Qualification 2021 on Saturday. Nemati won a silver after losing to Italian Elisabetta Mijno 6-4 in the final match of the Compound Women Open. Italian Petrilli Vincenza beat Margarita Sidorenko from Russia 6-2 in the […]
TEHRAN – Iran discovered their fate at the Continental Futsal Championship Thailand 2021. The Persians have been drawn in Group B along with Lithuania, Tajikistan and Egypt. Group A consists of Thailand, Uzbekistan, Kosovo and Mozambique. The eight-nation tournament will be held in Bangkok, Thailand from July 25 to 30. Iran will participate in the […]
TEHRAN – Iran’s Tractor football team will play Al Nassr of Saudi Arabia in Qatar in Round of 16 of the 2021 AFC Champions League. The match was originally scheduled to be held at the Mrsool Park in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Sept. 14 but the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has announced that the match […]
TEHRAN – Iran will play with the winners of the Japan and Turkey at the 9–12th place semifinals of the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup on Saturday. The Iranian team defeated Mali 71-59 at the 9–16th place on Friday. Parsa Fallah scored 21 points for Iran and Malian Oumar Ballo earned 17 points. The tournament […]
TEHRAN – Iran learned their AFC U23 Asian Cup Uzbekistan 2022 Qualifiers group stage on Friday. The Iranian team have been drawn in Group B along with Tajikistan (hosts), Nepal and Lebanon. The 42 teams were drawn into 11 groups with 15 spots available at the AFC U23 Asian Cup 2022 with Uzbekistan having already […]
TEHRAN – Ponferradina have completed the signing of Iranian international goalkeeper Amir Abedzadeh. The 28-year-old goalkeeper has joined the Spanish Segunda Division side from Portuguese club Maritimo. Abedzadeh started his professional career in Orange County SC in the United States in 2011 and after a year he joined Iranian giants Persepolis. Abedzadeh joined Portuguese club […]
