TEHRAN – Former Iran taekwondo player Majid Aflaki criticized the technical staff of Iran’s taekwondo national team following poor results in the 2020 Olympic Games. Iran finished the Games without winning a medal in Tokyo. It was the first time that the country’s taekwondo failed to win any medal since 1988. Former national team practitioner, […]
TEHRAN – Iran sprinter Hassan Taftian failed to progress to the semifinals of the men’s 100m event at the Olympic Games. He finished in fourth place with a time of 10.19 seconds. South African sprinter Akani Simbine finished in first place with 10.08. Arthur Cisse gets Cote d’Ivoire a spot in 10.15, and Paulo Andre […]
TEHRAN – The final match of Iran’s Hazfi Cup will be held in Isfahan’s Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium. The final match is slated for Aug. 8. Esteghlal will play Gol Gohar in semifinals while Foolad host Malavan on Aug.4. The Iran’s Hazfi Cup was founded in 1975 and Esteghlal are the most successful club with seven […]
TEHRAN – Iran and Persepolis defender Hossein Kanaanizadegan joined Qatari top flight football club Al Ahali. The 27-year-old player has joined Al Ahli on a two-year deal for an undisclosed fee. He joined Persepolis in 2019 and won Iran Professional League two times with the Iranian giants. Kanaanizadegan is a member of Iran national football […]
TEHRAN – Persepolis football team defeated Paykan 2-0 to win Iran Professional League (IPL) for the fifth successive time. Mehdi Abdi and Ahmad Nourollahi scored twice in the first half at the Shahr-e Qods Stadium in Tehran. In Tehran’s Azadi Stadium, Sepahan defeated Esteghlal 2-1. Reza Mirzaei and Sajad Shahbazzadeh scored for Sepahan. Mehdi Mehdipour […]
TEHRAN – Mehdi Taremi’s sensational bicycle kick for Porto against Chelsea has been voted UEFA.com Goal of the Season for 2020/21. Mehdi Taremi received nearly 30% of the votes to win UEFA.com Goal of the Season for his stunning overhead kick against Chelsea. Taremi’s sensational effort came deep into added time of the teams’ UEFA […]
TEHRAN – Iran futsal team defeated Uzbekistan 7-5 at the Continental Futsal Championship semifinals on Thursday. Iran will meet Thailand in the eight-team tournament’s final match on Friday. The tournament is being held in Bangkok, Thailand from July 25 to 30. Iran participate in the competition as part of preparation for the 2021 FIFA Futsal […]
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 […]
