TEHRAN – Woman shooter Hanieh Rostamian was named as Iran’s flagbearer at the 2020 Olympic Games opening ceremony. She will carry the nation’s flag at the 23 July ceremony to open the Tokyo Games. Rostamian is a member of Iran’s women’s 10m air pistol at Tokyo. Basketball player Samad Nikkhah Bahrami had been already named […]
TEHRAN – Iran defeated Tajikistan 3-0 in the 2021 CAFA U17 Women’s Championship on Wednesday and finished in second place. Mehrnaz Ezatabadi (18), Mohadese Zolfi (31) and Melika Bagheri (62) were on target for Iran. Iran defeated Afghanistan 6-0 and lost to Uzbekistan 2-0 in the 5-day tournament which was held in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. The […]
TEHRAN – Persepolis and Sepahan football teams were held against their rivals and Esteghlal defeated Tractor to keep their title hopes alive with four games to go in Iran Professional League (IPL). In Ahvaz, Foolad and Persepolis played out a goalless draw at the Foolad Arena. Persepolis remained top of the table with 55 points, […]
TEHRAN – Spain basketball team defeated Iran 96-53 in their second friendly match at WiZink Center in Madrid Monday night. Sergio Scariolo’s team had defeated Iran 88-61 on Saturday in Valencia. The matches were held as part of preparation for the 2020 Olympic Games. Iran had lost to Japan twice and defeated them one time […]
TEHRAN – Zob Ahan football team escaped defeat at home against Saipa in Matchday 26 of Iran Professional League (IPL) on Monday. Zob Ahan goalkeeper Shahab Gordan was sent off just 13 minutes into the match after receiving a straight red card. Saipa forward Amirali Sadeghi gave the visiting team the lead before the hour […]
TEHRAN – Iran national basketball team will play Czech Republic in the opening match of the 2020 Olympic Games on July 25. The Czech Republic became the last team to seal a berth in the Tokyo men’s basketball tournament after beating Greece 97-72 in the final of their qualifying event held in Canada. Iran will […]
TEHRAN – Iran suffered their second loss in a row at the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup on Sunday. Iran were defeated against hosts Latvia 58-48. Parsa Fallah scored 16 points for Iran, while Latvian Kristians Feierbergs earned 17 points. Serbia defeated Puerto Rico 84-64 in the same group. Iran began the campaign on Saturday […]
TEHRAN – Iran lost to Spain basketball team as part of preparation for the Olympic Games in Tokyo on Saturday. In the match held at the La Fonteta in Valencia, the Spanish team defeated Iran 88-61. Mehran Shahintab’s team will also play Spain on Monday in Madrid. Iran had lost to Japan twice and defeated […]
TEHRAN – Former Australia custodian Mark Bosnich says that Iran national football team deserved to qualify for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. On Nov. 29, 1997, the Iranian team drew 2-2 with Socceroos at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in front of 128,000 spectators and booked a place at the World Cup. Many Australians have not […]
TEHRAN – Sepahan football team earned a hard-fought 1-0 win over almost-relegated Machine Sazi in Matchday 25 of Iran Professional League (IPL) on Thursday. Danial Esmaeilifar scored the only goal of the match in the 67th minute. Machine Sazi defender Mehdi Rostami was sent off in the 70th minute after receiving a straight red card. […]
TEHRAN – Iran ended the 2021 Volleyball Nations League Week 2 with a win over Bulgaria on Saturday. The Persians defeated the Bulgarian team in straight sets (25-20, 33-31, 25-22) in Rimini, Italy. Bardia Saadat earned 17 points for Iran, while Parapunov Radoslav scored 11 points for Bulgaria. It was Iran’s fourth successive win in […]
TEHRAN – Iran earned their third successive win in the 2021 Volleyball Nations League, beating Italy 3-1 (26-24, 29-27, 21-25, 25-22) on Friday. Saber Kazemi notched a match-high 24 points for Iran and Italy’s Gabriele Nelli scored 20 points. Iran lost to Japan and Russia in their first two matches but defeated the Netherlands and […]
