TEHRAN – The 2021/22 Iran Professional League season will kick off on Sept. 24 and finish on June 20, 2022, Iran’s League Football Organization announced. The current season has not yet finished and Persepolis and Sepahan compete to win the title with seven weeks to spare. The Iran Professional League is the highest division of […]
TEHRAN – Brentford won promotion to the Premier League for the first time in 74 years on Saturday as they beat Swansea 2-0 in a Championship play-off final. Brentford completed their fairytale rise thanks to first-half goals from Ivan Toney and Emiliano Marcondes at Wembley. Beaten by Fulham in last season’s Championship final, Brentford had […]
TEHRAN – Brighton & Hove Albion winger Alireza Jahanbakhsh says that he will make the best decision for his future. He signed from AZ Alkmaar in 2018 for a then club-record fee of £17m but has since endured a frustrating time in the Premier League on the south coast. Now, Jahanbakhsh says he will make […]
TEHRAN – Iran national football team remained unchanged in the in the latest FIFA Men’s World Ranking. The ‘Persian Leopards’ are 31st in the world and second in Asia behind Japan. With only one match played since the last edition was published – a Ukraine-Bahrain friendly that ended all square (1-1) – the Top 50 […]
TEHRAN – Iran’s Para shooter Sareh Javanmardi says that she is ready to shine at the 2020 Paralympic Games, despite the competition’s postponement. Javanmardi won two gold medals at the 2016 Rio in the 10 m air pistol SH1 and Mixed 50 m pistol SH1. She had already won a bronze medal at the 2012 […]
TEHRAN – Persepolis football team came from a goal down to defeat Zob Ahan 2-1 in Iran Professional League (IPL) Monday night. Sina Asadbeigi scored for the hosts in the 37th minute, taking advantage of a poor clearance of Persepolis goalkeeper Hamed Lak. Persepolis, who look to win the IPL title for the fifth time […]
TEHRAN – Dragan Skocic has named his 26-man team for the 2022 World Cup qualification in Bahrain. The team will begin the two-day training camp in Tehran on Tuesday and then travel to Kish Island on Thursday to continue the training until May 31. Iran will meet Hong Kong, Bahrain, Cambodia and Iraq, respectively from […]
TEHRAN – 10 years ago today, Iran and Esteghlal legendary goalkeeper Nasser Hejazi left us. Iran’s football has not forgotten him as a person who made the nation proud in his footballing life. The custodian lost his battle with lung cancer on May 23, 2011 in Tehran at the age of 61. Hejazi was a […]
TEHRAN – The Disciplinary Committee of the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) announced punishments for three players and one coach for infractions during two weeks of the Iran Professional League (IPL). The FFIRI’s Disciplinary Committee found Persepolis’ captain Jalal Hosseini and Sepahan defender Ezatollah Pourghaz guilty for violent conduct at the […]
TEHRAN – Esteghlal and Foolad football teams booked their place in the quarterfinals round of Iran’s Hazfi Cup, while Tractor were knocked out of the competition. Esteghlal defeated Zob Ahan 2-1 in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium. Farshid Esmaeili gave the host a lead in the 55th minute but Zob Ahan Serbian striker Darko Bjedov scored the […]
TEHRAN – Hungarian referee Sandor Puhl died at the age of 65, the Hungarian Football Association (MLSZ) said on Thursday. He refereed the second leg match between Australia and Iran in 1998 FIFA World Cup AFC–OFC qualification play-off in Melbourne. The Hungarian official had previously traveled to Tehran, capital of Iran in 1995 to referee […]
TEHRAN – Iran national volleyball team head coach Vladimir Alekno says that there is no guarantee they will climb the podium at this year’s Olympic Games. Iran have been drawn along with Japan, Poland, Italy, Canada and Venezuela in Pool A. Pool B consists of Brazil, the U.S., Russia, Argentina, France and Tunisia. In a […]
