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 ۲۰۲۲ 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 ۲۰۲۱ on Saturday. Nemati won a silver after losing to Italian Elisabetta Mijno ۶-۴ in the final match of the Compound Women Open. Italian Petrilli Vincenza beat Margarita Sidorenko from Russia ۶-۲ in the […]
TEHRAN – Iran discovered their fate at the Continental Futsal Championship Thailand ۲۰۲۱. 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 ۲۵ to ۳۰. Iran will participate in the […]
TEHRAN – Iran’s Tractor football team will play Al Nassr of Saudi Arabia in Qatar in Round of ۱۶ of the ۲۰۲۱ AFC Champions League. The match was originally scheduled to be held at the Mrsool Park in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Sept. ۱۴ 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 ۹–12th place semifinals of the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup on Saturday. The Iranian team defeated Mali ۷۱-۵۹ at the ۹–16th place on Friday. Parsa Fallah scored ۲۱ points for Iran and Malian Oumar Ballo earned ۱۷ points. The tournament […]
TEHRAN – Iran learned their AFC U23 Asian Cup Uzbekistan ۲۰۲۲ Qualifiers group stage on Friday. The Iranian team have been drawn in Group B along with Tajikistan (hosts), Nepal and Lebanon. The ۴۲ teams were drawn into ۱۱ groups with ۱۵ spots available at the AFC U23 Asian Cup ۲۰۲۲ with Uzbekistan having already […]
TEHRAN – Ponferradina have completed the signing of Iranian international goalkeeper Amir Abedzadeh. The ۲۸-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 ۲۰۱۱ and after a year he joined Iranian giants Persepolis. Abedzadeh joined Portuguese club […]
TEHRAN – Woman shooter Hanieh Rostamian was named as Iran’s flagbearer at the ۲۰۲۰ Olympic Games opening ceremony. She will carry the nation’s flag at the ۲۳ 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 ۳-۰ in the ۲۰۲۱ CAFA U17 Women’s Championship on Wednesday and finished in second place. Mehrnaz Ezatabadi (۱۸), Mohadese Zolfi (۳۱) and Melika Bagheri (۶۲) were on target for Iran. Iran defeated Afghanistan ۶-۰ and lost to Uzbekistan ۲-۰ in the ۵-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 ۵۵ points, […]
TEHRAN – Spain basketball team defeated Iran ۹۶-۵۳ in their second friendly match at WiZink Center in Madrid Monday night. Sergio Scariolo’s team had defeated Iran ۸۸-۶۱ on Saturday in Valencia. The matches were held as part of preparation for the ۲۰۲۰ 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 ۲۶ of Iran Professional League (IPL) on Monday. Zob Ahan goalkeeper Shahab Gordan was sent off just ۱۳ minutes into the match after receiving a straight red card. Saipa forward Amirali Sadeghi gave the visiting team the lead before the hour […]
