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  • Argentina beat France 4-2 in a penalty shootout Sunday to claim a third World Cup title despite Kylian Mbappé scoring the first hat trick in a final in 56 years.

    Gonzalo Montiel scored…

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  • Esteghlal Football Club celebrated the championship of the Persian Pro League 2021-22 season on Monday at Azadi Stadium in Tehran in the presence of 100,000 of its fans, after going undefeated…

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  • Iran succeeded in defending its crown at the 21st Asian Senior Men’s Volleyball Championship after a thrilling 3-0 (27-25, 25-22, 31-29) final clash with hosts Japan at the Chiba Port Arena on…

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  • The first phase of a project is underway to transfer desalinated water from Parsian Special Economic Energy Zone in southern Hormozgan Province in the Persian Gulf to Lamard Special Economic…

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  • While officials say water transfer from the Caspian Sea to Semnan Province is the only solution to meet the growing demand of farmers and industries, environmentalists and economic experts…

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  • Young Iranian volleyball players defeated Italy, during the final match of FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship 2019 Saturday in Manamah, to capture their first ever world championship…

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  • Kashima Antlers clinched the 2018 AFC Champions League title after a resolute performance saw them hold Persepolis FC 0-0 in the second leg of the final at Tehran's Azadi Stadium on Saturday,…

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  • One of the major international football news websites, Goal.com, has praised Iranian midfielder Saman Ghoddos’s remarkable performance since his move to the French club Amiens in the France top-…

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  • Seyyed Jalal Hosseini’s goal against Qatar’s Al Duhail in the second leg of the AFC Champions League was selected as the best goal of the round by public vote on the official site of the Asian…

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  • Lyon reacted to a UEFA ruling on Friday that it must play the next Champions League match behind closed doors by saying the team would appeal again, this time to the Court of Arbitration for…

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  • For the first time, the Wrestling Federation of India has managed to procure services of a coach from Asian powerhouse Iran with Hossein Karimi set to join as one of the three foreign coaches…

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  • Iran men’s volleyball team suffered a loss in its opening game in the second round of the 2018 World volleyball Championship on Friday in Sofia, Bulgaria.

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  • Iran struggled to beat Australia in dramatic four sets 22-25 25-23 25-22 25-20 in the 5th-10th playoffs in the 6th AVC Cup for Women in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, on Friday.

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  • The World Anti-Doping Agency executive committee has voted to lift the ban on the Russian Anti-Doping Agency.

    WADA President Craig Reedie has revealed that a “great majority” of votes…

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  • Liverpool looks to maintain its impressive start to the new season in a potentially historic meeting against Southampton, with Jurgen Klopp’s players benefitting from their relatively quiet…

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  • Iran’s young football players lost the opening game in the AFC U-16 Championship to Indonesia 2-0 in the Group C matches at the National Stadium in Kuala Lumpur on Friday.

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  • In the latest update of FIFA ranking after the Russia World Cup, Iran is still atop the Asian teams despite one notch down in the overall ranking.

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  • Two weeks after the end of Asian Games of Jakarta where Iran took two gold, three silver and three bronze medals in karate, national karatekas won three medals at Karate 1 Premier League in…

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  • Credit Suisse, bank in New York City, showed serious “deficiencies” in its efforts to prevent money laundering when dealing with FIFA, Brazilian oil giant Petrobras and Venezuela’s state energy…

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  • Iran was on cloud nine on Monday as Mahsa Kadkhoda scored a match-high 30 points to lead her team to a dramatic 3-2 win in exhausting 122 minutes against the   Philippines at the 6th…

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  • Japan has become the true giant slayer of the Asian Qualifiers after cutting down Iran, another powerhouse on home turf.

    A couple of key Iranian players were absent, and Japan took full…

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  • Britain’s Lewis Hamilton eased to victory from pole position at the Singapore Grand Prix on Sunday as the Mercedes driver extended his championship lead over Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel to 40…

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  • Liverpool striker Roberto Firmino could miss Tuesday’s blockbuster Champions League clash with Paris Saint-Germain due to an eye injury picked up in Saturday’s 2-1 win at Tottenham Hotspur.

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  • Iran women’s volleyball team drew the first blood at the Asian Women’s Volleyball Cup edging Kazakhstan 3-2 on Sunday in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.

    After a two-hour battle over the net…

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  • In its third consecutive victory in FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship, Iran beat Cuba 3-1 on Saturday to keep an unbeaten run in the tournament.

    Iran stayed perfect in Pool D…

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