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Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge set a new marathon world record in Berlin on Sunday, smashing the previous best as he clocked 2hr 1min 39sec.

The 33-year-old Olympic champion, aided by a string of…

Marin Cilic gave Croatia a stranglehold over the US as he beat Frances Tiafoe 6-1 6-3 7-6(5) to put the hosts 2-0 ahead in their Davis Cup semifinal in Zadar, Croatia, on Friday.

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The four semifinalists at the 2018 AFC Champions League will be confirmed in the coming days, with the second legs of the quarterfinals to take place between Monday and Wednesday.

Grandmaster Parham Maghsoodloo claimed the title of the FIDE World Junior U20 Chess Championship in Turkey on Saturday.

The 18-year-old grandmaster won Russia’s Maxim Vavulin in the…

The World Anti-Doping Agency has been given the green light to lift its ban on Russia’s drug-tainted testing authority after a recommendation from investigators, the global doping watchdog said…

Italian rider Vittoria Bussi has broken the women’s UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale) hour record, surpassing the mark set by American Evelyn Stevens.

Bussi completed 48.007km at the…

Iranian volleyball giants started their campaign in the FIVB Volleyball World Championship co-hosted by Italy and Bulgaria with two consecutive victories to share Pool D top spot with title-…

Iran repelled a spirited Philippines to start the second round of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Asian Qualifiers with an 81-73 victory at Azadi Stadium in Tehran on Thursday.

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Speed climber Reza Alipour was victorious in the IFSC Climbing World Championships in Innsbruck, Austria, on Friday as he climbed a 15 meter high wall in 5.63 seconds.

In a thrilling…

FIFA plans changes to the international transfers rules that would limit player loans and create a clearing house to handle agents fees, a source told AFP on Thursday.

FIFA wants to…

The national football team edged Uzbekistan 1-0 in a friendly match Tuesday in Tashkent benefitting from golden substitute, Mehdi Torabi’s goal.

Replacing Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Torabi…

Spain's identity crisis looks to be well and truly over after Marco Asensio inspired a 6-0 thrashing of World Cup runner-up Croatia in the UEFA Nations League on Tuesday.

World’s strongest man in para powerlifting Siamand Rahman added another gold medal to his chest of honors by winning the title of the 2018 Asia-Oceania Open Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan,…

Iran’s women volleyball team will play Kazakhstan in its first match in the 2018 Asian Women’s Volleyball Cup in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, on September 16.

South Korea plans to propose a joint hosting of the 2032 Summer Olympics with North Korea at next week's summit in Pyongyang, sports minister Do Jong-hwan said Wednesday.

Do will make…

Iran is aiming to extend its winning streak in the Asian Qualifiers of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, but the feisty Filipinos stand in the way.

Young Monaco driver Charles Leclerc will replace Finnish veteran Kimi Raikkonen at Ferrari next season with the former world champion returning to Sauber, both Formula One teams announced on…

The opening matches of the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship, jointly hosted by Italy and Bulgaria, recorded sell-out crowds on the opening night on Sunday, as fans packed the two…

Everton’s majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri has significantly increased his control of the Premier League club after acquiring a larger stake on Tuesday.

Iranian businessman and…

Portugal rested Cristiano Ronaldo and still overcame new-look Italy 1-0 in their opening Nations League match on Monday, giving visiting coach Roberto Mancini plenty to think about.

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At the 52nd ISSF World Championship in Changwon, South Korea, Amir Mohammad Nekounam of Iran won a gold medal in the 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men Junior final. 

For the young Iranian…

On the third day of Para Powerlifting Asia-Oceania Open Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan, Iran’s team raised its medal count to four after the silver medal won by Rouhollah Rostami.

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Italian motorcycle racer Andrea Dovizioso won the San Marino Grand Prix for Ducati on Sunday while reigning world champion Marc Marquez finished second to increase his MotoGP championship lead…

One person died and 40 were injured in a stampede before kick-off at an African Nations Cup qualifier between Madagascar and Senegal in Antananarivo on Sunday.

Local hospital officials…

Novak Djokovic clinched his third US Open title on Sunday with a 6-3, 7-6 (7/4), 6-3 triumph over Juan Martin del Potro, leveling him with Pete Sampras’s mark of 14 Grand Slams.