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Iran professional football player Alireza Jahanbakhsh was named the top scorer of Eredivisie, the highest echelon of professional football in the Netherlands, at the end of the games on Sunday…

Iranian snooker players took their first strong step on the beginning day of the 34th Asian Snooker Championships in Tabriz, East Azarbaijan Province.

A total of 11 games were played by…

After the ninth round of Blitz Championships in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan, Iranian chess grandmaster Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami clinched the first place on Monday.

According to IRNA, Ghaem-Maghami…

FC Barcelona and Real Madrid drew 2-2 in ‘El Clasico’ in the Camp Nou Stadium on Sunday as the host held on for 45 minutes with 10 men in a hard-fought game between Spain’s two traditional…

Esteghlal’s Uzbek midfielder Server Djeparov believes his side will overcome compatriot Zobahan in the Round of 16 of the AFC Champions League on Tuesday.

Iranian giant Esteghlal was…

Organizers of this year’s Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, have expressed concern over the potential of cyber attacks affecting major events such as the opening and closing…

Former Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is recovering in hospital after undergoing emergency surgery for a brain haemorrhage on Saturday.

The 76-year-old remains in intensive…

Iranian football legionnaire Masoud Shojaei celebrated the Greece Super League title along with his team AEK Athens at the end of the league games on Saturday.

The title was secured…

Khuzestan Province wrestling team, representing Iran, took the first place in the International School Sport Federation Gymnasiade 2018 in Marrakech, Morocco.

The team bagged five gold…

Iran shooters won the top spot in the 2018 World Shooting Para Sport Championships in Cheongju, South Korea, May 1-12.

The three-woman squad including Sareh Javanmardi, Samira Eram and…

A sixth league title of his career could not come soon enough for former Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas, and a draw between Benfica and Sporting CP on Friday was enough to crown his…

After more than three years of qualifying suspense, Asia’s 24 best teams finally discovered their AFC Asian Cup 2019 group stage challengers on Friday.

The draw of the final tournament…

Having taken another step towards the sporting rapprochement of North and South Korea, the unified Korean women’s table tennis team was soundly beaten by Japan at the World Championships in…

Spain national soccer team should not underestimate Iran, said Vicente del Bosque, a prominent Spanish soccer coach, talking about the games to be played between the national teams of the two…

Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone is forced to watch the Europa League final against Marseille from the stands after receiving a four-match European ban for insulting a referee, UEFA said on…

Esteghlal edged out Khooneh-Be-Khoobeh 1-0 on Thursday in Khorramshahr, Khuzestan Province, to win the Hazfi (elimination) Cup.

Iran began the AFC Women’s Futsal Championship 2018 title defense with an emphatic 14-0 win over Turkmenistan on Thursday in Bangkok, Thailand.

The legendary Ali Daei has explained his confidence over Iran winning the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 title.

“Iran has been Asia’s top team for the last few years for a reason: the…

Spanish football clubs Real and Atletico, both from Madrid, dominate the final games of UEFA Champions League and Europa League after gaining points from the second leg of their respective games…

Formula One is to launch a live post-race show on Twitter starting from next week’s Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona and with retired 2016 world champion Nico Rosberg involved, the motor racing…

The deaf football squad of Iran gained a precious 3-0 victory against Oman on Wednesday at the Fourth Asia-Pacific Deaf Football Championship in Changwon, South Korea, during April 23-May 5, to…

Iranian young chess grandmaster Parham Maghsoodlou increases his World Chess Federation (FIDE) rating to 2,638 points to become the first Iranian to reach this position.

This is the…

Wimbledon announced a hefty prize-pot hike on Tuesday, along with a new sustainability project aimed at ensuring it is not just the grass courts that remain green at the All England Club.

The 2019 AFC Asian Cup official draw will take place on Friday in  Dubai, the UAE, with Iran seeded in Pot 1.

The upcoming Asian Cup, slated for next January in the UAE, is set to…

A subdued Lewis Hamilton admitted he had been lucky on Monday after taking the drivers’ championship lead with his opportunistic victory in Sunday’s chaotic crash-strewn Azerbaijan Grand Prix.…