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  • Roma reached the semifinals of EUFA Champions League with a stunning 3-0 win over Barcelona at Stadio Olimpico on Tuesday in Rome to secure an improbable aggregate win on away goals.

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  • Pep Guardiola was sent off as Manchester City was knocked out of the UEFA Champions League by Liverpool following a 2-1 quarterfinal second-leg loss on Tuesday, which gave the Reds a 5-1…

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  • Samsung Electronics has rejected allegations made by a South Korean broadcaster that it was involved in improper lobbying to bring the 2018 Winter Olympics to Pyeongchang.

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  • Anthony Joshua added yet another accolade to his long list of world titles on Tuesday, helping Lucozade Sport Fitwater and over 500 members of the public set a new Guinness World Records for the…

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  • Iranian judo International Javad Mahjoub has climbed the world ranking of +100kg category for seven places after winning the silver medal at the Antalya Grand Prix in Turkey at the weekend.

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  • A joint South American bid for the 2030 FIFA World Cup will include eight cities in Argentina and two each in Paraguay and Uruguay, it was announced on Tuesday.

    Claudio Tapia, president…

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  • Former AC Milan, Real Madrid, Russia and England head coach Fabio Capello announced he has retired from management as he brushed aside speculation linking him with the Italy job.

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  • New corruption allegations surrounding Pyeongchang’s successful bid for this year’s Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games have surfaced in claims that technology giant Samsung led a secret…

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  • Manuel Negrete’s sublime volley for Mexico against Bulgaria in Mexico 1986 has been voted by football fans around the globe as the greatest goal scored at the FIFA World Cup.

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  • The Portuguese coach of Iran’s national soccer team Carlos Queiroz has admitted that he and his staff are following the 19-year-old Iranian-born Australian soccer player Daniel Arzani “very…

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  • Footage has emerged of Novak Djokovic training with former coach Marian Vajda as the 12-time Grand Slam champion begins his preparations for the clay-court season.

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  • Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel held on by the skin of his teeth to win a tense Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix in his 200th race on Sunday at the Sakhir desert circuit in Bahrain.

    His tires…

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  • Valentino Rossi has lashed out at his MotoGP rival Marc Marquez in the aftermath of their Argentina clash, saying the reigning champion has “destroyed our sport”.

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  • Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane remains hopeful of overhauling Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah in the race for Premier League Golden Boot but is also focused on helping Spurs finish the season…

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  • Based on preliminary forecasts, Iran will send its biggest team in its history to the upcoming Para Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia.

    It is going to be the country’s largest squad in…

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  • Persepolis has retained the Iran Pro League title in style, sealing the 2017-18 season of the Persian Pro League with three games to spare.

    Persepolis defeated Padideh 1-0 at the Samen…

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  • Bayern Munich secured a record sixth successive Bundesliga title thanks to a 4-1 win away to Augsburg on Saturday.

    Jupp Heynckes’ men could have won the title with last weekend’s 6-0…

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  • Zinedine Zidane believes Gareth Bale will still be at Real Madrid next season, despite increasing suggestions he will return to the Premier League.

    The Welshman has spent five seasons in…

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  • Yazd City in the province by the same name will host the second edition of Eurasia Beach Soccer Cup, April 15-17.

    Three European teams will compete against title holder Moghavemate…

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  • Iran junior taekwondo team clinched three medals at the 2018 World Taekwondo Junior Championships in Hammamet, Tunisia, April 6-13.

    According to the World Taekwondo Federation, the event…

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  • Rafael Nadal described his return to action as “a day to remember” after the 16-time Grand Slam winner pulled Spain level in their Davis Cup quarterfinal against Germany.

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  • World champion Marc Marquez shrugged off the showers to set the best time in Friday practice for the Argentina MotoGP.

    The 25-year-old Spaniard dominated at the circuit des Termas de Rio…

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  • Lewis Hamilton will have to do what no Formula One driver has ever done to win Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix after an unscheduled gearbox change left the Mercedes driver facing a five-place grid…

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  • Iran basketball team’s dream to step into the FIBA Under 16 Asia Championship ended as it lost the quarterfinal to New Zealand 73-69 in a thrilling match on Friday in Foshan, China.

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  • The world-class stature of AFC referees is underlined after a record 16 match officials from Asia have been selected to officiate at the upcoming FIFA World Cup Russia in summer.

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