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Asian athletics gold winner Hassan Taftian finished third at the Metz Indoor Athletics Games in Metz, France, on Monday in the 60-meter category.

Running the track in 6.63 seconds,…

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach plans to visit North Korea after the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, cementing ties with the reclusive state which used the event to restart…

Jose Mourinho bemoaned Manchester United’s set-piece defending as the team succumbed to a fifth Premier League defeat of the season at Newcastle on Sunday.

Iran national indoor hockey team finished third at the 5th Indoor Hockey World Cup in Germany to win its first international medal in Berlin, February 6-11.

The players hammered…

The second international trail running race was held on Thursday in Qeshm Geopark with 300 participants from Iran and the world.

About 280 domestic as well as 10 foreign runners…

Iran cycling squad won several medals in different categories of the Asian Road and Para Cycling Championships in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, February 6-12.

Bijan Amirakhori finished first in…

Pyeongchang Winter Olympics organizers confirmed on Sunday that the games had fallen victim to a cyber attack during Friday’s opening ceremony, but they refused to reveal the source.

Iran was crowned the AFC Futsal Championship winner for the 12th time after beating Japan 4-0 on Sunday, in Taipei, Taiwan.

Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh gave Iran the lead in the first half,…

FIFA President Gianni Infantino will visit Iran later this month to meet  President Hassan Rouhani.

Infantino is going to travel to Tehran following a formal invitation from the…

Even for cold weather warriors hardened by years of winter sports training, the icy chill of South Korea’s frigid February has come as a shock to the system in the leadup to this month’s…

Manchester United’s latest recruit Alexis Sanchez has been handed a 16-month prison sentence for tax fraud during his time at Barcelona.

The Chilean admitted defrauding Spanish tax…

Iranian and North Korean athletes at the Winter Olympics will not receive high-end Samsung smartphones handed out to their fellow competitors because of UN sanctions, organizers said Wednesday…

Record revenues from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics sponsorship program have edged closer to $3 billion with more sponsors expected, the International Olympic Committee said on Wednesday.

The international space community has reached another milestone - in the form of the first ever interstellar badminton tournament held on February 6.

The sports spectacular was filmed as…

Defending champions Iran edged Iraq 5-3 on Tuesday in Taipei to win Group C of the AFC Futsal Championship in a match that proved the first real test of the holders’ credentials.

The sporting community in Iran has expanded the space for women by introducing two new fields.

On February 4-5, Iran Weightlifting Federation held the first ever round of competition for…

On a night that Chelsea would rather forget, losing 4-1 away at Watford on February 5, the Hornets’ new loan signing Gerard Deulofeu marked his debut with a goal.

The match started…

Manchester United held a special service at Old Trafford on Tuesday to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Munich Air Disaster.

Chris Froome will begin his 2018 season at this month’s Ruta del Sol, regional Spanish road bicycle race, Team Sky announced on Monday, with the British rider “confident” there will be progress…

Host Morocco claimed the African Nations Championship (CHAN) on Sunday after hammering Nigeria 4-0 in the final.

Despite poor weather, the match was played in front of a packed crowd in…

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) is set to showcase a snow volleyball game at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics, February 9-25, in South Korea.

In collaboration with the…

The Winter Olympics has been hit by a fresh doping scandal after secret papers revealed up to a third of all medalists have provided dodgy drug test results.

Hundreds of skiers have…

The fastest Iranian man Hassan Taftian is among the top five fast men of the world in indoor 60-meter relay in the recent ranking released by the International Association of Athletics…

It will be harder for new sports to be included on the Winter Olympic Games program in the future because the ones currently there are continually innovating with new disciplines.

Reigning champion Iran advanced to the quarterfinals of the AFC Futsal Championship after defeating China 11-1 in a Group C tie on Sunday in Taipei.

China held firm for the first three…