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The 27th International Fajr Badminton Cup begins on Monday in Zanjan with 15 countries attending the games.

Teams from Germany, Turkey, India, Azerbaijan, Vietnam, Jordan, Iraq, Myanmar…

Cristiano Ronaldo currently earns about $26 million a year (with bonuses it reaches $31m), but Real Madrid is prepared to raise his salary to $37m a year from summer, putting him alongside…

Boxing faces expulsion from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games unless governance issues, including the choice of the world governing body’s interim president, are addressed, the International Olympic…

Aiming to improve the quality of judo, Iran Judo Federation has hired two Uzbek coaches to train the men and women teams.

For men’s team, Andrey Shturbabin will work as the trainer under…

Amol in Mazandaran Province is hosting the 26th Fajr Cup, an international chess tournament at Oxin Resort, February 3-10.

The event started on Saturday with more than 400 chess players…

Iran’s men and women athletes won more to take their medal count to 18 up until the closing of the 8th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, February 1-3, at Aftab-e Enqelab Sports Complex in…

Michy Batshuayi reminded Chelsea fans of his talents with a brace in his debut game for Borussia Dortmund on Friday.

The Belgian signed for Dortmund on loan from Chelsea for the…

Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez teamed up to deliver a tough 1-0 victory to Barcelona over Valencia in the first leg of the Copa del Rey semifinal on Friday at the Camp Nou in Barcelona.

The International Paralympic Committee has invited North Korea to participate in Pyeongchang 2018, which would be the country’s first ever Winter Paralympic Games, February 3.

The…

The International Olympic Committee has lifted its suspension of the Brazilian Olympic Committee.

The decision was made on the opening day of an IOC Executive Board meeting on Saturday…

Twenty-eight Russian athletes banned from the Olympics for life for doping have had their suspensions overturned and results reinstated by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, days before the…

Iranian men and women’s teams bagged 13 medals during the first two days of the 8th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, February 1-3, at Aftab-e Enqelab Sports Complex in Tehran.

Defending champion Iran underlined its title credentials with a comprehensive 14-0 victory over Myanmar in their Group C opener at the 2018 AFC Futsal Championships on Friday in Taipei, Taiwan…

United World Wrestling issued the first ranking list for of 2018 in both freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling on February 1.

According to the UWW website, the rankings come after an…

Iranian speed climber Reza Alipour has won the poll for the athlete of the year award by the International World Games Association.

According to Theworldgames.org, Alipour won the title…

Ashkan Dejagah got a glimpse of his potential new Nottingham Forest team-mates in action on Tuesday.

According to the Nottingham Post, the Iranian winger was at the City Ground and posed…

Aymeric Laporte has completed his club record move from Athletic Bilbao to Manchester City, the Premier League club has announced.

The 23-year-old defender had been in discussions with…

Tehran will host the 1st International Workers and Amateurs Open World Martial Arts Championship.

Following a recommendation from the Amateur Federation of Worker’s Sport of Iran, the…

Iran wheelchair basketball players know their opponents in the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation World Championships in Hamburg, Germany, after the draw was done on Tuesday.

Chris Froome has denied a report that he is looking to negotiate a short ban rather than fight to prove his innocence after returning an adverse analytical finding for the asthma drug salbutamol…

Iran’s Zob Ahan squeezed through to the 2018 AFC Champions League group stage with a 3-1 victory over Indian champions Aizawl FC at Foolad Shahr Stadium in Isfahan on Tuesday.

Esteghlal F.C. is the first finalist in the Hazfi Cup after beating Sanat Naft 2-1 on Tuesday in the semifinals at Takhti Stadium in Abadan, Khuzestan Province, home to Sanat Naft.

The…

The International Paralympic Committee has banned Russian fans from waving the national tricolor at the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Paralympics following the organization’s decision to keep Russia’s…

National beach soccer team defeated Spain 4-2 in the final match of the second Persian Beach Soccer Cup in Bushehr, Khuzestan Province, on Monday, to win the title of the friendly games,…

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho says he will not stand in Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s way if he wants to leave Old Trafford.

According to SBS News, the striker, currently sidelined with…