Latest Sports News in Iran – News and reports from international and domestic athletic competitions across the range of sports, from local stories to tournaments on the world stage.
The Iranian football community mourns the devastating loss of Melika Mohammadi, a prominent player for the national team and Khatun-e Bam, in a heart-wrenching car accident.
Italian Serie A giants Inter are closer than other rivals to transfer Iranian striker Mehdi Taremi, whose contract with Portugal’s Porto expires this coming summer, La Gazzetta dello Sport reported.
Iranian Foreign Minister has been invited to Saudi Arabia to jointly watch a football match between Iranian and Saudi clubs set to be held in the Arab country.
Following a spat between Saudi Arabia’s Al Itihhad football team and the Iranian rivals Sepahan over off-the-field controversies, Iran’s foreign minister says sports should not be used as a political leverage.
Iran’s national freestyle wrestling team has ended its campaign at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships in Serbia at the second place — winning one gold medal, two silvers and one bronze.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has met with FIFA's chief Gianni Infantino in New York. Raisi described sports, especially football, as one of the suitable platforms for closer relations between countries.
Legendary soccer player of Saudi Arabia’s Al-Nassr club Cristiano Ronaldo was swarmed by a massive number of fans upon his arrival in the Iranian capital on Monday before a face-off with Persepolis, but among the astonishing crowd who lined up outside his hotel only a young boy got the chance to meet the Portuguese star player in person.
Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo has arrived in Tehran along with his teammates from Saudi Arabia’s soccer club Al-Nasr FC for Tuesday’s match against Iran’s Persepolis.
Iranian freestyle wrestler Amirhossein Zare grabbed the gold medal at the World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, triumphing over Geno Petriashvili from Georgia with a decisive score of 11-0.
Iranian football star Mehdi Taremi of FC Porto tossed his shirt as a gift to a child fan who was holding an Iranian flag emblazoned with “Salam Mehdi”, meaning “Hi, Mehdi” in Persian, after helping his team defeat rivals Estrela Amadora on Friday to perch on top of the Portuguese league.
Iranian Greco-Roman wrestlers with hearing impairments have won eight medals at the 5th edition of World Deaf Cadet and Junior Greco-Roman & Freestyle Wrestling Championships in Kyrgyzstan, and finished as the overall vice champion of the competition.
Hamed Haddadi captain of Iran’s national basketball team announced his retirement shortly after Iran lost to also-ran Asian side Lebanon, 73-81, in Jakarta on Saturday.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has extended a message of congratulation to Iran's U-20 and U-17 Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling teams for grabbing championship titles in the world competitions.
