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The national volleyball team will start on Wednesday its campaign in the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship co-hosted by Italy and Bulgaria.

Iran is in Pool D along with…

Giovanni Simeone says his goal-scoring debut for Argentina was the realization of a path long anticipated by his famous father Diego.

The Fiorentina striker netted the final goal in a 3-…

Naomi Osaka became the first Japanese to win a Grand Slam single title on Saturday as her idol Serena Williams angrily imploded, calling the chair umpire in the US Open final “a thief”.

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Para powerlifter Yousef Yousefi won silver in the 2018 Para Powerlifting Asia-Oceania Open Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan, on Sunday.

In the men’s under 59kg category, Yousefi…

Spain punctured England’s post World Cup euphoria by winning 2-1 at Wembley to hand coach Luis Enrique a winning start in the UEFA Nations League.

In their first game since reaching the…

Iran junior para powerlifter Alireza Izadi clinched two medals in the 2018 World Para Powerlifting Asia-Oceania Open Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan, on Saturday.

According to ISNA,…

Germany’s Olympic and world sprint cycling champion Kristina Vogel has been paralyzed following a serious crash in training in June, she told German magazine Der Spiegel.

“No matter how…

New Spain coach Luis Enrique wants his side to evolve from the style that brought La Roja great success in the past decade before growing stale in recent years.

Spain won three major…

Italy needed a controversial Jorginho penalty to scrape a 1-1 draw at home to Poland in the UEFA Nations League on Friday.

Italy, playing in their first match under Roberto Mancini, who…

After the conclusion of the 2018 Asian Games, Indonesia is set to host the 2018 Asian Paralympic Games, also known as the 3rd Asian Para Games, from October 6-13 in Jakarta.

The games…

Football giants Persepolis and Esteghlal will play the second leg of quarterfinal matches in the AFC Champions League against Qatari rivals while the Reds hope to avenge Al-Duhail at home at…

Three months before the AFC Asian Cup 2019 kick off; Iran’s national football team has backed the manager Carlos Queiroz and called for more friendly games and facilities. 

Naomi Osaka announced her arrival on the big stage at the US Open on Thursday, beating last year’s runner-up Madison Keys 6-2 6-4 to reach her first Grand Slam final and set up a clash with her…

Europe’s newest international soccer tournament started Thursday with a whimper rather than a bang.

Germany and France - the 2014 World Cup champion against this year’s winner -…

Iran’s junior mixed shooting pair grabbed the first silver medal in the history of the mixed shooting team at the 52nd International Shooting Sport Federation World Championships in Changwon,…

Iran’s women canoe polo team won gold at Jakarta Asian Games, August 18-September 2. After returning to the country, one of the team members has revealed that they used rental boats to make…

World No. 1 Rafael Nadal beat Dominic Thiem in a grueling five-set quarterfinal, recovering from a disastrous opening set to clinch the match in dramatic style on Tuesday.

The defending…

Serena Williams marched into the semifinals of the US Open for the ninth consecutive time with an assured 6-4 6-3 win over eighth seed Karolina Pliskova Tuesday in New York.

It is the…

High-profile club coaches from across Asia including several from the AFC Champions League quarterfinalists gathered in Shanghai on Wednesday for the AFC’s Third Elite Club Coaches Forum.

Iran will meet Uzbekistan on September 11 in a friendly football match in Tashkent to warm up for the upcoming AFC Asian Cup in the UAE in January.

Portuguese manager Carlos Queiroz of…

US sanctions have undermined Iran’s wrestling teams and the national wrestling federation has cancelled the senior teams’ (freestyle and Greco-Roman) participation in all international…

The transfer window may have closed, but Nottingham Forest could still have two new faces in its squad imminently.

The English club was busy over the summer buying several players and is…

Shares of Nike Inc fell nearly 2% Tuesday as calls for a boycott of the sportswear giant gained traction on social media after it chose Colin Kaepernick as a face for adverts marking the 30th…

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has accepted a one-year prison sentence as part of a deal to settle a Spanish tax evasion case, El Mundo newspaper reported on Tuesday, although he is…

Five-time champion Roger Federer crashed out of the US Open in New York on Monday, beaten in four sets by 55th-ranked Australian John Millman.

Millman’s 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (9/7), 7-6 (7/3)…