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  • The injury suffered by Gabriel Jesus could speed up Manchester City’s pursuit of Alexis Sanchez, with the Chilean now on the verge of signing for the Premier League leaders.

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  • Barcelona’s record signing Ousmane Dembele is set to return from a long injury layoff in Thursday’s Copa del Rey match against Celta Vigo, the club has said.

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  • Deputy Head of the Football Federation of Iran Ali Kafashian says if approved by the Asian Football Confederation, Ardabil city can host the AFC futsal championships.

    Kafashian made the…

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  • Russian Wrestling Federation has invited Iran Greco-Roman wrestling team to participate in the International Ivan Poddubny Grand Prix.

    Known as the biggest Greco-Roman tournament of…

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  • The English Football Association charged Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger on Tuesday for comments about match officials after the 1-1 Premier League draw at West Bromwich Albion on New Year’s Eve…

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  • Four Iranian Taekwondokas are among top ten players of the world in the latest ranking by the World Taekwondo Federation released on Tuesday.

    According to World Taekwondo Federation…

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  • The Aftab-e Enqelab Sports Complex will host the 8th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, February 1-3.

    To help improve quality of the games, Iran Athletics Federation has equipped the…

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  • Iranian speed climber Reza Alipour leads the vote for Athlete of the Year by the International World Games Association.

    According to Theworldgames.org, among 21 athletes, Alipour is on…

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  • Prize money of 2018 FIFA World Cup has been announced for all teams playing in the competition.

    A total of $400 million will be given to all 32 teams in the upcoming Russia World Cup.…

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  • Iranian futsal teams and players have been nominated in different categories of the 18th UMBRO Futsal Awards held by Futsal Planet website.

    According to Futsalplanet.com, Towhid Lotfi,…

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  • Nepal has banned solo climbers from scaling its mountains, including Mount Everest, in an attempt to reduce accidents and make mountaineering safer.

    New safety regulations also prohibit…

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  • Persepolis striker Mehdi Taremi says he is not going to renew his contract with the club after causing the club much trouble in the past four months.

    The Tehran team was banned for…

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  • World number one Rafa Nadal, who is struggling to get any match practice before the Australian Open, will play an exhibition event at Melbourne Park in the week leading up to the season opening…

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  • Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has hit out at the declining standards of refereeing in the Premier League after his side was denied all three points against West Bromwich Albion.

    The…

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  • Manchester City’s 18-game winning run in the Premier League came to an end as Crystal Palace held the Citizens to a goalless draw in Sunday’s clash at Selhurst Park.

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  • A group of Polish mountaineers set off for northern Pakistan on Sunday to start an attempt to be the first to scale K2, the world’s second highest peak, in wintertime.

    K2, in the…

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  • Andy Murray made a tepid return to the court, losing a one-set match 6-2 to Roberto Bautista Agut at the Mubadala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi.

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  • International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach has been urged to resign by Jim Walden, the lawyer of whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov, who described his leadership as “pathetic” and…

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  • Three players of the Persian Gulf Pro League, the highest division of professional football in Iran, are named in the top 30 players list released last week by the Football Tribe, a Japan-based…

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  • Cristiano Ronaldo has asked that Real Madrid set his selling price for a potential summer transfer at $120 million or less.

    At the same time, the World Player of the Year’s…

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  • NIKE has released its first sports hijab for Muslim athletes to wear while competing.

    The sports manufacturing giant announced earlier this year it was working on bringing out a…

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  • Iranian football legionnaire (player at a foreign club), Ehsan Haj-Safi of the Greek team Panionios F.C. finalized his move to top Greek club Olympiacos F.C. on Saturday as the first winter…

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  • Three Iranian footballers are among the nominees for the Best Footballer in Asia in the list presented by Titan Sports Media Group, one of the most influential sports media groups in China which…

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  • Iran national basketball player Arsalan Kazemi believes every game in the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Asian Qualifiers will be tough. That is why he was happy that he and his teammates got a…

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  • Former world number one tennis player Novak Djokovic’s preparation for next month’s Australian Open suffered a blow after he pulled out of the season-opening exhibition event in Abu Dhabi due to…

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