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A loophole that allows national teams to boost their seedings for the World Cup by avoiding friendly matches is likely to disappear after next year’s finals in Russia, with changes due to the…

After years of research, the International Federation of Football History and Statistics have released a list of the all-time top goalscorers in league fixtures.

The group collected the…

President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach snet a message of condolence to the head of Iran’s National Olympic Committee Kiumars Hashemi in connection with the earthquake…

Roger Federer marched into the semifinals at the ATP Finals once again on Tuesday but he made hard work of the task before finally prevailing 7-6(6) 5-7 6-1 in a high quality battle of the…

Iranian female shooter Sareh Javanmardi has put up her Paralympics gold medal for auction to raise money for the victims of the killer earthquake in western Iran on Sunday.

Former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba will retire from the sport following the conclusion of the next United Soccer League (USL) season in November 2018.

The Ivorian won four Premier…

The Italian Football Federation has reportedly placed Chelsea boss Antonio Conte at the top of their wish list to revive the Italy national team.

A two-legged aggregate defeat at the…

Denmark secured Europe’s final qualification spot for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia with a 5-1 victory away to Republic of Ireland on Tuesday for a 5-1 aggregate result. It is the fifth time…

Iranian athletes are closing ranks to help the earthquake victims in the western Kermanshah Province.

For the first time since 1958, Italy will not be going to the FIFA World Cup. Sweden held on to force a goalless draw in the second leg of European zone play-off tie at the San Siro Stadium in…

Former Iranian national football team player Mehdi Mahdavikia has received an invitation from FIFA to attend the 2018 World Cup draw ceremony, slated for December 1 at the Kremlin Palace…

Rafael Nadal pulled out of the season-ending ATP Finals on Monday after being hampered by a knee injury during his round-robin defeat by Belgian David Goffin 7-6(5) 6-7(4) 6-4.

“I’m not…

Three Iranian chess players won in the first round of the World Junior Chess Championship.

Sara Sadat Khadem-al-Sharieh, Mohaddeseh Alijanzadeh and Aryan Gholami notched up wins over…

In a friendly match in the Netherlands on Monday Iran national soccer team defeated Venezuela 1-0.

Team Melli, which is preparing for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia, won against the…

Croatia has qualified for a second consecutive 2018 FIFA World Cup after a goalless draw in Greece on Sunday to secure a 4-1 aggregate victory over its rival.

An emphatic 4-1 victory in…

Mohammad-Jafar Moradi from Iran took gold at the half marathon in Beirut.

The Iranian runner finished in first place with a time of 1:08:04. Jordan’s Ahmad Sammour won the silver medal…

Parisa Rohanian from Iran claimed a silver medal in the first stage of the 2017-18 Indoor Archery World Cup in Marrakesh, Morocco.

She lost to her Danish opponent in recurve junior women…

Iran’s basketball team will not be holding anything back when they plunge into action for the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Asian Qualifiers later this month.

Antoine Griezmann has admitted it would be a dream to play alongside Neymar and Kylian Mbappe, fuelling speculation that a move to Paris Saint-Germain could be on the cards at the end of the…

With the West Zone Qualifications having come to an end, the cast is complete for the AFC Futsal Championship 2018.

Bahrain, Lebanon, Iraq and Jordan booked their seats at the event to…

Morocco and Tunisia completed the Confederation of African Football (CAF) line-up at the FIFA World Cup, securing the last of Africa’s berths at Russia 2018.

Real Madrid reported on Friday that Gareth Bale has been injured again, this time with a muscle injury to his left leg in a training session. The player did not join up with the Wales squad for…

A Russian extreme sportsman famed for his record-breaking free-falling stunts has died in a base jumping accident in the Himalayas, expedition organizers in Nepal said Sunday.

Valery…

Iranian men’s team grabbed the gold medal of the 18th Asian Canoe Polo Championships in Malaysia, November 8-12.

Iran canoe polo team lined up against Japan in the final match. First…

Iran Kong Fu squad did well at the 7th World Kung Fu Championships (WKFC) in Emeishan City in Sichuan Province, China, November 7-11.

Seven gold, silver and bronze medals were bagged by…