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Chess player Sara Sadat Khadem-al-Sharieh drew against her Chinese rival Shiqun Ni in the 18th round of China Chess League (CCL) Division A, November 4.

The 16th and 17th rounds of the…

Two-time Paralympic Champion Zahra Nemati has been picked as the winner of the International Paralympic Committee’s Allianz Athlete of the Month award for September.

Zahra Balazadeh was introduced by the Iran National Paralympic Committee as the flagbearer for the Iranian Paralympics squad at the third Asian Youth Para Games in Dubai, December 10-14.

Iran women team stood on third place in the International Sepaktakraw Federation (ISTAF) World Cup Sepaktakraw Championship at the GMC Balayogi Indoor Stadium in Gachibowli, a suburb in…

Patrice Evra has been suspended by Olympique de Marseille following a scuffle with a supporter before Thursday’s Europa League game at Vitoria Guimaraes, the Ligue 1 club said on Friday.

Hooman Tavakolian has been nominated for the 2017 ‘Diplomatic Action of the Year’ award for his efforts to bring together the peoples of Iran and the United States through wrestling, according…

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has announced plans to create the first official ‘IAAF World Rankings’ as a qualification mechanism to drive the sport’s annual…

Even though the fortunes of Real Madrid are in a downward spiral at the present moment, the individual awards simply do not stop for Cristiano Ronaldo who has been awarded the world’s top…

FIFA board member and vice president of beach soccer worldwide, Joan Cusco, says Iran has a stable infrastructure to host the world cup.

France’s main anti-doping laboratory, already under a provisional ban, has been suspended from carrying out anti-doping activities for up to six months because of analytical issues, the World…

After receiving compensation for a lawsuit, Leo Messi has donated $85,000 to ‘Doctors Without Borders’.

On July 7 of last year, Lionel Messi won a libel case against newspaper La Razon,…

Misbehaving coaching staff will risk being shown a red or yellow card during a world-first trial in Australia.

The trial is set to shake up Australia’s top-flight men’s and women’s…

The organization ‘Soccer Without Borders’ won the second edition of the FIFA Diversity Award, in London, November 2.

FIFA has extended its rights deal with China’s state broadcaster, which has been in place since the 1978 World Cup.

The global soccer body said on Wednesday that it has agreed to grant…

Manchester United are on the verge of booking their place in the UEFA Champions League knockout stages after beating Benfica 2-0 in Group A on Tuesday, while Chelsea were dethroned from the…

Iran beat Paraguay 5-2 in their first match of the 7th Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup in Dubai on Tuesday.

Under Armour Inc. posted its first sales decline as a public company, renewing concerns about a brand that was long seen as the sportswear industry’s biggest growth story.

Tiger Woods announced on Monday he will make his return to competitive golf at the November 30-December 3 Hero World Challenge at Albany in the Bahamas.

Woods, who continues to recover…

With the champions crowned at the latest edition of the FIFA U-17 World Cup in India, FIFA.com has selected the top ten strikes from the tournament but it is up to the fans to do the hardest job…

La Liga, the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system, do not want Paris Saint-Germain competing in the Champions League and Javier Tebas, the current…

Iran’s junior table tennis players left for India on October 31 to take part in the 2018 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) Qualifying Tournament.

They will vie for slots at the 2018 Youth…

For the first time, Tehran hosted an international roller skiing tournament October 29-30.

On the second day of the tournament, Sattar Seyd of Iran won the title in the men›s section…

According to a council member of the world football governing body, FIFA is preparing an expansion of the Club World Cup for June 2021.

The tournament would last for 18 days and the…

Four Iranian cyclists will attend Tissot UCI Track cycling World Cup in Pruszków, Poland, November 3-5.

Mohammad Daneshvar, Ali Aliasgari, Mahmood Rasouli and Ehsan Khademi from Iran…

Under the tutelage of Brazilian coach Marco Octavio, Iran won its first ever title at the Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup in 2013 and now is ready to repeat the honor.