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Iran is in early talks with Qatar to take on some of the hosting duties of FIFA World Cup 2022, for which Qatar has been selected as the host country.

Though Qatar promised to build 100,…

Brazil Ronaldinho will officially retire from football this year, with plans already underway for a farewell schedule of games.

The ex-Barcelona favorite and 2002 World Cup winner said…

A car accident seven years ago stripped professional Hong Kong rock climber Lai Chi-wai of his ability to walk, but this did not stop him climbing up a mountain that is roughly the height of New…

Iran will host the third Beach Volleyball World Tour at Kish Island in the Persian Gulf, February 20-24.

A total of 67 volleyball clubs from 30 nations have so far registered for the…

Iranian driver Aram Martroussian of Team Altran Peugeot finished sixth in the Dubai 24 Hour Race.

The four-man Altran Peugeot team completed 509 laps in 24 hours to come in sixth place.…

Jose Mourinho is close to extending his contract with Manchester United for two more years.

Iranian volleyball coach Hamid Movahedi started a 15-day training stint for Pakistan national women volleyballers in Karachi from Wednesday.

The purpose of the camp is to build a strong…

Iran’s beach soccer team will line up against Republic of Azerbaijan in the first match of the second Persian Beach Soccer Cup in the port city of Bushehr, south Iran, January 27-29.

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With less than two weeks to go before the first official MotoGP test in 2018 at Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia (January 28-30), the Ducati Team unveiled its Desmosedici GP18 prototype…

Names of rivals of Iran’s national goalball team at the Malmo World Goalball Championships in Malmo, Sweden, June 3-9, have been announced.

According to the website of the games, Wcg18.…

The Asia Football Confederation has officially invited four Iranian referees to officiate at the AFC Cup.

The center referee Payam Heidari together with his assistants Ali Mirzabeigi and…

Defending champion Roger Federer along with four other former winners advanced to the second round of the Australian Open in Melbourne on Tuesday.

According to Tennispanorama.com, world…

Liverpool scored three times in nine minutes on the way to a dramatic 4-3 win over Manchester City on Sunday which ended the Premier League leaders’ unbeaten start to the season.

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The Australian Open 2018 started on Monday in Melbourne with a bang on the first day and the latest news centers around Rafael Nadal’s big win, Novak Djokovic triggering an internal war over…

The Football Asssociation of Wales has appointed Ryan Giggs as the new manager of the national team on a four-year contract.

Barcelona kept its unbeaten streak since the beginning of the current season in La Liga by Luis Suarez setting a spectacular comeback, recovering from two goals down to beat Real Sociedad 4-2 at…

The World Karate Federation released the Karate1 Premier League slated for January 26-28 in Paris.

On the first day of the competitions, elimination rounds and repechages of the male…

Iran Athletics Federation has announced the names of participants in the 8th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships to be held February 1-3 in Tehran.

After an evaluation meeting of…

Former Turkish Persepolis head coach Mustafa Denizli is close to signing a contract with the Persian Gulf Pro League team Tractor Sazi.

Beaten 1-0 by Villarreal and with their title hopes in total disarray on a rain swept Saturday, Zinedine Zidane’s men trudged off the sodden pitch with jeers ringing around the Santiago Bernabeu…

Shamil Tarpischev, president of the Russian tennis federation, is confident Maria Sharapova can go far at the Australian Open which starts on Monday.

According to Tennisworldusa.org,…

Former Qatari FIFA official Mohamed bin Hammam has admitted he received a payment from a World Cup organizing committee account after the awarding hosting of the 2006 World Cup to Germany.…

Iran’s heavy weight taekwondoka Sajjad Mardani in the +80kg category won a bronze medal in the Wuxi World Taekwondo Grand Slam Champions Series, in China, Dec.’s 30, 2017-January 27.

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Barcelona presented the newly-purchased player, Colombian center-back Yerry Mina, 23, on Saturday at the Nou Camp pitch to the fans, Marca reported.

“I am very happy to be here in…

National basketball team player Behnam Yakhchali was not around when Iran lost to Iraq in the first window of the Asian Qualifiers for FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019. But he is just as pumped to…