Category: 8. Sports

TEHRAN – Benyamin Faraji, Iran’s 14-year-old, defeated world No. 1 Wang Chuqin in the 2024 Asian Table Tennis Championships. Faraji, who sits 209 places lower than Chuqin in the world rankings, defeated his Chinese rival 11-8, 3-11, 9-11,… Continue Reading

Vafaei will meet Chinese snooker player Zhang Anda on Tuesday in last 32. The world’s best players are back in China for the third time this season, with the campaign’s sixth ranking event taking place at the China Optics Valley Convention &… Continue Reading

Mona Hamoudi’s goal against Melbourne showed the team is capable of finding the back of the net against even the toughest of defenses and it will surely adopt a more aggressive approach against Kaya, the-afc.com reported. Kaya head coach Let… Continue Reading

The Iranian athletes claimed seven gold and two bronzes in the prestigious competition held in Chuncheon, South Korea from Oct. 1 to 6, Tehran Times reported. It has been an outstanding six days in Chuncheon, where Taekwondo’s young stars from… Continue Reading

Jahanbakhsh has been without a club since parting ways with Eredivisie club Feyenoord. The 31-year-old winger, who has recently been invited to the Iran national football team for two matches against Uzbekistan and Qatar, traveled to Genoa to… Continue Reading

TEHRAN – Alireza Jahanbakhsh, the experienced Iranian winger, continues to be a puzzle for Iranian football fans and pundits alike. Despite being without a club since leaving Feyenoord, the former Brighton star has retained his place in the… Continue Reading

Mohun Bagan did not travel to Tabriz for a game against Tractor SC on October 2, citing the security situation in the West Asian country. The AFC confirmed that all matches played by Mohun Bagan in the tournament would be considered null and void.

Luca Milivojevic opened the scoring for the visiting team in the 34th minute and Youssoufou Niakate scored an own goal to make the scoreboard 2-0 in the 50th minute. Niakate pulled a goal back seven minutes later in the match, held at the Baniyas… Continue Reading

Team Melli will play Uzbekistan on Thursday (October 10) in Bunyodkor Stadium in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier. Both teams are on six points, with Uzbekistan having defeated DPR Korea and Kyrgyzstan in its opening two matches while Iran was… Continue Reading