Iranian weightlifter Mustafa Rajaei was banned from participating in any sports event after he shook the hand of his Israeli competitor, Maksim Svirsky, at a ...
The International Olympic Committee says it is observing a dramatic increase of persecution of Iranian athletes and may act before the 2024 Olympic games in ...
Iran's security agencies have ordered the officials of Persepolis football club in Tehran to remove Karim Bagheri, the team's assistant coach, for his support of ...
Pouya Idani, Iran's chess grandmaster, emigrated to France due to some "problems" including "difficulty in accessing the main chess websites," because of Iran's Internet restrictions. ...
On May 1, Iran Football Federation issued a statement that was supported by media outlets close to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) but was ...
When Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi attempted to board a plane bound for Spain last week, airport officials prevented her from doing so. According to the ...
Fourteen players in the Iranian women's national football team have refused to participate in the second round of their training camp, claiming that the sports ...
When one of the world's most promising chess players, 25-year-old Sara Khadem, decided to play at an international tournament without her headscarf, in solidarity with ...
Three years after fleeing Iran, chess referee Shohreh Bayat fears being further ostracized after challenging the game’s governing body and its president, Russia’s former deputy ...
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