TEHRAN – Iran national volleyball team lost to Poland 3-0 (25-19, 29-27, 25-17) in the Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner Thursday night.

Argentina also defeated Serbia 3-1.

Behrouz Ataei’s men will play Serbia on Friday and hosts Poland meet Argentina.

In the third and final day, Iran will play Argentina and Poland face Serbia.

The Memorial of Hubert

TEHRAN - Iran emerged as Pool A winners here following a 3-0 victory against Chinese Taipei in their last match of the preliminary round in the 14th Asian Men’s U18 Volleyball Championship at the Federation Hall.

Iran, bronze medallists at the last year’s U19 World Championship, on Thursday performed brilliantly to overpower Chinese Taipei in c

TEHRAN - Esteghlal football team came from a 1-0 loss to beat Malavan 3-1 in Iran Professional League (IPL) on Thursday.

Sajad Bazgir scored for the hosts in the 37th minute but Aref Gholami leveled the score in the 57th minute.

Substitute Mehdi Ghaedi made it 2-1 in the 79th minute and Mehdi Mehdipour scored the third goal from the penalty

TEHRAN – Iran freestyle wrestling team defended their title at the U20 World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria on Wednesday.

Iran finished with 159 points, 17 ahead of the U.S. which was the leader after the first day of the competition.

India finished at the top for the first time in the history of U20 Worlds, claiming the third position with 112