SPORTS

Cristiano Ronaldo plans to put on a sparkly display on Tuesday on his return to Old Trafford, arriving in Manchester loaded with diamonds. Read More »

It had been hoped the ban would be lifted for opening match of the tournament, but it was only for the team’s second game, that women were able to access the ground. Read More »

David Beckham has launched Vietnam’s first car manufacturer just days after worming his way out of a speeding conviction on a technicality. Read More »

Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, usually while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime. Read More »

Gholamreza Takhti was an Olympic Gold-Medalist wrestler and Varzesh-e Bastani practitioner. Popularly nicknamed Jahān Pahlevān (“The World Champion”) because of his chivalrous behavior and sportsmanship (Javanmardi in culture), he was the most popular athlete of in the 20th century, although dozens athletes have won more international medals than he did. Takhti is still a hero to many. He is listed ... Read More »

Donning a helmet inside a pearl silver sports sedan, Rana Almimoni skids and drifts around a Riyadh park, engine roaring, tyres screeching and clouds of dust billowing from the back. For Saudi women, such adrenaline rushes were unimaginable just weeks ago. Read More »

Parkour is a training discipline using movement that developed from military obstacle course training. Read More »

Kaveh Rezaei (born 5 April 1992) is a professional footballer, who plays as a striker for Belgian First Division A club Charleroi and the national team. Farnoosh Sheikhi (born May 13, 1989) is a volleyball player who plays for women’s national volleyball team since 2009. She was a member of the national team in 2012 Asian Women’s Cup Volleyball Championship. Sheikhi ... Read More »

Alireza Faghani ( born 21 March 1978) is an international football referee who has been officiating in the Persian Gulf Pro League for several seasons and has been on the FIFA list since 2008. Read More »

The race for a brand new Kia Sportage is tighter than Brazil’s defence has been since conceding to Switzerland – just nine points separate the top ten teams atop the McDonald’s FIFA World Cup™ Fantasy. Read More »