Iranian futsal player Fatemeh Etedadi has been shortlisted by Futsal Planet for Best Female Player in the world. Etedadi scored nine goals for Iran at 2018 AFC Women’s Futsal Championship and played a significant role in the team’s claiming of the title for the second consecutive time. She will compete with the following nine other world-class...Read More

 Iranian referee Gelareh Nazemi has been shortlisted with nine other leading referees to receive the best referee award in the world. The Futsal Planet website, which introduces the nominees for receiving the best awards in the futsal world at the end of each year, has put the name of Iranian leading referee Gelareh Nazemi among the...Read More

A new study published in the Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease finds that mothers’ stress levels at the moment they conceive their children are linked to the way children respond to life challenges at age 11. SFU health sciences professor Pablo Nepomnaschy led an interdisciplinary research team on this first cohort study....Read More

 Iran’ men’s and women’s futsal teams have been nominated for the best national team in the world. The Iranian outfits won the AFC Futsal Championship and are vying with eight other teams to win the UMBRO Futsal Award 2018. The Best National Team in the World nominations are as follow: (in strict alphabetical order!) Brazil...Read More