diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/varzesh3.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/varzesh3.py
index eb49586cc..9369abaf8 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/varzesh3.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/varzesh3.py
@@ -1,48 +1,45 @@
 # coding: utf-8
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..utils import (
-    ExtractorError,
-)
-import re
 
 
 class Varzesh3IE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'(?P<url>(https?://(?:www\.)?video\.varzesh3\.com)/(?P<id>.+))'
-    _TEST ={
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?video\.varzesh3\.com/(?:[^/]+/)+(?P<id>[^/]+)/?'
+    _TEST = {
         'url': 'http://video.varzesh3.com/germany/bundesliga/5-%D9%88%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%B4-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%9B%D9%87%D9%81%D8%AA%D9%87-26-%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B3/',
         'md5': '2a933874cb7dce4366075281eb49e855',
         'info_dict': {
-            'url': 'http://dl1.video.varzesh3.com/video/clip94/1/video/namayeshi/saves_week26.mp4',
             'id': '76337',
             'ext': 'mp4',
             'title': '۵ واکنش برتر دروازه‌بانان؛هفته ۲۶ بوندسلیگا',
-            'thumbnail': 'http://video.varzesh3.com/wp-content/uploads/230315_saves_week26.jpg',
             'description': 'فصل ۲۰۱۵-۲۰۱۴',
+            'thumbnail': 're:^https?://.*\.jpg$',
         }
     }
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
-        video_id = self._match_id(url)
-        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
+        display_id = self._match_id(url)
+
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, display_id)
+
+        video_url = self._search_regex(
+            r'<source[^>]+src="([^"]+)"', webpage, 'video url')
 
-        if not 'shortlink' in webpage:
-            raise ExtractorError('URL has no videos or there is a problem.')
+        title = self._og_search_title(webpage)
+        description = self._html_search_regex(
+            r'(?s)<div class="matn">(.+?)</div>',
+            webpage, 'description', fatal=False)
+        thumbnail = self._og_search_thumbnail(webpage)
 
-        title = self._html_search_regex(r'meta[^>]+property="og:title"[^>]+content="([^"]+)"', webpage, 'title')
-        video_link = self._html_search_regex(r'source[^>]+src="([^"]+)"', webpage, 'video_link')
-        vid_id = self._html_search_regex(r"link[^>]+rel='canonical'[^>]+href='\/\?p=([^']+)'\/>", webpage, 'vid_id')
-        try:
-            description = self._html_search_regex(r'<div class="matn">(.*?)</div>', webpage, 'description', flags=re.DOTALL)
-        except:
-            description = title
-        thumbnail = self._html_search_regex(r'link[^>]+rel="image_src"[^>]+href="([^"]+)"', webpage, 'thumbnail')
+        video_id = self._search_regex(
+            r"<link[^>]+rel='(?:canonical|shortlink)'[^>]+href='/\?p=([^']+)'",
+            webpage, display_id, default=display_id)
 
         return {
-            'url': video_link,
-            'id': vid_id,
+            'url': video_url,
+            'id': video_id,
             'title': title,
-            'ext': video_link.split(".")[-1],
             'description': description,
             'thumbnail': thumbnail,
         }