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Carlos Queiroz leaves Iran after eight years 31 Jan 2019

Carlos Queiroz leaves Iran after eight years

Carlos Queiroz left Tehran for Lisbon Thursday morning after the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) didn’t extend his contract. The 65-year-old coach stepped down as Iran coach after eight years shortly after Team Melli suffered a 3-0 loss to Japan and failed to reach the 2019 AFC Asian Cup on Monday. Queiroz marked […]

Iran’s Younes Delfi Joins Charleroi 31 Jan 2019

Iran’s Younes Delfi Joins Charleroi

Iranian striker Younes Delfi has joined Belgian First Division A club Charleroi on Wednesday. The Esteghlal Khuzestan striker has signed a three-year contract with Charleroi. The 19-year-old player had already been linked with a move to PSV Eindhoven and Besiktas in the summer transfer window. He represented Iran at the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup […]

Qatar vs UAE in semifinals of 2019 Asian Cup 30 Jan 2019

Qatar vs UAE in semifinals of 2019 Asian Cup

Qatar thrashed host country United Arab Emirates 4-0 to reach the final of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. The photos are taken by MNA photographer dispatched to the UAE for covering the competitions. The national Iranian football team had to leave the 2019 AFC Asian Cup yesterday after its 0-3 defeat against Japan in the […]

Ghoochannejhad joins Sydney FC on loan 29 Jan 2019

Ghoochannejhad joins Sydney FC on loan

Iranian football player Reza Ghoochannejhad completed a loan transfer to Sydney FC from APOEL until the end of the season. Former Iranian national player will wear No 16 jersey in the Australian club during the move until the end of this season. Ghoochannejhad has signed a 2-year contract with the Cypriot club ahead of the […]

Carlos Queiroz quits as Iran coach 29 Jan 2019

Carlos Queiroz quits as Iran coach

Carlos Queiroz announced his resignation as head coach of Iran national football team after Team Melli failed to reach the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. The 65-year-old decided to call time on his eight-year stint with the Iranians at the news conference in Al Ain. Iran suffered a heavy 3-0 defeat against Japan in the competition’s […]

Iranians bag 6 medals at 2019 Karate-1 Premier League 28 Jan 2019

Iranians bag 6 medals at 2019 Karate-1 Premier League

Iranian fighters managed to win one gold, three silver and two bronze medals at the first 2019 Karate-1 Premier League which was held in Paris. Some 800 world-class karatekas from 80 countries gathered in the French capital from January 25 to 27 to compete in the first Premier League of 2019 season and also to […]

My players must trust themselves against Japan: Carlos Queiroz 28 Jan 2019

My players must trust themselves against Japan: Carlos Queiroz

Carlos Queiroz has told his players to trust themselves and in his methods as Iran prepare to face Japan in the first semi-final of the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 on Monday at Al Ain’s Hazza bin Zayed Stadium. The Iranians are appearing in the last four of the AFC Asian Cup for the first […]

Australian referee to officiate Iran vs. Japan in AFC semi-final 27 Jan 2019

Australian referee to officiate Iran vs. Japan in AFC semi-final

Australian referee Christopher James Beath has been chosen to officiate Iran’s AFC Asian Cup semi-final match against Japan on Monday. Beath was added to the FIFA International Referees List in 2011, serving as a referee for matches including the Kirin Challenge Cup contest between Japan and Iceland. In 2017, Beath was appointed as one of […]

Esmaël Gonçalves signs with Tehran’s Esteghlal FC 27 Jan 2019

Esmaël Gonçalves signs with Tehran’s Esteghlal FC

 Bissau-Guinean striker Esmaël Gonçalves has signed a 1.5-year contract with Tehran-based Esteghlal FC. According to Amirhossein Fathi, the caretaker of the club, Gonçalves has departed for Turkey and will join the team in Tehran on Monday. No detail about the fee of the contract has been published yet. Also called ‘Isma’, the 27-year-old winger and […]

We just focus on Japan match: Sardar Azmoun 26 Jan 2019

We just focus on Japan match: Sardar Azmoun

 Iran national football team forward Sardar Azmoun says the match against China is finished and from now on they just focus on Japan contest. Team Melli defeated China 3-0 Thursday night to secure a place at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup semi-finals. The 24-year-old striker set up Mehdi Taremi for Iran’s opener and then scored […]