Iranian top-flight football club Esteghlal has set its sights on signing South African midfielder Ayanda Patosi. The 26-year-old player is a member of Cape Town City at the moment. Patosi signed a six-year contract with Lokeren in May 2011 and returned to South Africa in June 2017 to join Cape Town City. Esteghlal has completed […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

 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 […]