Cameroon have attracted Iran current coach Carlos Queiroz, former France coach Raymond Domenech and German World Cup winner Lothar Matthaus among the more than 70 coaches who have applied to lead the African champions. The former Manchester United assistant coach, who led Iran to back-to-back World Cups, has been also linked with Uzbekistan job. Queiroz […]

Roma warmed up for next week’s Champions League clash with Liverpool by easing past SPAL 3-0 on Saturday but AC Milan’s European hopes took a knock with a shock 1-0 defeat against tailenders Benevento. Benevento had earned their first ever Serie A point last December in Naples in Milan coach Gennaro Gattuso’s first game in […]

TEHRAN – Ex-Iran captain Javad Nekounam has been reportedly nominated as a candidate to coach Iran U23 football team. Iran, a powerhouse of the Asian football, has not been in the Olympics since the 1976 games in Munich. The team is without a coach since parting company with Amirhossein Peyrovani. Nekounam currently coaches Iran’s first […]

Almost every nation have now unveiled their home and away kits for the 2018 World Cup, but Iran’s kit has not been unveiled yet. The new design, which has been published on some Iranian social media, resembles undershirt, however Iran Football Federation has not confirmed that, TeamIran.net reported. With less than two months left until […]

English Premier League winner Manchester City has shown interest in signing Iranian Daniel Arzani but Melbourne City believes its club is the right place for the youngster to flourish. With Manchester City, five other clubs under the group’s umbrella and various loan partnerships open to Arzani, theworldgame.sbs.com.au reported. “It’s safe to assume he’ll be here […]

Tractor Sazi football club will extend contract with Ertugrul Saglam, despite parting company with its General Manager Mostafa Ajorloo. Ajorloo was sacked Tuesday night by Board of Directors of the Iranian football club following poor results in Iran Professional League and AFC Champions League. In January, the 48-year-old coach penned a deal with the Tabriz-based […]

 Iran national football team goalkeeper coach Dan Gaspar left Team Melli after six years. The Portuguese-American football and goalkeeping coach has left Iran two months before he would have gone to the World Cup with Team Melli for a second time. Gaspar, who has worked under Iran’s Portuguese head coach, Carlos Queiroz, for many years, did […]

Thomas Mueller shone as Bayern Munich romped to a 6-2 semi-final win at Bayer Leverkusen on Tuesday to reach the German Cup final and keep their treble dreams alive. Leverkusen are up to third in the Bundesliga, but trail champions Bayern by a massive 24 points and the gulf in the league table showed up […]

Harry Kane stepped up his bid to win the Premier League’s golden boot as Tottenham warmed up for the FA Cup semi-finals with a 1-1 draw at Brighton on Tuesday. Kane fired Tottenham ahead in the 48th minute when his close-range shot deflected in off Brighton defender Bruno. It was Kane’s 26th of the season […]

TEHRAN – Iranian super heavyweight weightlifter Bahador Molaei has announced his retirement on Tuesday. Molaei suffered “serious and potentially life-threatening injuries” in the crash involving a car  in July 2016 in the northern city of Amol, Mazandaran province. Molaei’s grandfather was killed in that accident and he was undergone surgery with surgical hip dislocation. Molaei […]