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Iran defeats Bolivia 2-1 in friendly [VIDEO]

Tehran Times – TEHRAN, Iran national football team edged past Bolivia 2-1 in a friendly match in front of male and female fans on Tuesday. In the match held in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium, about 100 female fans – most of them family of players, federation employees and relatives – were...

Tuesday October 16 Posted by Mir Farhad Ali Khan

Iran Olympic Football Team to play Oman friendly

Tasnim – TEHRAN, Iran Olympic football team will play a friendly match with Oman Olympic football team on November 20. The Iranian team, headed by Zlatko Kranjcar, is preparing for the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualification which will be held in Thailand next year. Iran was scheduled to face Iraq...

Tuesday October 16 Posted by Mir Farhad Ali Khan

Iran may play friendly with Belarus

Tasnim – TEHRAN, Iran national football team will likely play a friendly match with Belarus prior to the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. Iran, who is pitted against Yemen, Iraq and Vietnam in Group D, will play Bolivia, Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago ahead of the Asian Cup in the UAE....

Tuesday October 16 Posted by Mir Farhad Ali Khan

MIF’s Sosha Makani to miss rest of season due to torn ACL

Tehran Times – MJONDALEN, Mjøndalen IF goalkeeper Sosha Makani has sustained a knee injury and will likely miss the Norwegian Premier League season. The 31-year- old injured the anterior cruciate ligament in his knee in Monday’s training. Makani will receive an MRI to determine the extent of the injury. The...

Monday October 15 Posted by Mir Farhad Ali Khan

Team Melli will be different in AFC Asian Cup: Carlos Queiroz

Tehran Times – TEHRAN, Iran national football team head coach Carlos Queiroz said they will be different in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup through different preparation. Team Melli have been scheduled to face Bolivia in a friendly match on Tuesday as part of preparation for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup....

Monday October 15 Posted by Mir Farhad Ali Khan

Bolivia look forward to soccer friendly with Iran in Tehran

Al Bawaba – TEHRAN, Bolivia head coach Cesar Farias said here Monday that the soccer friendly match against Iran will be a good opportunity for their young players to show their potentials. “We play our rivals at La Paz which is around 3,650 meters above sea level. Playing Iran in...

Saturday October 13 Posted by Mir Farhad Ali Khan

Youth Olympic Games: Iran under-18 futsal team bows out of tournament

Tasnim – BUENOS AIRES, Iran was defeated against Russia 2-1 and knocked out of the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics on Saturday. Mehdi Alizadeh scored for the Iranian team and Danil Karpiuk and Illia Fedorov were on target for Russia. Iran had started the campaign with a 9-2 win over Solomon...

Thursday October 11 Posted by Mir Farhad Ali Khan

Vote for your best ever AFC Asian Cup defender [Mehdi Mahdavikia]

AFC – KUALA LUMPUR, We are three months away from January’s AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019, and the-AFC.com continues its series of articles to determine your all-time best AFC Asian Cup side. In the past few weeks you have been voting for the best forwards and midfielders, and now it’s...

Thursday October 11 Posted by Mir Farhad Ali Khan

Next Generation 2018: 60 of the best young talents in world football [Allahyar Sayyad]

The Guardian – LONDON, From Lilian Thuram’s son to Real Madrid-bound Rodrygo and the ‘Croatian Neymar’, the Guardian picks 60 of the most talented players born in 2001. Name: Allahyar Sayyad Club: Esteghlal Position: Forward Born: 29 June 2001 Showed what he could do at the 2017 Under-17 World Cup...