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IPL: Padideh moves top of league after Esteghlal stalemate [VIDEO]

Tehran Times – TEHRAN, Padideh moved top of the Iran Professional League (IPL) after being held against Esteghlal football team here at the Azadi Stadium on Thursday. Padideh sit top of the table with 31 points. Sepahan, who will play Esteghlal Khuzestan on Saturday, are second with 30 point and...

Thursday December 13 Posted by Mir Farhad Ali Khan

Reading FC face nervy wait over Saeid Ezatolahi’s Asian Cup involvement

Football London – READING, The Iranian midfielder is a provisional squad for the competition in January. Reading face being without Iranian midfielder Saeid Ezatolahi for a further month due to the Asian Cup. The 22-year-old, who is on a season-long loan switch to Royals from Russian club FC Rostov, has...

Wednesday December 12 Posted by Mir Farhad Ali Khan

Persepolis to hold winter camp in Qatar

Tehran Times – TEHRAN, Iranian football club Persepolis will hold their training camp in Doha, Qatar. Persepolis are going to hold the preparatory camp at the Aspire Zone. The camp will be held as part of preparation for the 2019 AFC Champions League group stage and the Iranian league. Persepolis,...

Wednesday December 12 Posted by Mir Farhad Ali Khan

Iran’s first goalscorer at World Cup Iraj Danaeifard passes away

Tehran Times – TEHRAN, Iraj Danaeifard, the scorer of the first official goal for Iran national football team in the FIFA World Cup, has died aged 67. Danaeifard passed away of a cardiac arrest in Shiraz’s Namazi Hospital on Wednesday. Iraj Danaeifard was the son of Ali Danaeifard who was...

Wednesday December 12 Posted by Mir Farhad Ali Khan

Esteghlal striker Gero on Nassaji Mazandaran radar

Tasnim – TEHRAN, Nigerian forward of Iran’s Esteghlal football team has been reportedly linked with a move to Nassaji Mazandaran. Gero moved to the Iran Professional League side Esteghlal from Ostersunds on a three-year contract in August after successful medicals but failed to meet the expectations. The 24-year-old attacker replaced...

Wednesday December 12 Posted by Mir Farhad Ali Khan

Iraj Arab officially appointed Persepolis acting General Manager

Tasnim – TEHRAN, Iraj Arab has been officially appointed as acting general manager of Iran’s Persepolis football club. Arab was previously working as deputy chief of the club’s administrative and financial affairs. He replaced Hamid Reza Garshasbi in the football club. Garshasbi left his post due to a law barring...

Tuesday December 11 Posted by Mir Farhad Ali Khan

This is the time to deliver: Carlos Queiroz

Tasnim – TEHRAN, Iran national football team coach Carlos Queiroz says it is time to climb for Team Melli in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. “This is not the time to make things easy or comfortable. This is the time to deliver, with full focus, commitment and determination. To reach...

Tuesday December 11 Posted by Mir Farhad Ali Khan

Queiroz names preliminary IR Iran squad

AFC – TEHRAN, Islamic Republic of Iran head coach Carlos Queiroz has named a provisional squad of 35 players for the AFC Asian Cup 2019. Queiroz, preparing Iran for what Team Melli hope will be a first AFC Asian Cup title since 1976, will announce his final squad on December...

Tuesday December 11 Posted by Mir Farhad Ali Khan

AFC Asian Cup 2019: Team slogans revealed

Tehran Times – DUBAI, With the biggest and best AFC Asian Cup less than one month away, passionate fans from across the Continent and beyond have confirmed the Team Bus slogans for the 24 participating teams. After shortlisting the thousands of entries in phase one, each nation was then given...