Canada Cancels Football Match with Iran Under Pressure From Plane Downing Victims’ Families
By Ahmad Rafat
A recent campaign by the Association of Families of Flight PS752 Victims forced the Canadian Football Federation to cancel a preparatory match for the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) World Cup...
Soccer-Canada Soccer Cancels Game Against Iran
May 26 (Reuters) - Canada Soccer has cancelled a friendly between the men's national team and Iran next month, the national governing body said on Thursday, following widespread opposition to the fixture.
No reason was given for the cancellation...
Rival Iranian Soccer Fans Join Forces To Curse Riot Police
On Thursday, May 19th, the Iranian supporters of rival teams Persepolis FC of Tehran and Tractor SC of Tabriz rounded on police who were marshalling their Persian Gulf Pro League match. "You have no...
Iranian Teenage Weightlifter Yekta Jamali Disappears in Greece
By Kayhan Life Staff
Iranian weightlifter Yekta Jamali, winner of the silver medal in the 81-kilogram division at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Junior World Championships in Crete, Greece, has not returned to the team’s...
Tehran University Football Teams Refuse to Play After Female Fans Banned From Match
By Kayhan Life Staff
Tehran’s Amirkabir University of Technology (AUT) football teams refused to play their match after university security removed female spectators from the stadium, according to social media posts by several student activists...
Soccer-Iran’s Foolad Eases Into Next Round
By Michael Church
April 24 (Reuters) - Defending champions Al Hilal salvaged their unbeaten record in this year's Asian Champions League on Saturday when late goals from Muteb Al Mufarrij and Salem Al Dawsari earned the Saudi...
Soccer- Foolad Draws With Dubai’s Shabab Al Ahli
By Michael Church
April 11 (Reuters) - Qatar's Al Gharafa moved top of Asian Champions League Group C with a 2-0 win over Ahal of Turkmenistan after Iranian side Foolad drew 1-1 with Shabab Al Ahli in...
Soccer-Sepahan Bounce Back to Sink Pakhtakor in Asian Champions League Opener
By Michael Church
April 8 (Reuters) - Former finalists Sepahan handed Pakhtakor from Uzbekistan a 3-1 defeat in Saudi Arabia as the Iranians fought back from a goal behind to claim all three points in their Asian Champions...
Iran May Be Banned from World Football for Barring Women from Stadium Matches
By Kayhan Life Staff
On March 29, authorities in the holy city of Mashhad, the capital of the northeastern province of Khorasan Razavi, prevented female football fans from entering a sports stadium to watch a...
Soccer-Geopolitical Foes Iran and U.S. To Clash Again at World Cup
By Idrees Ali
WASHINGTON, April 1 (Reuters) - After more than 40 years of sour relations and months of struggle to restore a nuclear deal, the United States and Iran are now set to meet on the soccer field...
