Iranian Coach Deliberately Injures Wrestlers’ Ears in Bizarre Rite of Passage
A wrestling coach in the city of Naghdeh, in the northwestern province of West Azerbaijan, has deliberately and repeatedly bruised cartridges and tissues of six young wrestlers’ ears in what appears to be a...
Iran’s National Basketball Team Advances to FIBA World Cup China 2019
February 25, 2019 - Iran's men’s basketball team defeated its Australian rival 85-74 on February 24 to secure a place at the 2019 FIBA World Cup hosted by China from August 31 to September...
Iranian Judoka Saeed Mollaei Throws Match to Avoid Israeli Opponent
On the second day of the Paris Grand Slam 2019 earlier this month, Saeed Mollaei, an Iranian Judoka in the men’s 81-kilogram division, deliberately threw a match against Kazakhstan’s Ruslan Mussayev to avoid facing...
Soccer-Zenit Sign ‘Iranian Messi’ Azmoun, Colombia’s Barrios
MOSCOW, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Zenit St Petersburg have signed Iran striker Sardar Azmoun from Rubin Kazan and Colombia midfielder Wilmar Barrios from Boca Juniors, the Russian league leaders said on their website https://en.fc-zenit.ru/news/2019-02-01-serdar-azmun-perekhodit-v-zenit-.htm.
The...
Soccer-Queiroz Stands down as Iran Coach After Semi-Final Defeat
By Nick Mulvenney
AL AIN, United Arab Emirates, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Carlos Queiroz said he was standing down after nearly eight years as Iran coach on Monday following his team's 3-0 loss to Japan in the...
Soccer-Iran v Japan – Asian Cup Semi-Final
Jan 27 (Reuters) - Factbox ahead of Monday's Asian Cup semi-final between Iran and Japan:
WHERE & WHEN:
Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain (capacity: 25,053)
Kickoff 6.00pm local time (1400 GMT)
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)
Assistant referees:...
Soccer-We Must Be Ourselves in Asian Cup Semi – Iran Coach Queiroz
By Nick Mulvenney
ABU DHABI, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Carlos Queiroz says his Iran side must believe in themselves and their football when they face four-times champions Japan in Al Ain on Monday looking to...
Soccer-Iran Steamroller China to Reach Semi-Finals of Asian Cup
By Nick Mulvenney
ABU DHABI, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Regional heavyweights Iran underlined their Asian Cup title credentials with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Marcello Lippi's China on Thursday to reach the semi-finals of the continental championship...
Soccer – Iran Confident Ahead of China Clash as Lippi Ponders Legacy
By Nick Mulvenney
ABU DHABI, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Marcello Lippi has won the biggest prizes in football over his long coaching career but he did not sound overly confident of adding the Asian Cup...
Jahanbakhsh on Target as Iran Ease past Oman into Last Eight
By Nick Mulvenney
ABU DHABI, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Three-times champions Iran came through an early scare before marching confidently into the Asian Cup quarter-finals for the 13th time in 14 attempts with a 2-0 victory over...
