Soccer-Ghalenoei Slams Iran Media Critics After Sealing Asian Cup Semi-final Spot
By Rohith Nair
AL RAYYAN, Qatar, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Iran coach Amir Ghalenoei fired a broadside at his country's media after guiding his team to the semi-finals of the Asian Cup on Saturday, saying some of their...
Soccer-Qatar Sets up Asian Cup Semi-final With Iran
AL KHOR, Qatar, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Defending champions and hosts Qatar beat Uzbekistan 3-2 on penalties in a thrilling Asian Cup quarter-final that ended 1-1 after extra time at Al Bayt Stadium on Saturday to...
Soccer-Iran Dump Syria Out of Asian Cup on Penalties to Set Up Quarter-Final With...
DOHA, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Iran survived going down to 10 men to beat Syria 5-3 in a penalty shootout in the Asian Cup last-16 on Wednesday after the game ended 1-1 after extra time, setting up...
Soccer- Iran Scores Victory Over Hong Kong
By Michael Church
Jan 22 (Reuters) - Talking points from the week in Asian football:
QATAR MAINTAIN PERFECT START TO ASIAN CUP TITLE DEFENCE
Defending champions and tournaments hosts Qatar became the first nation to progress to the last...
Soccer-Iran Through to Asian Cup Last 16 With Narrow Win Over Hong Kong
DOHA, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Iran booked their place in the Asian Cup last 16 when they beat Hong Kong 1-0 in a Group C game on Friday at the Khalifa International Stadium where Mehdi Ghayedi scored...
Soccer-Iran Hand Palestine 4-1 Defeat at Asian Cup
By Rohith Nair
AL RAYYAN, Qatar, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Iran beat Palestine 4-1 in their Asian Cup Group C opener on Sunday at the Education City Stadium where a show of solidarity by Iranian fans and...
Soccer-Iran’s Persepolis Exits Asian Champions League
By Michael Church
Dec 5 (Reuters) - Al-Fayha ensured a full house of Saudi Pro League sides in the last 16 of the Asian Champions League on Tuesday as a 4-1 win over Uzbekistan's Pakhtakor saw Vuk...
Soccer- Iran’s Persepolis Draws With Saudi’s Al Nassr at Asian Champions League
By Michael Church
Nov 27 (Reuters) - Al-Nassr booked their place in the knockout rounds of the Asian Champions League on Monday as the Saudi Pro League side claimed a 0-0 draw with Iran's Persepolis despite playing...
Soccer- Iran Downs Hong Kong in Asian World Cup Qualifiers
By Michael Church
HONG KONG, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Talking points from the week in Asian football:
ASIA BIG GUNS RECORD EASY WINS IN WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS
Japan, South Korea, Australia, Iran and Saudi Arabia all recorded comfortable wins...
Soccer-Goals Flow for Iran at Asia’s World Cup Qualifying
By Michael Church
OSAKA, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Japan, South Korea, Australia and Iran notched up comfortable wins on Thursday as the second phase of Asia's preliminaries for the 2026 World Cup kicked off for the region's dominant nations with few...
