Thursday, March 28, 2024

Soccer-Iran Question Arab Referee Appointment for Asian Cup Semi-final Against Qatar

By Rohith Nair DOHA, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Iran's Saeid Ezatolahi raised doubts about the AFC appointing an Arab referee for their Asian Cup semi-final clash against hosts and defending champions Qatar while he also complained about...

Soccer-Iran Defeats Asian Cup Favorites Japan

By Michael Church DOHA, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Talking points from the week in Asian football: SOUTH KOREA TO FACE JORDAN FOR ASIAN CUP FINAL BERTH Son Heung-min earned South Korea a spot in the last four of the...

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...