Soccer-Ghalenoei Returns To Lead Iran to Asian Cup Finals
March 12 (Reuters) - Amir Ghalenoei has been appointed the new head coach of Iran, the country's football federation announced on Sunday.
The 59-year-old replaces Carlos Queiroz, who led the country to the last three World Cup tournaments...
Iranian Women Can Watch Men’s Football Games, Head of Federation Says
By Kayhan Life Staff
Iran’s National Security Council has granted permission for women to enter certain football stadiums to watch men's games, according to the head of the Iranian Football Federation.
Iran Football Federation President Mehdi...
Iran Basketball Team Set for Tokyo Olympics
July 5 (Reuters) - Iran will join the United States, France and the Czech Republic in Group A at the Tokyo Olympics basketball tournament after qualifying for the round. The Games are being held from July...
Olympics-Wrestling-’New Superstar’ Lopez Nunez off to a Flyer in Record Bid
By Ece Toksabay
TOKYO, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Cuban Mijain Lopez Nunez got off to flying start in his bid to become the first four-times Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling on Sunday when he won...
Soccer-Taremi on Target to Seal World Cup Spot for Iran
By Michael Church
HONG KONG, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Iran became the first Asian nation to qualify for November's World Cup finals in Qatar on Thursday as a goal from Mehdi Taremi earned Dragan Skocic's side a...
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...
Games- Iran Beat Japan in Men’s Table Tennis Quarter Finals
By Ian Ransom
HANGZHOU, China, Sept 30 (Reuters) - North Korea's Ri Song Gum set a weightlifting world record at the Asian Games where Chinese tennis trailblazer Zhang Zhizhen claimed his nation's first men's singles gold medal...
Soccer-Tunisia Beat Iran in World Cup Warm-up Match
DOHA, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Tunisia beat Iran 2-0 with two second-half goals in a World Cup warm-up match played behind closed doors in Doha on Wednesday.
Naim Sliti netted a 62nd-minute penalty after a handball from...
Pussy Riot Members Detained at World Cup Final for Supporting Iran Protests, Denouncing Navalny...
By Sabine Siebold and Lidia Kelly
Dec 19 (Reuters) - Members of Russia's Pussy Riot band were detained on Sunday after trying to storm the pitch at the World Cup final in Qatar to protest the war in Ukraine, the imprisonment of...
Analysis – At Qatar World Cup, Mideast Tensions Spill Into Stadiums
By Maya Gebeily and Charlotte Bruneau
DOHA, Nov 28 (Reuters) - The first World Cup in the Middle East has become a showcase for the political tensions crisscrossing one of the world's most volatile regions and the...
