Soccer-Mired in Crisis, World Cup Run Was Always a Dream for Iran
By Martin Petty
DOHA, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Having come to Qatar amid a firestorm of public criticism at home, then leaking six goals to England in a chaotic opening match, Iran's World Cup campaign was all but...
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-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...
Soccer-Former FIFA Head Blatter Says Iran Should Be Barred From World Cup
ZURICH, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter thinks Iran should be barred from the World Cup amid widespread protests in the Islamic Republic sparked by the death of a woman in the custody of morality...
Soccer-Iran’s World Cup Winger Says Focus On Playing, Not Political Issues
By Nick Mulvenney
AL RAYYAN, Qatar, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Iranian soccer player Alireza Jahanbakhsh said on Thursday that the focus of the team at the World Cup in Qatar was resolutely on the competition and not...
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-Iran’s Hopes for World Cup Surprise Threatened by Infighting
By Michael Church
HONG KONG, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Iran hopes history will repeat itself at this November's World Cup in Qatar, 24 years after overcoming a fractious build-up to score a memorable triumph over the United States...
Iran Judoka Pressured Not to Fight Israeli, Refuses to Return Home
BERLIN, Sept 2 (Reuters) - An Iranian judoka is refusing to return home over fears for his safety after he ignored orders from his national federation to pull out of fights to avoid a potential...
Iranian Athletes Compete Against Each Other At Tokyo Olympics
By Ahmad Rafat
The 2020 Summer Olympic Games, which were delayed by a year because of the coronavirus pandemic, finally kicked off officially in Tokyo on July 23.
According to some reports, 80 percent of the...
Soccer-Iran to Play Troubled England Team in World Cup
By Martyn Herman
DOHA, Nov 19 (Reuters) - England could not have done a better job of lowering expectations than by going six competitive games without a win heading into the World Cup but when they kick...
