MNA The head coach of Team Melli appreciated the kindly inspirational message of Islamic Revolution Leader Ayatollah Khamenei to the team, adding, we dont need nothing more. Carlos Queiroz made the remarks on Saturday on the sideline of Team Mellis training session in Tehran. With the inspiration of his Excellencys words, we want to ...

MNA |Masoud Hossein: Two months before the start of the 2018 soccer World Cup in Russia, Sardar Azmoun was the most wanted Iranian player in the summer transfer window but after the competition, no club has yet shown any interest in signing him. The 24-year-old attacker had caught the eyes of Liverpool, Everton, Leicester, Celtic, Lazio, Bayer Leverkusen,...

Press TV - France has won its second World Cup in history by overcoming Croatia in an entertaining final of the 2018 version of the games in Russia. A Mario Mandzukic own goal, a penalty by Antoine Griezmann that came from the VAR, and superb efforts by Paul Pogba and Kylian Mbappe in the second half of the game in Moscows Luzhniki Stadium on Sunday ...

Iran Front Page - IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Monday, July 16, 2018, and picked headlines from 22 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. All papers today covered the remarks made by the Leader of Irans Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in a meeting ...

IFP - A London-based pan-Arab paper says Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu who visited Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin left the country with empty hands. Ray Al-Youm said in a recent article that Netanyahus only achievement during the visit was that he managed to watch Britain-Croatia FIFA World Cup match in the ...

Press TV - Iranian referee Alireza Faghani together with compatriot linesmen Reza Sokhandan and Mohammad Mansouri have been picked to officiate the 2018 Fdration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup third-place playoff between Belgium and England. The worlds soccer governing body chose the trio for the penultimate fixture ...

Euronews- France's football team is not truly French and only progressed so far in the World Cup by recruiting "giants from Africa", the deputy president of Iran's Parliament has claimed. France's squad includestwo players born outside of the country- Cameroon-born defender Samuel Umtiti who moved to France with his family aged 2, ...

Tasnim - A young Iranian boy who became an internet sensation has finally come face-to-face with his idol, Alireza Jahanbakhsh. Jahanbakhsh the Iranian professional footballer and midfielder published a photo last month on his Instagram page showing a boy who was wearing a paper tag on his shirt with Jahanbakhshs name on it, asking people to let him ...

Tasnim - The FIFA Referees Committee has selected 12 referees, 26 assistant referees and 10 Video Assistant Referees for the final phase of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia. Given the fact that there are only four games to play, the number of referees has been reduced again. Faghani has officiated three matches, namely Germany and Mexico, Serbia ...

Press TV - Iranianfootballer Seyed Majid Hosseiniis apparently on transfer radar toprofessional Turkishfootball clubTrabzonspor, thanks to his fine performances at the preliminary round of the2018 Fdration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)World Cup in Russia. According to a report published by the Turkish-language Gunebakis newspaper,...

MNA |Mohammad Ali Haqshenas:As the only remaining team of Group B in 2018 World Cup, Spain eliminated from Russia, public opinion and even some experts are beginning to cast doubt on whether Iran was in Group of Death or not. Iran national football team was drawn in Group B of 2018 World Cup along with 2012 World Champion Spain, 2016 Europe Champion ...

Al-Monitor | Shaghayegh Rostampour: Thousands of Iranians gathered at Imam Khomeini International Airport on the outskirts of Tehran on June 27 to welcome the national soccer team upon its return from the FIFA World Cup in Russia. Despite being eliminated at the group stage once again, the team has received unparalleled praise from the public over ...

Capitalfm Sports - Iranian striker Sardar Azmoun has announced his retirement from international football aged just 23, saying criticism from fans of his performance at the World Cup had harmed his mothers health. Azmoun, a rising star, who with 11 goals had been Irans top scorer in qualification for the finals in Russia, drew brickbats from fans ...

MNA Iranian referee Alireza Faghani together with linesmen Reza Sokhandan and Mohammad Mansouri will officiate one of the most important matches of Round of 16 between Argentina and France football teams. The match will be held on Saturday at Kazan Arena at 5 PM local time. Faghani and his team have previously officiated Germany-Mexico ...

The Guardian - All the 48 group-stage matches in Russia have now been played and after each of them we have asked our readers to hand out their player ratings. The verdicts have then been inputted intoour guide of all the 736 players at the 2018 World Cup and we have now gone through them to see who makes our team of the tournament so far. Goalkeeper According ...

Tasnim Iranian international midfielder Vahid Amiri has been reportedly linked with a move to Everton. Amiri represented Iran in three group stage matches in 2018 World Cup against Morocco, Spain and Portugal. Amiri stole the show in Russia after he nutmegged Barcelona star Gerard Pique in the match against Spain and The 30-year-old player ...

IRNA Iran Majlis (Parliament) Speaker Ali Larijani in a message praised efforts made by Iran's national football team in the 2018 World Cup. In his message released on Tuesday, Larijani referred to Iranian players good performance which he said opened a new chapter in the history of Iranian football. Iran claimed a surprise 1-1 draw on an extraordinary ...

The Guardian | Behnam Jafarzadeh: Goalkeeper ran away from his nomad family and worked in a dress factory, a car wash and as a street cleaner before making it This article is part of the Guardians 2018World CupExperts Network, a cooperation between some of the best media organisations from the 32 countries who have qualified for Russia. theguardian....

The Independent- Iran's goalkeeper is sure his team can now compete with the best after stiflingCristiano Ronaldo. After Alireza Beiranvand saved a penalty from Ronaldo in a 1-1 draw withPortugal, the Iranians nearly scored a winner deep into stoppage time. An Iran victory would have put the team at the top of Group B ahead ofSpain. Even though ...

MNA In a message forwarded to sports minister, Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei commanded the performance of Irans national football team at the World Cup 2018 in Russia. The Leaders office contacted Iranian sports minister Masoud Soltanifar, who was in Russia accompanying the Iranian national football team, and told him to forward ...