Iran football team defeated Iraq 3-0 in its second match in the 2022 World Cup qualification Tuesday night. Alireza Jahanbakhsh, who scored Irans winning goal against Syria on Thursday, scored for Team Melli in the 3rd minute at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar. Mehdi Taremi scored the second goal in the 69th minute and Ali Gholizadeh ...

Press TV - Irans hopes of qualifying for the 2022 FIFA World Cup and the 2023 Asian Cup, have taken a major blow as Team Melli suffered a 2-1 defeat against Iraq. Iraq opened the scoring in the 11th minute, when Mohanad Ali capitalized on a poor clearance by Irans defense to rifle the ball into the roof of the net. Iran drew level in the 25th ...

Tasnim Hettikamkanamge Dilan Perera from Sri Lanka will officiate the match between Iraq and Iran in a 2022 World Cup qualifier. Jordans referee Adham Makhadmeh had been originally chosen to officiate the match but the Iranian football federation protested the Asian Football Confederations decision since he is an Arab referee. The Iraq and Iran ...

Tasnim Iran has been pooled against Iraq in Group C of the Asian Qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup and AFC Asian Cup China 2023. The draw for Round Two of the Asian Qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup and AFC Asian Cup China 2023 concluded in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday. The draw, conducted by FIFA Director of ...

The National - Iraq and Iran played out a hard-fought goalless draw in Dubai on Wednesday night as both teams moved into the Asian Cup knockout stages.. The two teams, who had already qualified for the last 16, were contesting top spot in Group D, which eventually went to Iran following the stalemate at a busy and boisterous Al Maktoum Stadium. ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) An Australian site reported that Iran and Iraq contest was the best Asian Cup match. The Iranian football team lost to Iraqi outfit 8-7 on the penalty shootout. 'From a neutral's perspective, the quarter-final match between Iran and Iraq was the highlight. Two fierce rivals in a knock-out match, a red card, six goals, four goals ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian national football team goalkeeper Alireza Haghighi is set to undergo a scan after feeling pain in his shoulder.   Haghighi suffered a shoulder injury during practice ahead of Qatar match in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup group stage. Penafiel keeper will travel to Iran on Monday and will undergo more scans to determine ...

[caption id="attachment_147659" align="alignright" width="178"] Photo taken on January 23, 2015 shows Javad Nekonam (C-R) of Iran talking to Australian referee Ben Williams (C-L) during their AFC Asian Cup quarter-final against Iraq in Canberra (AFP Photo/Peter Parks)[/caption] Sydney (AFP) - A topIranian official on Sunday called for a life ban for ...

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TEHRAN, Jan. 25 (MNA) The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has dismissed Irans complaint on Iraqi midfielder Alaa Abdul-Zahra's positive doping test. General Secretary of Iran Football Federation Mehdi Mohammad Nabi annouced this at the end of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) disciplinary committee meeting. The disciplinary committee did ...

The AFC Asian Cup has been rocked by allegations that Iraq fielded an ineligible player in Friday's dramatic quarter-final win over Iran. Sources have toldTWGthat the Iranian Football Federation has made a formal complaint to FIFA concerning the eligibilityof Iraq midfielder Alaa Abdul Zahra. The complaint stems from an alleged doping violating ...

TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iranian national football officials are going to file a complaint to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) on Iraqi footballers presence in recent Iran-Iraq match who seemed to be banned from matches due to his positive doping tests. There is some evidence suggesting that the footballer Alaa Abdul Zahra has been banned from matches ...

Canberra: Iran coach Carlos Queiroz expressed huge pride in his players fighting spirit after their efforts in a blockbuster match against Iraq that finished 3-3 after 120 minutes before they fell to a narrow 7-6 penalty shootout loss in the AFC Asian Cup Australia 2015 quarter-final at Canberra Stadium on Friday. Queiroz saw his side take the lead ...

[caption id="attachment_147251" align="alignright" width="154"] Iran coach Carlos Queiroz looks angry after his team's defeat in the Asian Cup quarter-finals. Photo: Reuters[/caption] Carlos Queiroz asked how referee Ben Williams could sleep at night and said he was considering his future in the game after 10-man Iran crashed out of the Asian Cup ...

Iraq knocked heavyweights Iran out of the Asian Cup in the most dramatic fashion on Friday, beating their neighbours 7-6 in a penalty shootout after the teams drew 3-3 through extra time. There were two goals in the first 90 minutes, four more in extra time, 13 successful penalties and three missed kicks as Iraq - the 2007 champions - secured a semi-...

[caption id="attachment_147029" align="alignright" width="143"] AFP/File / by Peter Hutchison | Ashkan Dejagah (R) and Reza Ghoochannejhad of Iran celebrate at the end of their AFC Asian Cup match against the United Arab Emirates, in Brisbane, on January 19, 2015[/caption] CANBERRA (AFP)- Bitter rivals Iran and Iraq square off in a potentially explosive ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iran football coach Carlos Queiroz is taking nothing for granted in the match against Iraq in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup quarter-final. Iran goes into the match in impressive form having kept a clean sheet in all three group-stage games and topping Group C after beating Bahrain, Qatar and United Arab Emirates. Iraq took second ...

Iran v Iraq Canberra Stadium, Friday 5.30pm Live on Fox Sports, ABC Ashkan Dejagah (Iran) The most creative player in Team Melli, Dejagah's link between a disciplined midfield and defence to the forwards strong on the counter will be pivotal more than ever in their biggest test yet. Iran do not create many chances so the quality of those supplied ...

Iraq coach Radhi Swadi says the history between his country and Iran adds extra importance to their Asian Cup quarter-final at Canberra Stadium on Friday, after Iraq beat Palestine 2-0 to book their spot in the finals. If Tuesday night's crowd of 10,235 is anything to go by there will an electric atmosphere with predictions of Canberra's second sellout ...

Tehran, Jan 5, IRNA -- Iran registered a 1-0 morale boost with a win against Iraq ahead of the 2015 Asian Cup in Sydney, Australia on Sunday. Iran's international Rubin Kazan forward Sardar Azmoon struck 10 minutes into the second half to claim his second goal in four caps. Azmoun was replaced with Charlton Athletics' forward Reza Qoochan-Nejad 16 ...