Articles tagged with "Iran"
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 4th, 2006
Good news for Team Melli fans; Mehdi Mahdavikia’s injury was diagnosed as a bruised knee. He will miss this week’s matches, but is expected to ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 4th, 2006
Sorry to announce that the news of Ali Daei joining Branko Ivankovic’s coaching staff was nothing but an April’s Fools Day joke released one day ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 3rd, 2006
Remember the cartoon controversy? Well, I think another one may be brewing this time caused by Chinese bikini models!
Thirty two very admirably in shape ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 3rd, 2006
Hey Team Melli fans. Here is the latest on our fellow Group D members Mexico. Their coach announced a 26 man roster which is to ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 2nd, 2006
This was not a good week for the Team Melli contingent in Bundesliga.
Hamburg won their game against Schalke, but Mahdavikia was hurt. Hannover lost ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 2nd, 2006
Iranian film maker Jafar Panahi’s new movie “Offside” has won critical acclaim around the world. It is about a group of young women who get ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 2nd, 2006
I am watching Hamburg vs. Schalke. It is an ugly and nasty game. Hamburg is leading 1:0. The bad news for Team Melli fans is ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 1st, 2006
I have officially adopted the Afghan National Team as my favorites in the AFC Challenge Cup! Why? Because in the 80s when I was going ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 31st, 2006
Folks this is a good one. According to Iran Sports Press website, Iran’s Croat coach Branko Ivankovic has added Ali Daei, the team Captain and ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 31st, 2006
Iranian Pro League Round 27 got underway today.
Tehran giants Esteghlal extended their lead over second place Pas. With three games to go, the three-point lead ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 31st, 2006
I want to take a moment to talk about our neighboring country, Afghanistan. Iranians and Afghans share many common ethnic and cultural roots.
From early 1980s ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 31st, 2006
Iran and Australia U-23 will face off in Vietnam International tournament on April 16. I have not done much reading on Aussie’s U-23 team, ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 31st, 2006
On Friday the Iranian Pro League’s 27th round will resume. There is not much news coming out of Iran these days because all the newspapers ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 30th, 2006
In Chicago Mexico defeated Paraguay in their last of four friendly games played during their U.S. tour.
I have no idea where Iran coach Branko Ivankovic ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 29th, 2006
Hurray for Iran U-23 and their Brazilian coach Rene Simoes. They just completed a successful tour of Tunisia where they played a few practice games. ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 29th, 2006
I don’t know if this is good or bad, but here it is: Apparently the travel agency that works with Iranian Football Federation (IRIFF), has ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 28th, 2006
Team Melli midfielder Javad Nekounam who plays for Sharjah of UAE avenged his unceremonious dismissal from his former club and now rivals Al Wahda.
Nekounam ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 27th, 2006
John Duerden of goal.com has written a nice piece about the coaches representing AFC in the World Cup. There is nothing new for the Asian ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 26th, 2006
Talking about Brazil and the affection that the Iranian football fans have for the Brazilian national team reminded me of a tragedy that occurred in ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 26th, 2006
Saba Battery and Foolad, Iran’s representatives in the AFC Champions League, faced off in Round 27 of Iranian Pro League and Saba prevailed 1:0.
Unfortunately, there ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 26th, 2006
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 26th, 2006
Team Melli defender Rahman Rezaei’s Serie A team, Messina, blew a one goal lead against Udinese on Sunday. Rezaei, however, played the entire game and ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 26th, 2006
Mexico coach Ricardo La Volpe has named his 18-man squad for the friendly against Paraguay which is to be played in Chicago on 29 March.
Meanwhile, ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 26th, 2006
Okay Team Melli fans let’s stop taking Angola lightly. Did you know that eleven of their top picks for the squad play their football in ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 26th, 2006
The Asian players had a tough day in Bundesliga. Besides Cha Du-ri whose Frankfort drew 1:1 with Koln, all the active players tasted defeat.
Ahn of ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 25th, 2006
This is a question for all you football fans.
Which is your favorite foreign league (e.g. Bundesliga, Premier League, Serie A, just pick a league ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 25th, 2006
Mahdavikia and Hamburg had a tough day, but it could not compare to the horrible day that Vahid Hashemian and Hannover had!
Bremen trashed them 5:0 ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 25th, 2006
Bad day for Mehdi Mahdavikia’s club Hamburg SV. They were badly beaten by Dortmund.
Dortmund took the lead, HSV tied and then took a 2:1 lead, ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 25th, 2006
Sometimes I wonder about the wisdom or there lack of Asian football’s think tanks!
The dates of the biannual West Asian Football Federation championship were ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 24th, 2006
Did you hear about Mexico defender Claudio Suarez breaking the most capped record in his next game with the Ticos? One hundred and seventy four ...
