Articles tagged with "Iran"
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 9th, 2006
Iranian Football Federation is in negotiation with Uruguay and Argentina for a possible friendly. I would love to see an Iran and Argentina friendly, but ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 9th, 2006
You came here to read about the World Cup so here is some of today's hard hitting (sort of) news (sort of).
Togo or not Togo: ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 8th, 2006
What can I tell you? The guy is like the energizer bunny. He keeps on going and going and going, and ….
I am talking about ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 8th, 2006
Earlier today Foolad FC started their AFC Champions League quest with a victory over Group A rivals Al Qadisiya. In a later match, Iran’s other ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 8th, 2006
Inch by inch, day by day, second by second we move closer to the World Cup. With less than 100 days to go before ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 7th, 2006
In light of what happened in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium, a couple of friends of mine who happened to be big football fans put together an ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 6th, 2006
Arie Haan has finally arrived in Tehran to coach Perspolis FC.
Apparently the Dutchman was in for a rude awakening. After seeing the club’s practice ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 6th, 2006
One of the many cool things about a site like World Cup Blog is that we have people from all over the world writing about ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 6th, 2006
The margin between advancing far in the World Cup and an early exit is so slim that the loss of a key player or two ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 6th, 2006
I don’t know what the record for yellow cards in one single game is, but in a lower division game in Iran this Saturday the ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 5th, 2006
Midfielder Ali Karimi’s injury has been diagnosed as torn ligaments in his right ankle. He is expected to get back to action towards the end ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 5th, 2006
The news of Ali Karimi’s injury so shocked most of us Iranian football fans that we forgot all about the good performance of the other ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 5th, 2006
Coach Branko Ivankovic’s failour to build a strong bench may hurt Iran should Ali Karimi or any of the other starting 11 get injured before ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 4th, 2006
Iran midfielder Ali Karimi sustained an ankle injury on Saturday that should keep him out of action for six to eight weeks. Karimi fell ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 4th, 2006
Iran were dealt a major blow today when star midfielder Ali Karimi was injured during the second half of the FC Bayern's Bundesliga match against ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 3rd, 2006
I am still pissed off about what happened to my countrywomen during the Costa Rica friendly outside of the stadium.
Maybe football fans all around the ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 2nd, 2006
The Good
Iran played a heck of a first half and won the game.
• A couple of the younger players got a chance to play.
• Ali Karimi, ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Mar 2nd, 2006
Because I am so bummed about yesterday's loss to South Korea, I am trying not to think too much about Angola football today. It ...
Posted on: Costa Rica World Cup Team Blog by Ted Veler | Mar 2nd, 2006
Much worlwide national sides friendlies this March 1st as FIFA tries to coordinates dates of international competitions. The controversial Iran-Costa Rica was played at ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Mar 1st, 2006
Hmm. Does anyone here want to advance to the knockout stage? Hard to say since all four Group A teams lost in international ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 1st, 2006
Iran had a good first half against Costa Rica. They took a three goal lead in the first 45, but the Ticos fought back and ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 1st, 2006
South Korea and Iran both won earlier today to help kick off a day filled with international friendlies. South Korea defeated fellow World Cup ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 1st, 2006
Iran coach Branko Ivankovic told reporters that although Mexico and Portugal are favorites to move on from group D, Iran is well capable of beating ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 1st, 2006
Looks like Iran’s president Mahmood Ahmadinejad has discovered Team Melli’s Public Relations potential.
Yesterday he paid a surprise visit to the team’s practice session and kicked ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 1st, 2006
Iran’s likely lineup for tomorrow’s game is as follows:
Ebrahim Mirzapour (GK)
Hossein Kaebi – Yahya Golmohammadi – Mohammad Nosrati – Sattar Zare
Anderanik Teymourian* – Ali Karimi ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 1st, 2006
It appears that neither Mehdi Mahdavikia nor Rahman Rezaei will be playing tomorrow against Costa Rica.
These two happened to be the two most consistent ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 1st, 2006
Just because our eyes are bloodshot from staring at the 15 games we are watching simultaneously today doesn't mean that we don't have the vision ...
Posted on: Saudi Arabia World Cup Team Blog by Shahed | Feb 28th, 2006
Who are the people who are going to watch the game between Saudi Arabia and Portugal on March 1st?
From Saudi Arabia:
Crazy Saudi fans - ...
Posted on: Costa Rica World Cup Team Blog by Ted Veler | Feb 28th, 2006
After much back and forth between political correctness and sport, finally the Fedefut saw its way clear to send the ticos, FIFA ranked 25th, to ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 27th, 2006
Iranian Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported today that according to Kicker Magazine Team Melli are “optimistic” about moving on to the second round.
This is all ...
