Articles tagged with "Iran"
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 ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 27th, 2006
The coaches of other countries have been announcing their squads for their Wednesday friendly matches. No such luck with Iran as Branko Ivankovic is still ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 27th, 2006
According to the Iranian Football Federation (IRIFF) site Mexico’s coach Ricardo Lavolpe has assigned two analysts to watch Iran’s matches and report back to him. ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 27th, 2006
Arash Borhani is one of Iranian football’s many young guns. At twenty three Borhani has all the tools and potential to develop into a ...
Posted on: Costa Rica World Cup Team Blog by Ted Veler | Feb 24th, 2006
The March 1 Costa Rica friendly with Iran is very close to being cancelled due to political pressures arising from Iran's controversial stands on ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 24th, 2006
Hossein Kaebi is a little guy in stature, but he has the heart of a giant. He was only 17 when he had his ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 23rd, 2006
I used to be one of Ali Daei’s biggest fans, but I am getting increasingly annoyed with him stubbornly refusing to retire from international ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 22nd, 2006
In the opening game of their AFC Asian Cup 2007 qualifying campaign Iran defeated Chinese Taipei by the score of 4:0 in Tehran’s Azadi stadium.
Coach ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 21st, 2006
28 year old Ali Karimi is one of the most popular players amongst Iran’s fanatic football fans. They lovingly call him “The Wizard” for his ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 21st, 2006
Asian Cup qualifying Group B games will start tomorrow. Iran will have its first Asian Cup game against Chinese Taipei tomorrow. Taipei should not present ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 18th, 2006
Iran national team is like a right footed footballer; finesse and skill on the right side, weak control and awkwardness on the left.
On ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 17th, 2006
A German friend of mine whose brother is a journalist in Germany asked him, on my behalf, about his take on the Tagesspiegel cartoon. His ...
