Articles tagged with "Iran"
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 7th, 2006
Iranian MP Amir-Reza Khadem told reporters that there are no security issues involving Team Melli’s trip to Germany. This only a few days after other ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 7th, 2006
Okay, call me a softy, but this story almost choked me up! It is about an American basketball player who has taken his trade to ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 7th, 2006
Now that Bush is “starting to understand how important the World Cup is” I want to make a proposal.
In order to resolve the issue ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 7th, 2006
Bob just posted a clip from making of my favorite Adidas commercial. I even liked that one! Especially I like the part with all the ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 7th, 2006
Perspolis FC made it to the final of Hazfi Cup by defeating Northern minnows Nojhan of Sari. Arie Haan's team will have a chance to ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 7th, 2006
My pal Luis Paulo of Portugal blog thinks all we are doing in the Iran camp is worrying about injuries and security arrangements. He could ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 7th, 2006
A few Iranian lawmakers attended Team Melli’s practice session and interrupted their training on Saturday. At some point the players sat around to listen to ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 6th, 2006
The semifinals of Iranian Hazfi Cup will be played tomorrow. Perspolis FC will face minnows Nojhan in Northern town of Sari, while Saba battery and ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 6th, 2006
As you know by now, Hamburg SV lost to Herta Berlin today. That in effect finished any outside chance they may have had to catch ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 6th, 2006
According to Sunday Times the pressure is building on German Chancellor Angela Merkel to stop Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from attending the games should he ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 6th, 2006
Team Melli’s 26 year-old midfielder will be leaving his Bundesliga club Kaiserslautern at the end of this season. This according to IRNA.
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 6th, 2006
Iran U-17 made it to the semis of the Tehran youth tournament despite a 2:1 loss to Saudi U-17. Iran's second tem (Iran B ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 6th, 2006
Some good news from the Team Melli’s walking wounded.
Ali Karimi told reporters that if his rehab goes according to the plan, he expects to be ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 6th, 2006
I don’t pretend that I know the ins and outs of German football or Bayern Munich, but it baffles me to hear that their coach ...
Posted on: Portugal Euro 2008 Blog by Luis Paulo | May 6th, 2006
Every week, we take a quick look in how our opponents are doing, hoping to see their biggest star involved in some kind of unbelievable ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 6th, 2006
Bob asks everyone “Which Country do you want to Host a Future World Cup?”
I am sure there are many countries that can do a fine ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 6th, 2006
German and Iranian security forces are going to cooperate, reports Islamic Republic News Agency, to “thwart attempts of anti-revolutionary groups” who may try to demoralize ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 5th, 2006
There is this fine left-footed player who plays for Esteghlal of Tehran. His name is Alireza Nikbakht-Vahedi. When in shape he has been a force ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 5th, 2006
Much maligned Team Melli coach Branko Ivankovic has been getting a lot of deserved and undeserved heat as of late. I think the problem has ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 4th, 2006
In all my years of following Team Melli, through all the ups and downs, and political turbulences that my country has gone through, I had ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 4th, 2006
Thanks to my fellow Team Melli fan, Mani, tonight I discovered that Iranian football Federation has stepped into the treacherous world of sports merchandizing! For ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 4th, 2006
I can’t help but wonder at the irony of all this. In Iran the government and the football federation do whatever they can to keep ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 4th, 2006
I am not going to try to quantify the passion that we Iranians have for our beloved Team Melli. All of you feel the same ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 4th, 2006
I have been making jokes about Ali Daei’s age and the fact that he plays every single minute of every single Team Melli game, be ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 4th, 2006
Team Melli coach Branko Ivankovic was interviewed on Wednesday during which he addressed my favorite topic (NOT!) the lack of proper preparation.
Branko told reporters that ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 3rd, 2006
Thanks to 4:1 trashing they dished off to Al Gharafa and a Al Karama loss to Al Wahda (Jeez! So many “Al”s!) Saba are now ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 3rd, 2006
2004-05 Iranian Pro League champs Foolad were officially eliminated today when they lost to the Kuwaiti club Al Qadisiya.
Foolad has two Team Melli members, namely ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 2nd, 2006
Here is the latest on the Team Melli’s injured players in Europe. It seems like things are going as well as they could be under ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 2nd, 2006
Here is a short one from of Iran camp curtsy of Persian Football.
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 2nd, 2006
Hamburg SV defeated Cologne today, and Team Melli’s Mehdi Mahdavikia had an assist in the process.
