Articles tagged with "Iran"
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 2nd, 2006
A new study suggests that most Americans between the ages of 18 and 24 can not find some US states and other countries such as ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 2nd, 2006
A double whammy for Group D opponents Angola. First they lose Maurito, and then they get the news about Gilberto.
I hate to see this happen ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 2nd, 2006
Yesterday I posted the interview with Foolad FC’s GM which revolved around the club’s plight. Here is another piece of news that comes as a ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 2nd, 2006
Saba Battery face Qatar’s Al Gharafa in Matchday 5 of AFC Champions League tomorrow. They still have a good chance of making it and their ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 2nd, 2006
My fellow Team Melli enthusiast Kaveh Mahjoob interviewed Foolad FC of Ahvaz General Manager Abbas Navaserzadeh.
They discussed Foolad FC’s less than impressive season and the ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 2nd, 2006
A few months ago, under pressure, Team Melli coach Branko Ivankovic agreed to have a meeting with all the Iranian Pro League coaches, all 16 ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 30th, 2006
Dear Angola,
Thank you kindly for your letter of warning.
The nightmares we are having in Iran have nothing to do with Angola. To the contrary, it ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 30th, 2006
Hello! Anyone at home in IRIFF?! Angola just “kicked Butt” in a friendly against Lesotho. Are we going to get a game with someone, anyone, ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 30th, 2006
Branko Ivankovic seems confident about Iran’s chances against Group D opponents Mexico. SO am I, but I would even more confident if I see Team ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 30th, 2006
I am in a very accommodating mood today, so I am going to answer another one of Bob’s big questions today!
The answer is very simple, ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 30th, 2006
Perspolis FC made it to the Iranian Hazfi Cup’s semifinals. This is great news for Perspolis’s fanatical fans who earlier in the week saw their ...
Posted on: Portugal Euro 2008 Blog by Luis Paulo | Apr 29th, 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 | Apr 29th, 2006
Tehran’s unusual visitors.
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 29th, 2006
2003-04 Cup winners Sepahan of Isfahan made it to this year’s semis by defeating Tractor-Sazi of Tabriz.
They will face last year’s winners Saba Battery next.
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 28th, 2006
This time it is the Simon Wiesenthal centre. They have asked the German government and FIFA’s Sepp Blatter to not let Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attend the ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 28th, 2006
Kaveh Mahjoob had an exclusive interview with Iran coach Branko Ivankovic. They covered many issues. Take a look here.
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 28th, 2006
Saba Battery’s coach Mohammad Hossein Ziaei played it cool after his team soundly defeated Al Wahda of UAE. He told reporters that the victory simply ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 28th, 2006
Foolad FC’s performance against Pakhtakor of Uzbekistan was so poor that even coach Nenad Nikolic was ready to throw in the towel on his team.
He ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 27th, 2006
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad might have bitten more than he could chew on Monday when he told the nation that women should be allowed to watch sports ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 27th, 2006
Esteghlal of Tehran who won the Iranian Professional League championship last weekend, pulled out of the Cup competition today. The reason, they say, too many ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 27th, 2006
Good news for Team Melli. Vahid Hashemian is recovering well and is scheduled to resume training next week.
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 27th, 2006
Daniel Okechukwu Olerum is a Nigerian footballer and a devote Christian who has been in Iran playing for Foolad FC of Ahvaz in the last ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 27th, 2006
A couple of days ago right on this blog I voiced my displeasure over the suggestion by some German politicians that the German security forces ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 26th, 2006
Saba Battery made up for Foolad’s earlier failure in matchday 4 of the AFC Champions League by defeating Al Wahda of UAE 4:2.
Saba are now ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 26th, 2006
Iran’s Foolad had a total meltdown in the second half of the AFC Asian Champions league match against the Uzbek champs Pakhtakor. What was more ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 26th, 2006
As expected Iranian hardliners reacted quickly to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s suggestion that women should be allowed in stadiums. The signs are that the civilian government is ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 26th, 2006
A few conservative German politicians have suggested that Iranian football fans be subjected to "rigorous security checks". Another “legal expert” suggested “"The domestic intelligence ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 26th, 2006
Wow! This is great! First the new and cool looking outfit, then the provisional roster announcement on time as promised, and now …… hear this ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 26th, 2006
Arie Haan’s Perspolis FC made it to the quarterfinals of the Hazfi Cup. They did so by defeating last year’s Cup runner-ups Abu-Moslem 3:2 in ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Apr 25th, 2006
Team Melli joined the fun today by announcing the players it will likely feature in Germany. A look at the list reveals a team ...
