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According to reports in Iran, the Iranian Football Federation (IFF) is considering a 10 day training camp in the US in June.According to Mehdi Taj, the deputy-in-chief of the Iran Football Federation (IFF), an official invitation was received from the US on Saturday.The IFF has passed the invitation to the National Team’s Committee, and the head coach of Iran, Ali ... [متن کامل]

AFC Champions League Group B pacesetters Saipa were held 1-1 by Saba Battery in the 29th round of the Iran Pro League here on Sunday. The defending champions, who are leading the AFC Champions League Group with eight points, three more than Al Kuwait, fell behind in the 11th minute through a Hamed Hajati strike. Kianoosh Rahmati restored the parity ... [متن کامل]

AFC Champions League Group A strugglers Sepahan increased their lead in the Iran Pro League standings with a 3-2 victory over Shirin-Faraz in the 29th round here on Sunday.The AFC Champions League 2007 runners-up are on 53 points, six more than second-placed Saba Battery, with five more rounds to follow. Emad Mohamed Redha, who scored the only goal in Sepahan’s ... [متن کامل]

Sepahan of Isfahan football team went six points clear at the top of the Iran’s Professional League(IPL) after beating the rock-bottom Shirin Faraz in Kermanshah’s Azadi Stadium on Sunday. IPL’s leader Sepahan won 3-2 over Shirin Faraz of Kermanshah in the 29th week of the IPL and found itself on the verge of winning the title.   Sepahan now stands first ... [متن کامل]

Iran's Football Federation has announced that the country's national team has been invited to the United States for two friendlies. Iran, which is hard at work preparing itself for the 2010 South Africa World Cup, has been officially invited to the United States for a 10-day camp and two friendly matches by the US Soccer Federation, the Iran Football Federation (IFF) ... [متن کامل]

Iran says the president of the German soccer federation will visit Tehran in a bid to increase cooperation between the two federations. The Iran daily reported Sunday that Head of Iran's soccer federation Ali Kafashian said he would be inviting his German counterpart, Theo Zwanziger. Another Iranian soccer official Hassan Qafari has confirmed that Zwanziger expressed interest in visiting Iran in ... [متن کامل]

Iran is to invite the German football federation president to Tehran, the governmental sports daily Iran reported Sunday. The head of the Iranian Football Federation (FFI), Ali Kafashian, will send an invitation letter to his German counterpart, Theo Zwanziger, for a visit to Tehran to expand cooperation between the two federations, the daily reported without giving further details. FFI spokesman ... [متن کامل]

Persepolis coach Afshin Ghotbi praised his side’s performance after a scoreless draw against Mes of Kerman in the 29th week of Iran’s Professional League. “Persepolis saved an important point in Kerman. They (Mes) played well at home and had already defeated a number of big teams in Kerman. I congratulate Amir Ghalenoei on the way his team played,” Afshin Ghotbi ... [متن کامل]

Persepolis F.C executives have said that the Red-Men's  Cameroonian midfielder, Jacques Elong Elong, has undergone surgery. Elong, Cameroon's national team fielder went under the knife after he was told to stay on the margin up to the end of the season for his ligament injury. Doctors said Elong could resume practice after a six-month hiatus. Elong confirmed he would remain ... [متن کامل]

Iranian international football referee Masoud Moradi will judge Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Moradi along with his assistant Hasan Kamranifar will referee Beijing 2008 Olympic Games at the invitation of Federation Internationale de Football Association. Moradi, Kamranifar and an Iraqi assistant referee will form a team to referee different Asian and World football matches in Beijing. [متن کامل]

According to the Iranian media, US club LA Galaxy have refuted reports that they will play a friendly match against the Iranian national team.Just days after the Iranian Football Federation (IFF) announced that the Los Angeles Galaxy had requested a friendly game against the Iranian National Team, the Galaxy have denied the reports. “The Galaxy has no plans to play ... [متن کامل]

Iran's national football team will host a friendly against Bulgaria on May 23 2008. No other friendly has yet been announced for Iran's national team which showed a poor performance in their first two Group E matches against Syria and Kuwait in the Asian World Cup Qualifiers under the newly appointed head coach Ali Daei, a legend of all times in ... [متن کامل]

Edison Arantes do Nascimento best known by his nickname Pele, the most popular soccer player worldwide, will visit Iran in May, a member of Iran Football Federation said here on Wednesday. "A agreement has been signed with the Brazilian Embassy in Tehran in this respect," Mohammad Hadi Ayatollahi said. The official said that Pele, during his visit, will make himself acquainted ... [متن کامل]

Iranian striker Vahid Hashemian has agreed to return to former club VfL Bochum at the end of the season, it has been confirmed.The news that current club Hannover 96 had agreed to sign Bayern Munich outcast Jan Schlaudraff confirmed once-and-for-all that Hashemian's days at the AWD-Arena were over. The Iranian had a solid spell at the club upon first signing ... [متن کامل]

Emad Mohammed scored a late winner as Iranian league leaders Sepahan completed the double against Al Ittihad with a 1-0 away win over the Saudi side at the Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium on Wednesday. The Iraq international striker netted the only goal of the game with 11 minutes remaining to give Sepahan their second straight win in Group A ... [متن کامل]

Ahmed Iyad scored with 19 minutes remaining to earn Al Quwa Al Jawiya a 1-1 draw with Iranian champions Saipa on Wednesday to keep their hopes of progressing from Group B alive. Kianoush Rahmati had given Ali Daei's side the lead in the 63rd minute when he converted from the penalty spot after Ebrahim Sadeghi was upended in the area. ... [متن کامل]

Hamburg-based second division Bundesliga club FC St.Pauli is reportedly interested in signing Hansa Rostock forward Amir Shapourzadeh whose current deal with the relegation- threatened north German Bundesliga club runs out this summer, the daily Bild newspaper said Wednesday The 25-year-old Iranian player who grew up in Hamburg started his football career at the amateur division of Bundesliga side Hamburger SV and ... [متن کامل]

Ferydoon Zandi will play in the Cypriot first league for another year. The Iranian playmaker signed with Alki Larnaca for next season. The former Kaiserslautern player already played for Apollon Limassoll in 2007, before joining Olympiakos Nicosia after being without a club for six months following the 2007 Asian Cup.While bottom placed Olympiakos face relegation from the first division, Alki Larnaca ... [متن کامل]

 Jorvan Vieira downplayed worries about his health on Wednesday after the Sepahan coach required a medical check-up following his team’s 1-0 win over Al Ittihad at the Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium. Emad Mohammed Ridha’s late goal gave the Iranian side a crucial victory in the Group A encounter but there were concerns about the Brazilian as he appeared to ... [متن کامل]

Saipa coach Ali Daei criticised his side's defensive performance after watching them throw away a one-goal lead to draw 1-1 with Iraq's Al Quwa Al Jawiya on Wednesday evening Kianoush Rahmati's penalty had given the Iranian champions the lead in the 63rd minute before Ahmed Iyad pulled the Iraqi champions level eight minutes later. The result means Saipa remain on top ... [متن کامل]