Financial Tribune - Iran has replaced Australia as Asias top team in the latest FIFA ranking released on Thursday following the teams performance in the 2018 World Cup. After a superb performance in Russia where Iran beat Morocco 1-0, held Portugal to a 1-1 draw and fell 1-0 to Spain, Iran climbed five ranks to 32nd and reclaimed its position as ...

Tasnim Iran goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand says he is very happy to save Cristiano Ronaldo penalty, helping Team Melli come back to the game. Iran drew 1-1 with Portugal in the last match of the Group B on Monday. Beiranvand saved Ronaldos penalty which was awarded him by VAR review. Ronaldo is one of the world's best players. I'm happy to have ...

Press TV - Iranian referee Alireza Faghani together with linesmen Reza Sokhandan and Mohammad Mansouri will officiate the 2018 Fdration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup Group E match between the Brazil mens national football team, nicknamed Seleo(The Squad), and Serbia. The worlds soccer governing body has picked the trio ...

ISNA | Farzad Khabooshani: Warmly welcomed by hundreds of Iranian fans at Imam Khomeini International Airport, Iran national football team also known as Team Melli returned home from Russia early on Wednesday.  

Tasnim - Portugal central midfielder Joao Moutinho will be ready for their decisive Group B qualifying game against Iran in Saransk's Mordovia Arena on Monday. Moutinho on Friday missed his team's training session held at Kratovo training camp near the Russian capital. The Monaco midfielder caught a flu but he is reportedly is fit for the match ...

IFP - Iran has sent a number of police officers to Russia to help the Iranian football fans and cooperate with Russian security forces in establishing security and order during the FIFA World Cup 2018, a security official said. Brigadier General Hadi Shirzad, the head of the Interpol Department of Irans Law Enforcement, says the country has ...

Tasnim Iran national football team head coach Carlos Queiroz says although they have not supermen against Spain but they can do super things. Iran, who has defeated Morocco in its opener in Group B, will face Spain on Wednesday at the Kazan Arena. Queiroz says football always gives surprise. "I think everybody who has been playing football ...

MNA Iranian national defender and midfielder Rouzbeh Cheshmi suffered an injury during Team Mellis training session on Sunday and cannot play for Iran during 2018 World Cup anymore. Irans medical team immediately checked his injury and later decided that he cannot attend Team Mellis next matches, meaning that he is sidelined for at least ...

June 16, The Iran Project -In response to Nikes last-minute decision not to provide shoes to Irans National Football Team due to US sanctions, Iranian users have been reacting to the move by posting a picture, blaming thesportswear brand over World Cup shoes snub. After Morocco win on Friday, Many Iranians on social media have started to post a ...

ISNA | Borna Qassemi: The Iran men's national football team, domestically known as�Team Melli, has started its campaign at the 2018 F�d�ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup in Russia with a remarkable victory over Morocco.  

IFP - Irans Portuguese head coach Carlos Queiroz says his team will turn the impact of US sanctions and other problems into inspiration to perform better ahead of their first World Cup match against Morocco. We are not using them as any kind of justification or apology. The difficulties are a source of inspiration and creativity, to be more ...

NBC News | Farnoush Amiri: President Donald Trumps recent decision to withdraw from theIran nuclear dealand restore heavy economic sanctions on the country is having an effect on an arena beyond politics: the 2018 World Cup. Nike will be providing the shoes for 60 percent of the World Cup players when they take the field on June 14 in ...

RFERL |Frud Bezhan: Iran's national team will lock horns with the heavyweights of soccer at the World Cup in Russia this month. But before the clashes begin, Team Melli is in a gift-giving mood. The squad plans to present silk Persian carpets to FIFA, the world governing body of soccer; the Russian Football Union; and the national teams of Spain,...

AP Iran's official IRNA news agency says the country's soccer federation has suspended all relations with its Greek counterpart after a friendly between the two nations scheduled in Istanbul was abruptly cancelled amid ongoing Greece-Turkey tensions. IRNA carried a statement late Thursday by the Iranian federation, saying the cancellation inflicted ...

Reuters - Irans World Cup preparations were hit by a second cancellation of a friendly match ahead of next months tournament in Russia. The Iranians were hoping to face Kosovo in Istanbul on Saturday, in a game which had been quickly organized after a scheduled friendly against Greece was canceled. A statement from Irans Football Federation said:...

Iran's Team Melli has lost 2-1 to Turkey's national team in a warm-up match for the 2018 Fdration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup. Carlos Queirozs squad faced Mircea Lucescu's men at the Basaksehir Fatih Terim Stadium in Istanbul on Monday. A left-footed shot from the center of the box by Turkey's Cenk Tosun opened ...

IFP - Carlos Queiroz, the head coach of Irans national football team, has expressed hope Team Melli will advance to the knockout stage in FIFA World Cup 2018. Speaking in an interview with the Turkish television channel Sporx on Wednesday, Queiroz said Irans group in the tournament is a very difficult group but he is optimistic Team Melli ...

Mizan - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warmly received the Iranian national football team before its departure for Turkey where it will prepare itself for the FIFA World Cup 2018 in Russia.    

IRNA President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday received members of Iranian national team before departing Tehran for Moscow to attend 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. In the meeting, President Rouhani said your will is of prime importance in attaining your goals and every member of the team should spare no efforts to bring pride and success for the Iranian ...

Tasnim Iranian striker Sardar Azmoun is among the Asian players who could catch the eyes in the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Many consider Sardar Azmoun to be the best young player in the continent at the moment. The Iranian hitman has an unbelievable record when playing for the national side having scored 23 goals in just 31 appearances for his country....