IRNA- A top Iranian sports official says the Islamic Republic has registered a formal protest with FIFA over the bodys recent decision to impose a fine of thousands of dollars on the Iranian football federation for several religious manifestations during a game last month. Ali Kaffashian, the vice-president of the Football Federation of the ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) President of Iran Football Federation Ali Kaffashian said that Carlos Queiroz will not resign as the Iranian national football team (Team Melli) coach. The Portuguese announced on Friday that he will step down from his post on May 1 due to some problems in the federation. Kaffashian said that Queiroz will continue his job. Queiroz ...

Tehran, Jan 31, IRNA Saudi and UAE claim that Iran is an unsafe country to hold football matches is like a fallacy, contrary to the AFC and FIFA regulations, Iran's Football Federation president Ali Kaffashian said Sunday. The Saudi and UAE demand for holding any football games with Iran in an impartial country is unreasonable, Kaffashian told ...

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Monday and picked headlines from 14 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. Abrar: 1-No new Turkey anti-Iranian visa law 2-US flying B52 bombers, sabre-rattling to N. Korea 3-Former German chancellor in Tehran 4-Japans Shinzo Abe ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iran's Olympic football team traveled to the UAE to hold a training camp in preparation for the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship. Head of Iran Football Federation Ali Kafashian has also accompanied the team. Mohammad Khakpours men will play two friendlies against Australia and Iraq at their preparatory camp. Iran has been drawn ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Head of the Iranian Football Federation Ali Kafashian announced that his Qatari counterpart has called on Iran to help the Arab country with hosting the world cup in 2022. The Qatari football federation has officially asked Iran to help the Arab country in holding the upcoming 2022 World Cup in that country, Kafashian told reporters ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Head of Iran Football Federation Ali Kafashian has been elected as the Vice President of the Asian Football Confederation from the Central Region on Thursday. The 26th Ordinary AFC Congress was held on April 30, 2015 in Manama, Bahrain and had re-elected Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa for a four-year term until 2019 for the ...

TEHRAN, Apr. 11 (MNA) Head of Football Federation has secured a contract with Portuguese manager of football national squad Carlos Queiroz in Saturdays session. Ali Kafashian spoke to the press after his long session with Carlos Queiroz to announce good news to fans of the national squad manager; we managed to agree in some terms with Queiroz in ...

[caption id="attachment_104684" align="alignright" width="182"] President of Iran Football Federation (IFF) Ali Kaffashian[/caption] Head of Irans Football Federation (IFF) says the Asian Football Confederation has rejected Irans bid for hosting Asian Cup 2019. Ali Kaffashian on Monday said the AFCs decision to dismissIrans bid for hosting the ...

[caption id="attachment_54885" align="alignright" width="156"] President of Iran Football Federation (IFF) Ali Kaffashian[/caption] Tasnim TEHRAN,President of Iran Football Federation (IFF) Ali Kaffashian said foreign women will be allowed to watch men play when the country hosts an international sport event. Foreign women are permitted to attend ...

[caption id="attachment_111820" align="alignright" width="134"] Carlos Queiroz[/caption] Bojnourd, North Khorasan Prov, Feb 4, IRNA - Head of Iranian Football Federation Ali Kaffashian said here on Wednesdays that Carlos Queiroz will remain as Iranian national football team?s coach. Speaking in a local gathering in northeastern province of North ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) President of Iran Football Federation (IFF) Ali Kaffashian said that the IFF General Secretary will step down as his post. Mehdi Mohammad Nabi will resign as his post within a few days, Kaffashian told the reporters on the sidelines of the Iranian national football team's (Team Melli) training session. Earlier on the day,...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Media reports suggest that FIFA has announced that some of Irans money for football activities, which has been blocked due to the international sanctions, will now be released. On the sidelines of the 60th anniversary of the Asian Football Confederation in the Philippines, Ali Kaffashian met FIFA president Sepp Blatter and informed ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iran Football Federation (IFF) announced on Saturday that it has terminated the contract of Nelo Vingada as Iran Olympic coach. Weve terminated our contract with Vingada and Iran Olympic team will hold its training camp in Qatar without him, IFF president Ali Kaffashian said. Weve negotiated with some coaches but have not yet reached ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - An international friendly match between Iran and Kenya football teams has been called off, president of the Iranian Football Federation(IFF) Ali Kaffashian said on Saturday. The match has been cancelled since the Kenya Football Federations has demanded $50,000 in cash and travel as well as accommodation costs associated with the ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - FIFA President Sepp Blatter congratulated head of Iran Football Federation (IFF) Ali Kaffashian for all good work the federation has done to promote football in the country. Many thanks for sending me a copy of the Iran Football Federations Annual Report for the Year 2014 and congratulations for all the good work you are doing ...

Tehran (AFP) - Portugal's Carlos Queiroz has signed a four-year contract extension to stay on as Iran coach until the 2018 World Cup. The 61-year-old, who guided Iran at the recent World Cup finals in Brazil, said in June he was on the verge of stepping down, claiming he had the support of neither the government nor the national federation. However,...

Tehran, Aug 20, IRNA -- Iran Football Federation President Ali Kafashian said on Wednesday that contract is prepared for Carlos Queiroz to lead Iran national football team from tomorrow. Kafashian said that Iran decided to hire Queiroz and sign a new contract with him. On small differences between the Iranian Football Federation and Queiroz, Kafashian ...

Kuala Lumpur, August 19, IRNA President of Iran?s Football Federation said Tuesday that reviewing the structure of Asian Football Confederation (AFC) would serve the interests of football in the old continent. Kaffashian, who is also the head of a committee tasked with reviewing the structure of AFC, told IRNA after a meeting of the committee in ...

[caption id="attachment_111820" align="alignright" width="235"] Carlos Queiroz[/caption] Carlos Queiroz, who has said he would sign a new contract for coaching Irans national team in July, has rejected blame for delay in conclusion of the deal. Referring to the head of the Iranian Football Federation (IFF) Ali Kaffashian, Queiroz said, "It depends ...