Fox Sports Asia - IR Iran star Ashkan Dejagah has revealed that Carlos Queiroz indeed wanted to stay on as the head coach of Team Melli even after the teams semifinal exit from the AFC Asian Cup 2019. Queirozs contract was not renewed by Iran following the continental championship and the Portuguese has since then taken over as manager at South ...

Khaleej Times - Alireza Jahanbakhsh and Ashkan Dejagah were on target as Iran beat Oman 2-0 to advance to the quarterfinal of the AFC Asian Cup 2019. It would have been a different story had Oman, playing their first knock out game, converted a first-minute penalty kick. Omani striker Muhsen Al Ghassani was pinned inside the Iranian box by defender ...

Xinhua -- Iran's international midfielder Ashkan Dejagah said that they will have a difficult match against Oman as the latter will play with lots of motivation, according to Tasnim news agency. Iran will meet Oman at the Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, the UAE, on Sunday evening in Round of 16 of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. "I think it's ...

MNA Iran national football team are sweating on Ashkan Dejagahs fitness ahead of the 2018 World Cup. With two days remaining to the crucial match against Morocco in Group B of the 2018 World Cup, Dejagah is not completely fit for the competition. Dejagah returned with a goal after about four months in late May in a friendly match against Turkey,...

Financial Tribune- With four previous appearances at the FIFA World Cup to its name, Iran is one of Asias most-successful nations in the tournament behind only South Korea and Japan. While 2018 will be the fifth time Iran would appear on world footballs biggest stage, the team is still looking to advance past the group stage for the first time ...

ESPNFC- Former Wolfsburg midfielder Ashkan Dejagah has re-signed for the German club on a free transfer from Qatari First Division side Al-Arabi Sports Club. The 30-year-old enjoyed a five-year spell with the Wolves, whom he joined from Hertha Berlin in 2007, the highlight being the Bundesliga title win with the Green-Whites in 2009. The former ...

Qatari sports club Al Arabi has severed links with Iranian-German soccer player Ashkan Dejagah and Iranian professional footballer Javad Nekounam following recent changes in the board of the team which plays in the Qatar Stars League. Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Jaber al-Thani, the new president of the club, has introduced a raft of changes ...

TEHRAN, May 31 (MNA) Carlos Queiroz of Irans national football squad has called 23 players into preparation camp.The list shows significant missing names such as Ashkan Dejagah and Alireza Jahanbakhsh, the top hopefuls for the national kit. The 23 players invited to the camp will play against Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan in the preliminary stage ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian international midfielder Ashkan Dejagah is very happy since the Iran Football Federation extended Carlos Queirozs contract. It was really, really important he re-signed, Dejagah told Reuters in an interview before training in Melbourne. Not just for us but really important for the country as well, for the young players ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian international midfielder Ashkan Dejagah will sign a contract with Al-Arabi on Monday, Qatari media reports said. Fulham has received a 5 million bid for Dejagah from Al-Arabi. The player has one year left on his contract. The 28-year-old player, who was voted as Fulhams player of the year by fans, should play in the Championship ...

Ashkan Dejagah is confident Iran can end their goal-drought by beating Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday to reach the World Cup last 16. Iran are third in Group F with one point after a goalless draw with Nigeria and the heartbreak of their 1-0 defeat to Argentina when Lionel Messi scored in added time. In Salvador, the Iranians must beat Bosnia,...

Daily look at Irans late-breaking news and upcoming events:     Iran loads fuel to the core of its first nuclear plant Iran has successfully loaded fuel to the core of Bushehr nuclear power plant on Tuesday morning, the Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi announced.   Zarif: Iran has active ...

Iran midfielder Ashkah Dejagah has vowed that his team will be going all out to find the net in their final World Cup group game against Bosnia-Herzegovina on Wednesday. Despite failing to score in their opening two fixtures of the tournament, the Iranians will have a slim chance of reaching the second round if they win tomorrow evening. While ...

Which Iran player showed his softer side by saving a wounded butterfly, which one is a bit more German than Iranian, and who is covered in tattoos that have caused a storm back in Tehran? Daniel Davari The young goalkeeper needed diplomatic intervention in order to make his international debut. Born in Germany to a Polish mother and an Iranian father,...