TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iran has fallen to 49th in the latest FIFA rankings released on Thursday after the World Cup, with winner Germany replacing Spain at the top. Japan is now Asia's highest-placed team. The team sits 45th, improving by one place, while Iran has dropped six spots to 49th - both finished bottom of their respective World Cup groups ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Brazil's football confederation (CBF) will not renew national coach Luiz Felipe Scolari's contract, local media reported early Monday, just hours after Germany defeated Argentina to win the 2014 World Cup. Scolari said that he would let the CBF decide his fate after his team lost the game for third place 3-0 to the Netherlands ...

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Mario Goetze scored a superb extra-time winner as Germany beat Argentina 1-0 to become the first European team to win a World Cup held in South America on Sunday. Bayern Munich star Goetze struck in the 113th minute to finally break Argentina's resistance as Lionel Messi's dream of emulating Diego Maradona ended in defeat. The ...

A fashion show organizer in Iran has been banned until further notice for staging a catwalk at which models wore variations of the national flag, media reports said Sunday. The House of Fashion hosted theWorld Cup-themed show in late June to a mixed audience, sending female models down the runway draped in attire based on flag designs, the emblem ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Italian referee Nicola Rizzoli will referee the 2014 FIFA World Cup final match between Germany and Argentina at the Estadio do Maracana on Sunday. The 44-year-old referee, who started his international refereeing career in 2007, has already refereed three matches at the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazi, taking charge of Spain-Netherlands ...

[caption id="attachment_106091" align="alignright" width="237"] Brazil head coach Luiz Felipe Scolari gestures after conceding five goals in the first half during the 2014 FIFA World Cup semifinal match between Brazil and Germany at Estadio Mineirao in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, on July 8, 2014.[/caption] Brazilian football legend Zico says head coach ...

Barcelona has reportedly not abandoned its ambitions to sign Liverpools Luis Suarez, Spanish media have reported. The media have said the club were still ready to buy him should he offer an apology for biting Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini during 2014 World Cup. The 2014 World Cup clash, which saw Uruguay sinking Italy, also saw Suarez sinking ...

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TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Irans Alireza Faghani has been selected as the fourth official for the World Cup round of 16 match between France and Nigeria. On Saturday, FIFA announced that American referee Mark Geiger will be in charge of the France-Nigeria match taking place on Monday. Fellow American Sean Hurd and Canadian Joe Fletcher will act as assistant ...

Daily look at Irans late-breaking news and upcoming events:   Germany, Netherland start refueling Iran Air Jets After four years of US-led sanctions against Iran, which banned European airports from providing jet fuel for the countrys airlines, the airports in Germany and the Netherlands have recently began to refuel jets of the Iran Air.  ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The Iranian national football team arrived in Tehran early Saturday following World Cup elimination at the group stage. The Iranian football team flew out to Brazil on June 3 to take part at the most prestigious football event at the world for the fourth time. Iran had already participated in three World Cups: Argentina ...

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Bosnia and Herzegovina are set to begin a new era under a new coach after their FIFA World Cup campaign ended on Wednesday, while Iran will also begin their search for Carlos Queiroz's replacement after not renewing his contract. Coach of the Balkan team, Safet Susic, has announced he will step down now that the group stage has concluded. Bosnia and ...

Berlin, Jun 26, IRNA -- A German brewery stopped the sale and distribution of World Cup-themed beer bottles featuring the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran following protests by the Berlin-based Iranian embassy. Responding to a protest letter by Iran?s diplomatic mission, the head of the marketing department of the Gaffel Koelsch beer-making company ...

Daily look at Irans late-breaking news and upcoming events:   Final nuclear deal possible if sextet refrains from maximum demands: Ravanchi An Iranian deputy foreign minister emphasized that the nuclear talks between Tehran and the six major world powers would result in an agreement if the sextet refrains from excessive and maximum demands,...

Uruguays President Jose Mujica has come to the defense of his countrys soccer player Luis Suarez, who is at the center of a World Cup controversy for allegedly biting an Italian opponent. I did not see him bite anyone. But they give each other so many kicks and blows and normally they put up with it, President Mujica told reporters on Wednesday. He ...

[caption id="attachment_103217" align="alignright" width="219"] The Associated Press/Themba Hadebe - Iran forward Reza Ghoochannejhad, right, scores past Bosnia goalie Asmir Begovic as Bosnia midfielder Senad Lulic looks on during the second half of a group F World Cup[/caption] It wasn't particularly significant, as goals go, an all-but-irrelevant ...

SALVADOR, Brazil (AP) -- Bosnia-Herzegovina ended Iran's hopes of advancing to the knockout stages with a 3-1 victory in Group F on Wednesday, registering its first World Cup win in the process. The Bosnians took a commanding 2-0 lead with goals from Edin Dzeko in the 23rd and Miralem Pjanic in the 53rd before Iran hit back in a desperate late bid ...

Daily look at Irans late-breaking news and upcoming events:     Iran: IRGC Quds force commander not in Iraq The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday rejected recent media reports that Commander of Irans Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force General Qassem Soleimani is in Iraq to help the country in its war on terrorists,...

[caption id="attachment_102652" align="alignright" width="281"] Iran's head coach Carlos Queiroz questions a call during the group F World Cup soccer match between Argentina and Iran at the Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Saturday, June 21, 2014. Argentina defeated Iran 1-0. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)[/caption] Cautious Bosnia a hurdle ...