[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) - 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) - 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 ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - President of Iran Football Federation (IFF) Ali Kaffashian said that the country's national football team (Team Melli) will play friendly against Japan national football team. The Iranian and Japanese football federations signed a cooperation protocol as part of efforts to boost cooperation between the two Asian powers. The MoU ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Tashima Kohzo, the vice-president and executive general secretary of the Japan Football Association, met the Iranian top football officials on Monday. The Japanese top official was welcomed by Ali Kaffashian, head of Iran Football Federation (IFF), and Secretary General of IFF Mahdi Mohammad Nabi at the headquarters of the Iran Football ...

Tehran, July 24, IRNA President of Iran?s Football Federation Ali Kaffashian said Thursday that a new contract with Carlos Queiroz will be signed within the next 10 days. Kaffashian said that preliminary agreements have been made with Carlos Queiroz to manage Iran National team for an additional four-year time. He said the new contract has not been ...

TEHRAN Head of the Iranian Football Federation (IFF) Ali Kaffashian said that Carlos Queiroz will extend his contract on Thursday. Queirozs contract expired after the 2014 FIFA World Cup but the Iranian federation has shown interest to keep the Portuguese coach until the 2015 AFC Asian Cup. The contract will be finalized on Thursday, Kaffashian ...

Daily look at Irans late-breaking news and upcoming events:     Iran eases demands for nuclear capacity at Vienna talks: Western diplomats Iranhas reduced demands for the size of its future nuclear enrichment program in talks with world powers although Western governments are urging Tehran to compromise further, Western diplomats ...

Tehran, July 3, IRNA Head of Iranian Football Federation (IFF) said here Wednesday night IFF?s proposal is a new 3-year contract with national football team?s Portuguese head coach, Carlos Queiroz as our top priority, if possible. Ali Kaffashian said that Iran?s proposal will be presented to Mr. Queiroz on Thursday so that negotiations on contract ...