The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has announced that the World Cup 2026 qualifying match between Iran and Qatar will be held in a neutral country.
Iranian striker Mehdi Taremi scored the sole goal of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying for Iran against Kyrgyzstan on Thursday evening, which was celebrated by his Italian club Inter Milan, that has recently hired the Iranian forward.
The Disciplinary Committee of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has fined Iran’s Sepahan Football Club $1,000 due to the team's delayed exit from the locker room, resulting in a 1.5-minute delay at the start of their match against Al Hilal.
Four female Iranian football plays who have joined the Armenian FC Pyunik club will take part in the preliminary stage of the European Champions League.
Iranian striker Mehdi Taremi scored in the last seconds of his last match for Porto at the Estádio do Dragão, sending his Portuguese team directly to the Europa League before his magnificent farewell to his fans.
A female Iranian jimmy jump, apparently a fan of Esteghlal FC’s, on Friday jumped down the fence between the spectators and the pitch to meet goalie of the Blues Seyed Hossein Hosseini after the referee whistled the end of the match against Aluminum FC in the central city of Araak.
Iran’s National Soccer Team have advanced to the third round of the FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifiers and booked their place at the AFC Asian Cup Saudi Arabia 2027 by defeating Turkmenistan 1-0 in an away match in Group E of the Preliminary Joint Qualification - Round 2 on Tuesday.
An Iranian female referee is to judge a derby in Tehran from the video assistant referee (VAR) room, an unprecedented development in the sports history of Iran where women are not normally allowed to judge men’s competitions.
Iran's national beach soccer team showcased their prowess in the UAE World Cup 2024 ranking match against Belarus, securing a decisive 6-1 victory, coming third in the world.
In a dazzling display of skill and determination, Iran's national beach soccer team secured a spot in the semi-finals of the 2024 Beach Soccer World Cup.
Iran secured their second win in their second match in Group B of FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup - UAE 2024 against Argentina on Saturday which propelled them to the knockout phase.
Hosts and defending champions Qatar edged Iran 3-2 in a thrilling Asian Cup semi-final on Wednesday at Al Thumama Stadium in Doha, setting up a title clash with Jordan.
Iran is angry with host Qatar over allocating a small number of the tickets for its fans for the Wednesday football match between the two sides in Doha within AFC Asian Cup semifinal competitions.
In the wake of their thrilling 2-1 victory over Japan, the Iranian national football team, known as Team Melli, found themselves on the brink of the Asian Cup semi-finals.
Iran knocked four-times champions Japan out of the 2023 Asian Cup with a 2-1 victory in their quarter-final clash after skipper Alireza Jahanbakhsh converted a penalty in stoppage time at Education City Stadium in Qatar on Saturday.
Iran national football team will meet Japan at the Asian Cup quarter-finals after surviving extra time with 10 men before defeating Syria 5-3 on penalties on Wednesday. Iran are ranked 21 in the world by FIFA while Syria are 91.
The Iraqi Football Federation has lodged an official complaint with the Organizing Committee of the AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023 against Iranian referee Alireza Faghani, who judged a game between Iraq and Jordan in the quarterfinals of the competitions.
The National Iranian football team has defeated the UAE 2-1 in Group C of the AFC Asian Cup and advanced to the quarterfinals of the tournament. Iran has bagged all the possible nine points from its first three games and will play with Syria at the playoffs.
An unconvincing Iran toiled to a 1-0 win over Hong Kong at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha on Friday to progress to the knockout rounds of the 2023 Asian Cup.
Iran, the three-times champions, beat Palestine 4-1 in their Group C AFC Asian Cup 2023 opener at the Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan in Qatar's Doha on Sunday. A minute’s silence for the people affected by the war in the Gaza Strip was interspersed with chants of “free Palestine”.
The 31-year-old Iranian striker Mehdi Taremi has become the best goal-scorer of 2023 among the players from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) states.
Persepolis Football Club, Iran's renowned powerhouse, secured a significant spot in the recent announcement by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) regarding the best club teams in Asia.
