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Iran’s football player Ali Daei among AFC’s Asian Cup legends 

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Iran's football legend Ali Daei is selected by the Asian Football Confederation as one of the best soccer players of the Asian Cup.
Sport

Iran mourns loss of female soccer star

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The tragic passing of Melika Mohammadi, a revered player for both the national team and Khatun-e Bam, has plunged Iran's football community into profound sorrow.
Sport

AFC extends condolences on death of female Iranian football player

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The president of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has sent a message of condolences on the demise of Iranian women’s national football team player Melika Mohammadi in a car accident on Sunday.
Sport

Iran’s Esteghlal, Sepahan ranked among top ten football teams in Asia 

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A global football statistics website has picked Iranian soccer teams Esteghlal and Sepahan FC among the top ten in its latest ranking in Asia. 
Sport

Iranian U17 footballers stun Brazil’s in 2023 World Cup 

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Iran makes history in 2023 FIFA U17 World Cup, beating Brazil at Jakarta International Stadium.
Sport

Italian giants inter seek to get Iranian striker Taremi on board

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Italian Serie A giants Inter are closer than other rivals to transfer Iranian striker Mehdi Taremi, whose contract with Portugal’s Porto expires this coming summer, La Gazzetta dello Sport reported.
Foreign Policy

Football a platform for further expansion of ties between countries: Iran president

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has met with FIFA's chief Gianni Infantino in New York. Raisi described sports, especially football, as one of the suitable platforms for closer relations between countries.
Sport

Iranian footballer Taremi gifts shirt to Porto child fan holding “Salam Mehdi” poster, Iranian flag

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Iranian football star Mehdi Taremi of FC Porto tossed his shirt as a gift to a child fan who was holding an Iranian flag emblazoned with “Salam Mehdi”, meaning “Hi, Mehdi” in Persian, after helping his team defeat rivals Estrela Amadora on Friday to perch on top of the Portuguese league.
Sport

Former Iranian footballer in critical condition after being attacked by thieves

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A former Iranian soccer player has been attacked by a group of thieves while driving on a main thoroughfare in the capital, Tehran.
Sport

Iran’s Taremi clinches top scorer title in Portuguese Primeira Liga

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Iranian striker Mehdi Taremi has emerged as the leading goal scorer in the Portuguese Primeira Liga with 22 goals he scored for his team, FC Porto.
Sport

Qalenoie named as manager of Iran’s National Football Team

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Amir Qalenoie was rehired as the head coach of Iran’s National Football Team, known as Team Melli. He will replace Carlos Queiroz.
Sport

Ansarifard first Iranian to score against Man U

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Although former player of Iran’s Persepolis Ali Parvin scored a goal against English giants Manchester United in a friendly in 1975, Omonia Nikosia's striker Karim Ansarifard shocked the Red Devils in an official Europa League match on Thursday night as the first Iranian to smash the ball into the net.
Security

Iranian footballer arrested for “instigating unrest”

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Iranian security forces have arrested a footballer for allegedly instigating unrest during the recent protests following the death of a 22—year-old girl in morality police headquarters.
Sport

Queiroz back in Iran as head coach of natl. football team ahead of World Cup

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Former Real Madrid coach Carlos Queiroz returns to Iran days after he was re-appointed as head coach of the country’s national football squad (Team Melli) ahead of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
Sport

Carlos Queiroz appointed as head coach of Iran national football team

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Former Portuguese coach Carlos Queiroz was officially appointed as the new head coach of Iran’s national football team (Team Melli) to lead it for 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Sport

Sources: Queiroz’s return to Iran before World Cup highly likely

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Iran’s national football team’s former head coach Carlos Queiroz is very likely to take the helm of Team Melli to prepare the squad for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, according to sources.
Sport

Shahriari becomes 1st female Iranian football manager to join FIFA

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Paria Shahriari, who headed the Beach Soccer Committee at the Iran Football Federation, becomes the first Iranian woman to join the International Federation of Association Football, FIFA.
Sport

Mehdi Taj becomes head of Iran’s Football Federation

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Mehdi Taj has been elected as head of the Football Federation of Iran for a four-year term.
Sport

Women attend football match in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium

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Women in Iran for the first time bought tickets to watch a national football match between two soccer clubs at Tehran’s Azadi Stadium.
Sport

Iranian footballer Mehdi Tarmei on UEFA list of best goal scorers

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UEFA Champions League has, in a tweet, announced eight football players who scored more goals than others for their clubs and countries in 2022, including Iran’s Team Melli (national football team) striker Mehdi Taremi. 
Sport

Iranian interior minister denies female spectators banned from entering stadiums

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Iran’s Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi denies claims that women are not allowed to enter football stadiums in the Islamic Republic.
Photo of the Day

Iran Professional League kick starts

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Sepahan football team defeats titleholder Esteghlal, putting an end to the invincibility of the blues from the capital.
Sport

Iran’s soccer champions Esteghlal get off to rocky start in new season

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Iran’s Professional League (IPL) kick started a new season this week with a bout that put an end to the invincibility of the blues from the capital Esteghlal for the entire previous season.
Sport

Iranian soccer star shines as Porto win Portuguese Super Cup

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Iranian international striker Medhi Taremi scored twice in a soccer match for FC Porto, helping the team win the Portuguese Super Cup.
Sport

Report: AC Milans wants Porto’s Iranian striker Taremi

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Reports coming out of Europe say Italian soccer club AC Milan has initiated preliminary contacts to get Iranian striker Mehdi Taremi form Portugal’s Porto FC.
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