Football

Qatari Football Federation officials are planning to visit Iran’s Kish Island to prepare the grounds for the Persian Gulf resort’s hosting of Qatar 2022 World Cup teams.

An Iranian cleric studying advanced jurisprudence also works as a top football referee and martial arts instructor.

Saudi and Emirati officials say their football teams in the AFC Champions League will neither play in Iran, nor in Qatar.

Iran’s national football team has been drawn with football powerhouses of Europe, Portugal and Spain, as well as Morocco in Group B of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

Michel Salgado, the former captain of Real Madrid football team, has donated one of his signed shirts to raise funds for the quake-hit Iranians in the western province of Kermanshah.

Iran’s Football Federation and Iranian futsal player Ali-Asghar Hassanzadeh have received top awards at the Asian Football Confederation’s annual awards ceremony in Bangkok, Thailand.

A top Iranian football referee, who is also an orthopedic surgeon, has missed a match he was supposed to judge to help victims of the recent earthquake.

A Russian journalist picked to host the ceremony for the Final Draw for the 2018 FIFA World Cup says she is very excited.

An Italian website has predicted that Iran’s national football team will achieve significant success in FIFA World Cup 2018 due to be held in Russia.

Persepolis defeated its arch-rival Esteghlal football team thanks to a goal from Ali Alipour on Thursday.

A photo of an Iranian cleric who seems to be another double of famous footballer Lionel Messi has gone viral in Iran.

A propaganda cell of ISIS terrorist group has released a doctored image of Argentina and Barcelona talisman Lionel Messi, where he is seen crying blood, in a fresh threat to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

Iran reached its first-ever quarter-final at the FIFA U-17 World Cup after defeating Mexico 2-1 on Tuesday.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has imposed new rules on sports fans, banning them from wearing casual clothes to games as such dress is 'inappropriate'.

German football manager and former player Winfried Schäfer will arrive in the Iranian capital on Monday night to start managing Tehran football giants Esteghlal.

Östersund’s Iranian-Swedish midfielder Saman Ghoddos has finally decided to wear the jersey of Iran’s national football team despite being invited to play for Sweden, the Swedish TV announced.

The director of the Akhmat-Arena stadium in the Chechnya Republic of the Russian Federation has announced that Iran's national football team may possibly stay in this region for its training camps before the 2018 FIFA World Cup.  

The Iranian men’s national 7-a-side football team finished runner-up in the 2017 IFCPF CP Football World Championships, after it lost the final match to Ukraine.

The recent successes of Iran's football and volleyball teams have prompted a Korean website to praise the Islamic Republic for its historic achievements.

A modern stadium named after Imam Reza (AS), the eighth Shiite Imam, was officially inaugurated on Saturday in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad.

The close resemblance of Barcelona's head coach to a famous Iranian pop singer has went viral in Iran.

Persepolis football team of Iran made history in the AFC Champions League after defeating Al Ahli of Saudi Arabia 3-1 at the Mohamed bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, the UAE on Tuesday.

The Syrian national football team, composed of both pro- and anti-government players, managed to gain a draw against Iran and advance to the next round of FIFA World Cup qualifications in Asia.

A German news website has ruled out the possibility of a match-fixing conspiracy by Iran and Syria in their last Group A fixture in Asia's third qualifying round for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia, which is to be held in Tehran on Tuesday (September 5).

Iran’s national football team has set a new record in FIFA World Cup qualifier matches by playing 12 consecutive matches, 1108 minutes, without conceding a single goal.