Thursday , 7 November 2024

Sport

Will Iran’s Politically Exposed World Cup Team Stay On-Side?

Iranwire – Iran’s national team, or “Team Melli”, has qualified for the World Cup for the sixth time. Going to the tournament has always been celebrated and for 30 years has been a source of pride for the Iranian people. Even people with no interest in football would follow Iran’s progress at the World Cup and cheer on the side. But this time, …

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Iran Football Players Can Protest At World Cup, Says Coach

Iranwire – Members of Iran’s national football team are free to join the protests during their participation in the World Cup in Qatar, as long as they do so within the rules of the tournament, team coach Carlos Queiroz has said. “The players are free to protest as they would if they were from any other country as long as …

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“Choose the Right Side of History,” Iranian Football Icon tells Players

Iranwire – Iranian football star Ali Karimi has asked members of Iran’s national football team to “choose the right side of history” after a government official suggested on Sunday that athletes who refuse to sing the national anthem should be cut from their teams. Iran’s national volleyball team has become the latest group of Iranian athletes to decline to sing …

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Queiroz Under Pressure to Blacklist Star Player

Iranwire – The manager of Iran’s national football team is under pressure to remove the team’s striker ahead of the World Cup in Qatar for voicing his support for the protesters, IranWire reports.  Carlos Queiroz has been under pressure from the Ministry of Sport to remove Sardar Azmoun, the team’s striker. The head of Iran’s football federation has also asked the …

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Ahead Of World Cup, Iranian State Media Threaten Exiled Sports Journalists

Iranwire – Iranian state media have published the photos, names and addresses of nine exiled reporters who are set to cover the 2022 World Cup starting later this month in Qatar, warning them it would be their “last supper.” The named journalists are living abroad and are working for the BBC Persian Service, Iran International and Manoto, three London-based Persian-language …

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No World Cup For Sports Journalists Jailed, Kept Incommunicado In Iran

Iranwire – The 2022 FIFA World Cup will kick off in Qatar on November 20 with a match between the Qatar and Ecuador. The world of sports usually views the upcoming tournament as one of the most important international sports events, but for Iranians the situation is noticeably different from before. Like everything else in the society, from the economy …

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The Truth Behind Elnaz’s Photo with Iran’s Minister of Sports

Iranwire – The Iranian athlete who made history after appearing without a hijab at an international sports competition was questioned by two of Iran’s political and sports institutions, IranWire can reveal, when she returned to the country today. Friends of the athlete have also told IranWire that she has not answered their calls since returning to Iran early this morning …

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Elnaz Rekabi May be Forced to Apologize Again in Tehran

Iranwire – Elnaz Rekab, who did not wear a hijab at an international sports competition and was tricked into entering the Iranian embassy in Seoul, South Korea, was due to arrived in Tehran at 330am Wednesday morning, IranWire can report.  She reportedly departed the Qatari capital of Doha after midnight yesterday on flight QR490 to Tehran. Her family, meanwhile, had …

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