Persian League

PLDC - The former star of AC Milan, Ajax, and Real Madrid will join Esteghlal Football Club as a sports advisor.

FIFA - Portugal beat Iran to secure a FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup quarter-final against Japan, leaving their victims to play on-song Belarus.

Tehran Times - A suffocating defense carried Iran to a second consecutive victory at Seychelles 2025, leaving winless Paraguay on the brink.

Tehran Times - Tractor football team claimed the title of the 2024/25 Iran’s Persian Gulf Professional League (PGPL) for the first time on Friday.

Tehran Times - Iran staved off a late fightback from debutants Mauritania to start their FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Seychelles 2025 Group B campaign with a 5-4 win on Thursday.

Tasnim – The Iranian football club Esteghlal has started negotiations with former Napoli and Inter coach Walter Mazzarri once again.

Tehran Times - Former Iran national football team coach Bahman Salehnia passed away on Thursday.

Tasnim – Former midfielder Mojtaba Jabbari is a candidate to take charge of Esteghlal until the end of the season.

Tehran Times - Marziyeh Jafari was named as new head coach of Iran’s women’s football team on Wednesday.

Tehran Times - Mehdi Taj, head of the Iran Football Federation, announced that the match against North Korea in the third round of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) will take place in Mashhad.