PLDC – Saud Arabian football club Al Ahli sacked Branko Ivankovic following poor results in the Saudi Professional League.

Tehran Times - Iranian long-standing football commentator Alireza Alifar has been suspended until further notice after making an awful blunder during live coverage of La Liga game Real Madrid and Levante.

PLDC – Persepolis goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand reacted to his suspension.

Tehran Times - The war of words between Iran U23 football coach Farhad Majidi and Akbar Mohammadi, head of youth committee of Iran Football Federation, has put Iran U23 football team in real danger of not qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Games.

Tasnim – Iranian football club Foolad has shown interest in signing Cameroonian striker Olivier Boumal.

Tasnim – Iran national football team striker Karim Ansarifard says that they have to respect their coaches and play the way they want.

Tasnim – Iran U-19 football team was defeated against Indonesia U-19 1-0 in a friendly match held at the Stadium Mandala Krida in Yogyakarta, Indonesia on Wednesday.

BestSport - Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo made a poker in the victorious match of his team against Lithuania, which ended with the score 5:1.

Reuters - FIFA officials will visit Iran, following the death of a female fan who set herself on fire in protest at her arrest for attending a match, world soccer’s governing body told Reuters on Wednesday.

AFC - Sardar Azmoun and Karim Ansarifard scored a goal apiece as the Islamic Republic of Iran made a winning start to their Asian Qualifiers campaign for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar and AFC Asian Cup China 2023 with a 2-0 win over a resolute Hong Kong on Tuesday.

BBC - An Iranian female football fan who set herself on fire a week ago has died.

Tehran Times - Iran U23 football team suffered two losses against Uzbekistan in friendly matches.