PLDC – Branko Ivankovic’s lawyer Dario Busic has said that his client has rejected Persepolis’s offer to compromise over the financial agreement.

Tehran Times - Iran have been drawn with DPR Korea, Qatar and Bahrain at the AFC U16 Championship Bahrain 2020.

Tasnim – Esteghlal forward Mehdi Ghayedi has been linked with a move to a Belgian team.

Tehran Times - Persepolis football team defender Mohammad Ansari had surgery on his left knee on Wednesday and will not be able to play for the rest of the season.

ESPN - Maryam Shojaei, who mounted a campaign -- first anonymously and later publicly -- that led to Iran allowing women to attend men's soccer matches, is being honored with the Stuart Scott ENSPIRE Award, ESPN announced Tuesday.

Tasnim – Iran national football team head coach Dragan Skocic will return to Iran on Saturday.

TheSun - ARSENAL are reportedly in negotiations with Zenit Saint Petersburg over a deal to bring Sardar Azmoun to the Emirates.

Tehran Times - Disciplinary Committee of the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) warned the teams who have threatened to withdraw from the Iran Professional League (IPL) in case of the resumption of the competition.

Tasnim – Iran international attacking midfielder Saman Ghoddos will reportedly leave Amiens in the summer.

Tehran Times - Former Iran national football team head coach Carlos Queiroz says that their mission at the 2018 FIFA World Cup was to make the impossible possible.

Tasnim – Former Osasuna striker John Aloisi may not have shared a dressing room with Javad Nekounam, but he knows plenty about his fellow former Osasuna player.

PLDC – Persepolis and Iran national football team goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand, who was supposed to travel to Belgium early Sunday, failed to leave Tehran.