5/31/2006
Afshin Afshar, lastkick.com

Okay Team Melli fans, are in World Cup mood yet? Well, may be the video from The Arian Band will put you in the mood.
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5/31/2006
Afshin Afshar, lastkick.com

Here are some photos of Iran – Bosnia game which Iran won 5:2.

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5/31/2006
Reuters

TEHRAN – Iran fought back from a two-goal deficit to beat Bosnia 5-2 in a World Cup warm-up match on Wednesday which raised serious questions about their defence in Germany.
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5/31/2006
BBC

World Cup hosts Germany came from two goals down to draw against Japan.

Japan profited from German disarray as the hosts experimented with a new formation and Naohiro Takahara struck two fine goals on 57 and 65 minutes.
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5/30/2006
Afshin Afshar, lastkick.com

Midfielders Mehdi Mahdavikia and Fereydoon Zandi will not participate in tomorrow’s friendly match against Bosnia & Herzegovina. Apparently they both traveled to Germany to receive treatment for their injuries.

Mahdavikia sustained his injury during a training session before the match against Croatia. Zandi seems to have aggravated an old injury.

5/30/26
Ludovic Hunter-Tilney, ft..com

Forget Rooney and his metatarsals: England’s fragile World Cup morale is reeling from the decision to choose Embrace, those sub-Coldplay plodders, to write the team’s official song. “World at Your Feet”, which comes out next week, is a dirge-like anthem whose air of defeatism suggests England’s fate is to be knocked out on penalties in the quarter-finals. “Yes, it can be done,” the chorus implores earnestly, though like a subconscious current of thought the melancholy music tells a different story. No, it can’t be done. Failure awaits.
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5/30/2006
Afshin Afshar, lastkick.com

Did you watch the Iran-Croatia game? No? You missed it? Not a problem. Thanks to amazing new technology you can watch the entire game here for free.

5/30/2006
Afshin Afshar, lastkick.com

This joke is courtesy of a friend of mine who is a lifelong and proud member of the Tartan Army.

An English family head out one Saturday to do some shopping. While in the sports shop the son picks up a Scotland football shirt and says to his sister, "I've decided to be a Scotland supporter and I would like this for my birthday." His sister is outraged by this and promptly whacks him round the head and says, "Go talk to your mother."
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5/30/2006
People's Daily Online

Iranian veteran Ali Daei expects a breakthrough at the upcoming FIFA World Cup, slated for June 9-July 9 in Germany.

"I hope that Iran can produce some great performances and results at the World Cup." FIFAworldcup.com quoted the 37-year-old striker as saying.
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5/29/2006
rediff.com

Iran's squad for the World Cup finals in Germany comprises the following 23 players:

(Statistics up to and including May 24 2006)
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