Iran on Thursday allowed female football fans into a stadium for a national team match for the first time in more than a year.

Hundreds of women cheered on the home side during the match against Russia at Azadi Stadium in the capital Tehran.

The...

Former Brazil international Miranda on Wednesday announced his retirement from football at the age of 38.

"The moment has come to say goodbye," Miranda said in a video posted on his Instagram account.

"If football was a person, after everything...

Iranian football legend Ali Daei, who has backed protests following Mahsa Amini's death, said Monday an airplane from Tehran to Dubai had been rerouted and his family ordered off.

Protests have gripped Iran since the September 16 death of Iranian-Kurdish...

The world union of professional footballers FIFPRO said it was "shocked and sickened" by the risk of Iranian footballer Amir Nasr-Azadani being sentenced to death in connection with protests which have shaken the country for three months.

Nasr-Azadani...

The U.S. men's national team achieved their goal on Tuesday, beating Iran 1-0 in their final group-stage game of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, thus securing their ticket to the round of 16 alongside England.

However, that victory did not come without...

For Iranians, their football team's World Cup loss against the United States was cause for either sadness or exuberant joy, depending on where they stand on a two-month-old protest movement.

Caught between the clerical regime and calls to show...

The game between USA and Iran was decided thanks to Christian Pulisic's heroic goal during the last ten minutes of the first half, and it has to be called heroic because of the toll Pulisic had to pay to score that goal.

Eventually, the player...

Christian Pulisic fired the United States into the last 16 of the World Cup on Tuesday as the Americans downed Iran 1-0 in their politically charged grudge match.

Chelsea star Pulisic bundled home the do-or-die Group B game's only goal on 38 minutes...

The USMNT seems to be back where it belongs, as their efforts have led them to reach the Round of 16 for the third time in the past four FIFA World Cup editions.

The team's only absence from the last 16 teams came in 2018, when they were unable...

US and Iranian fans mingled on trains and buses for the journey to the World Cup match between the two geopolitical foes in Doha on Tuesday.

If there was one thing they had in common, it was the view for one game at least there should be "no politics."

Crowds...

Two games had to go by before Christian Pulisic was finally able to score his first FIFA World Cup goal, and he chose the best possible scenario to do so and try to help the USMNT's chances of success.

The Chelsea footballer was found by an accurate...

The United States and Iran meet in a politically charged winner-takes-all World Cup clash on Tuesday as England aim to reach the last 16 as group winners with victory over Wales.

Ever since the draw for the tournament was made in April, the Group...

The game between Iran and the USMNT has been surrounded by several controversial points, but none as the one involving Human Rights and discrimination going both ways.

With the match also being key to decide which team makes it to the next round...

After drawing England, the USMNT will be seeking its first win of the 2022 FIFA World Cup as they take on Iran. The Stars and Stripes put in a spirited performance in a match that many pundits, especially those in England, figured would be a comfortable...

United States coach Gregg Berhalter apologised on Monday for the furore triggered by a social media post depicting a modified version of Iran's flag as the two geopolitical foes prepared for their crunch World Cup showdown.

US Soccer sparked uproar...

On Tuesday, the USMNT will take on Iran with more than just three points on the line.

The Stars and Stripes come into this match having earned just two points following draws against Wales and England, while Iran have earned three following their...

Twenty-four years after their first World Cup meeting billed as the "Mother of all football matches", Iran and the United States face off in a politically-charged showdown on Tuesday with a place in the knockout rounds up for grabs.

Decades of...

United States coach Gregg Berhalter said politics would not come into his team's must-win World Cup clash with Iran following the Americans' battling draw with England on Friday.

Berhalter was a satisfied man after watching his youthful US team...

Team USA is stil unbeaten in the 2022 FIFA World Cup, but the main problem for them is that they are still looking for their first win in the competition.

Nevertheless, the team's chances of success or to make the next round are still intact, considering...

With the sound of the referee's final whistle, Iranians poured into Tehran's streets on foot, by scooter and car to celebrate their national team's World Cup win over Wales on Friday.

An explosion of joy greeted Iran's 2-0 victory -- with both...