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* Iran 1 - Canada 0
* A national treasure
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* Iran ties with Ecuador
* Pour-Heydari keeps his cool
* What's shakin' at Esteqlal?
* Hamburg now has two Iranians players
* Foreign coach or good coach?
* Mahdavi-kia joins Hamburg SV
* Iranians arrive in Canada with offence
* Soccer teams go after new coaches
* Students to cycle to France
* Iran Fifth in Greco-Roman wrestling
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Friday,
June 4, 1999
* Iran 1 - Canada 0
June 4, 1999 (Canadian Press) -- Star striker Ali Daei, who had blown
a half-dozen chances beforehand, scored in the 71st minute Friday night
to give Iran a 1-0 victory over Canada at the Canada Cup of soccer. The
result did not reflect Iran's domination. Canada was outshot 17-2 but benefited
from some poor finishing with the lone goal coming on a majestic Daei header
from a Sirous Dinmohammadi free kick ... FULL
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* A national treasure
June 4, 1999, (EDMONTON SUN) - He is to Iranian soccer what Wayne Gretzky
is to Canadian hockey. The weight of his nation rides on Ali Daei's shoulders
and over the span of his career the 30-year-old striker has more than accepted
the responsibility with the grace and dignity of Gretzky himself. Now
a member of Champions League finalists Bayern Munich of Germany, Daei is
in Edmonton for Canada Cup II in which he once again proudly represents
his country ... FULL
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Thursday
June 3, 1999
* Iran ties with Ecuador
Edmonton (IRNA) -- Iran managed a 1-1 tie with Ecuador in the first
match of the Canadian friendship soccer games ... FULL
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* Pour-Heydari keeps his cool
Tehran (Iran daily) -- Pour-Heydari, who is STILL the head coach of
the national soccer team, is okay with the hiring of a German assistant
coach ... FULL
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* What's shakin' at Esteqlal?
Tehran (Iran daily) -- News briefs on the latest shake-up inside Esteqlal
before the Azadegan Leaguge's new season ... FULL
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Wednesday
June 2, 1999
* Hamburg now has two Iranians players
Tehran (Iran daily) -- Next week Mehdi Mahdavi-Kia will finalize his
transfer to the German first-division club, Hamburg, where Vahid Hashemian
is also a member of the team ... FULL
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* Foreign coach or good coach?
Tehran (Iran daily) -- The national soccer team needs a coach with current
knowledge of the game and not necessarily a foreign coach ... FULL IMAGE TEXT IN
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Tuesday
June 1, 1999
* Mahdavi-kia joins Hamburg SV
BONN, June 1 (Reuters) - Iranian international midfielder Mehdi Mahdavi-kia
is joining Hamburg SV from relegated VfL Bochum, a Hamburg spokesman said
on Tuesday. He said Mahdavi-kia, 21, will sign a two-year contract with
the German first division club for an undisclosed fee.
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* Soccer: Iranians arrive with offence
June 1, 1999 (Edmonton Journal) - The street urchins would dribble the
ball with a flair unique to the province of Khuzestan -- the Brazil of
Iran and the province where British oilworkers first introduced soccer
to the country. It was there, in Khuzestan, in the city of Khoramshahr,
where Ali Mousavi first toddled after a soccer ball... The national sides
from Canada, Iran, Guatemala and Ecuador are here to contest the Canada
Cup of Soccer ... FULL
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* Soccer teams go after new coaches
Tehran (Hamshahri) -- The Azadegan League will start its new season
in less than three months. Teams are already trying to shake up their organization
and hire new coaches ... FULL
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Monday
May 31, 1999
* Students to cycle to France
Tehran (Hamshahri) -- Two Iranian students will cycle to the Paris suburb
of Neauphle le Chateau, carrying a message of friendship to France ...
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* Iran Fifth in Greco-Roman wrestling
Tehran (Iran daily) -- Iran took fifth place in Asian Greco-Roman wrestling
games ... FULL
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