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May 24-28, 1999 / Khordad 3-7, 1378
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* Wrestling: Iran humiliated
* Esteqlal's "new" coaching staff
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* Persepolis looking for new players
* Mahdavi-Kia to join squad
* Karimi's plea rejected
* Mohajerani's return from exile?
* Iran "best Asian team"
* Asian wrestling games begin
* Baseball
* Pour-Heydari out, German in
* Faraki: assistant coach
* Esteqlal takes second place
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Friday,
May 28, 1999
* Wrestling: Iran humiliated
Tehran (Iran daily) -- Iran, Asia's wrestling powerhouse and former
world champion, only managed to muster third place in the Asian free-style
wrestling championships ... FULL
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* Esteqlal's "new" coaching staff
Tehran (Iran daily) -- NO! Heshmat Mohajerani "will probably not"
join Esteqlal as its techinical manager. Instead the new coaching staff
will be made up of Mansour Pour-Heydari, Parviz Mazloomi and Yevgeni Sokomorokov
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Thursday
May 27, 1999
* Persepolis looking for new players
Tehran (Iran daily) -- Persepolis is looking at 10 players who may rejuvinate
the team. Two more news briefs about the team ... FULL
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* Mahdavi-Kia to join squad
Tehran (Iran daily) -- Mehdi Mahdavi-Kia will return to Tehran to join
the national under-21 soccer team's training camp... FULL
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* Karimi's plea rejected
Tehran (Iran daily) -- The Asian Football Federation has refused to
reduce national team player Ali Karimi's one-year suspension for attacking
a referee ... FULL
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Wednesday
May 26, 1999
* Mohajerani's return from exile?
Tehran (Iran daily) -- Heshmat Mohajerani, Iran's head coach in the
1978 World Cup, has reached an agreement to take over as the head coach
of Esteqlal. Mohajerani has been coaching Arab teams for much of the past
20 years ... FULL
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* Iran "best Asian team"
Tehran (Iran daily) -- Iran was Asia's best team in 1998, according
to the Asian Football Federation. Ali Daei and Mehdi Mahdavi-Kia have also
been selected in the All-Asia team ... FULL
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* Asian wrestling games begin
Tehran (Iran daily) -- Iran's free-style wrestlers have had 16 wins
and four defeats in the first two days of the Asian championships ...
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* Baseball
May 26, (IRNA) -- The Iranian national BASEBALL team will take part
in Asian baseball championships in New Delhi ... FULL
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Tuesday
May 25, 1999
* Pour-Heydari out, German in
Tehran (Hamshahri) -- Mansour Pour-Heydari has resigned as the head
coach of the Iranian national team following news that an experienced German
has been chosen to lead the team. The new coach will join the Iranian players
in Canada where they are due to take part in friendly international matches
early next month ... FULL
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* Faraki: assistant coach
Tehran (Hamshahri) -- Hossein Faraki, the leading goal scorer in 1978,
has quietly returned to the world of soccer, this time as a coach. He has
been an assistant coach to the national team for some time. He spoke about
the team's composition as it prepares to leave for Canada ... FULL IMAGE TEXT IN PERSIAN
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Monday
May 24, 1999
* Esteqlal takes second place
Tehran (Iran daily) -- Esteqlal clinched second place in the Azadegan
League but only barely. It won the title by virtue of goal difference with
Sepahan ... FULL
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