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* Persepolis lifts cup on Sunday
* National team players in Hussein Cup
* Basketball: Empty-handed
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* Why did Persepolis lose so badly?
* Balancing Esteqlal need for good players and money
* Javanan getting ready
* Ouch!
* Mohannad Mehdi remains top scorer
* A chit chat with the 'Man of Steel'
* Tickets: Persepolis matches in U.S.
* Peyrovanni recovering in hospital
* Kuwait? Basketball? Dassright!
* Daei scores Hertha's only goal
* Zobahan's Karami scores best goal of
week 25
* Azizi's Quakes shaken against Chicago
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Friday,
May 19, 2000
* Persepolis lifts cup on Sunday
Tehran, (Iran Sports Press) -- Persepolis will lift the Azadegan League
Cup on Sunday following their game against Foulad Khuzestan in Azadi Stadium.
Persepolis, who just recently suffered their only loss in the 1999-2000
season to Sanat Naft of Abadan, will be crowned the League champions for
the second consecutive time >>>
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* National team players in Hussein Cup
Tehran, (Iran Sports Press) -- The Iranian Football Federation announced
the names of 20 players that will travel on Monday to Amman, Jordan, to
take part in the 'Hussein' Cup >>>
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* Basketball: Empty-handed
Tehran, (Iran Sports Press) -- Iran's Zobahan Basketball Team suffered
their third and final loss in the 11th Asian Basketball Championships after
being defeated by Syria's Al-Vahdeh 68-51 in Beirut >>>
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Thursday
May 18, 2000
* Why did Persepolis lose so badly?
Tehran, (Iran Varzeshi) -- Persepolis players reflect on why they were
trashed in Abadan: Hot weather, Parvin's absence and... just not playing
well >>>
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* Balancing Esteqlal need for good players and money
Tehran, (Iran Varzeshi) -- Esteqlal's coach Mansour Pour-Heydari wants
to keep his prized players. But the team's manager wants to sign them away
to foreign clubs to meet Esteqlal's budget needs >>>
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* Javanan getting ready
Tehran, (Iran Varzeshi) -- The national youth soccer team has been practicing
for the past eight months. Here's what they've been learning >>> FULL TEXT
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Wednesday
May 17, 2000
* Ouch!
(Iran Sports Press) - With video clip: The 'giants' of the Iranian Azadegan
League were held to a stand still today by determined lower ranked teams.
In Abadan, Sanat Naft thrashed visiting Persepolis 3-0 to keep its hopes
of remaining in the first division in the 2000-2001 season alive. Persepolis'
loss to Sanat Naft destroyed their 'undefeated' streak in the Azadegan
League >>>
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* Mohannad Mehdi remains top scorer
(Iran Sports Press) - With video clip: Sanat Naft's Mohannad Mehdi bagged
another two goals against Persepolis to take a comfortable lead in the
battle for the Azadegan League's top scorers. Mehdi Mohannad scored twice
(minutes '75, and '84) to give his side a shocking victory over declared
League champions Persepolis. Mehdi has scored 14 goals this season, the
highest in the League >>>
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* A chit chat with the 'Man of Steel'
(Iran Sports Press) - With video clip: Hamid Estili stole the spot light
from everyone when he scored that historic goal against the US in France
98. Within a matter of seconds, he had become the center of focus amongst
football fans across the world. His picture, crying after scoring against
the US, made newspaper front pages across the world. But that was two years
ago >>>
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Tuesday
May 16, 2000
* Tickets: Persepolis matches in U.S.
(Iran Sports Press) - Persepolis will play three friendly matches in
the U.S. in May and June against the LA Galaxy, San Jose Clash and >>>
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* Peyrovanni recovering in hospital
(Iran Sports Press) - Persepolis' veteran defense man, Afshin Peyrovanni,
does not have much to celebrate as he is currently recovering in hospital
from punctured blood vessel in his stomach. Peyrovanni was injured in the
Persepolis-Pas game on Friday >>>
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* Kuwait? Basketball? Dassright!
(Iran Sports Press) - Iran's Zobahan Basketball Team, champions of Iran's
Basketball League, were defeated by Kuwait's Al-Qadesiyah in their first
game in the Asian Club Basketball Championships in Lebanon on Sunday >>>
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Monday
May 15, 2000
* Daei scores Hertha's only goal
(Iran Sports Press) - With video clip: Iranian star striker Ali Daei
scored Hertha Berlin's only goal on Saturday in its match against 1860
Munich. Munich was 2-0 ahead until the 77th minute when Daei's powerful
header gave struggling Hertha Berlin a consolation goal >>>
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* Zobahan's Karami scores best goal of week 25
(Iran Sports Press) - With video clip: Zobahan's Soheil Karami scored
the 'Best Goal of Week 25 of the Azadegan League games. Karami's explosive
shot from behind the AboMoslem penalty box opened the scoring for Zobahan
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* Azizi's Quakes shaken against Chicago Fire
(Iran Sports Press) - The San Jose Earthquakes were defeated by Chicago
Fire with a score of 4-1. Quakes found themselves down by 3 goals by the
15th minute of the match. It was 4-0 by halftime due to some woefull defending
by Quakes and an organized Chicago Fire offense >>>
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