Iran complain to FIFA over Egypt friendly pullout

wspsoccer.com: Iran´s soccer coach Ali Daei watching his squad at a June 2008 match. The Iranian Football Federation on Friday said that it will complain to football world governing body FIFA over Egypt´s decision to cancel a friendly match because of a controversial film. wspsoccer.com
wspsoccer.com     Jul 18, 2008            

TEHRAN (AFP) - The Iranian Football Federation on Friday said that it will complain to football world governing body FIFA over Egypt's decision to cancel a friendly match because of a controversial film. "If the game gets cancelled then we will lodge a complaint to FIFA," the head of Iran's Football Federation, Ali Kafashian was quoted as saying by the state run television news website. "This is a political issue and we will mention to FIFA that the Egyptians are mixing political issues with sports." Iranian coach Ali Daei told the ISNA news agency: "Whether we like it or not sport has become intertwined with politics and sport is being used as an instrument in the hands of politicians." The Egyptian Football Association said on Friday that the match, scheduled for August 20 in the United Arab Emirates, had been cancelled due... [read full story]                    

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Egypt cancels Iran friendly over Sadat film

alarabiya.net     Jul 18, 2008          

The Egyptian Football Association said on Friday that a friendly match with Iran had been cancelled due to tensions over an Iranian film on the assassination of former Egyptian president Anwar Sadat. "We have decided to cancel...                    

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earthtimes.org     Jul 18, 2008          

Tehran - Iran coach Ali Daei said on Friday that there was nothing he could do about the political impacts currently affecting the Iranian team, after Egypt were the latest team to cancel a scheduled friendly game against Iran....                    

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Iran complain to FIFA over Egypt friendly pullout (AFP)

yahoo.com     Jul 18, 2008          

TEHRAN (AFP) - The Iranian Football Federation on Friday said that it will complain to football world governing body FIFA over Egypt's decision to cancel a friendly match because of a controversial film. "If the game gets...                    

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Iran complain to FIFA over Egypt friendly pullout

lastkick.com     Jul 19, 2008          

7/19/2008 TEHRAN (AFP) - The Iranian Football Federation on Friday said that it will complain to football world governing body FIFA over Egypt’s decision to cancel a friendly match because of a controversial film. “If the game...                    

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Iran Coach is Contacting FIFA After all Their Friendlies Get Canceled

bootsnall.com     Jul 19, 2008          

You can’t mix football and politics. Iran of all countries should know this, since they were suspended by FIFA in 2006 because the government kept meddling in the football association’s affairs. So how ironic is it that Iran’s...                    

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Iran upset over friendly

nst.com.my     Jul 20, 2008          

TEHRAN: The Iranian Football Federation on Friday said that it will complain to football world governing body Fifa over Egypt's decision to cancel a friendly match because of a controversial film. "If the game gets cancelled...                    

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Iran complains to FIFA's Blatter over cancellation of friendlies

earthtimes.org     Jul 20, 2008          

Tehran - The president of the Iranian Football Federation (FFI) has complained to the sport's governing body over the cancellation of friendly matches against Iran, calling them politically motivated, the news agency ISNA...                    

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