Carlos Queiroz will lead Iran into their first post-World Cup international when they meet Uzbekistan in Tashkent on Tuesday despite having failed to sign a new contract as manager.

The game against the Uzbeks, who recently appointed Hector Cuper as head coach, kicks off Iran's preparations for January's Asian Cup finals in the United Arab Emirates, which the Iranians are seeking to win for the first time since 1976.

However, Queiroz and the Iran Football Federation have yet to agree official terms...

The World Cup has been superb on the pitch but equally as good off it as fans from all over the world congregate, decked in their finest gear, to support their national teams.

Here's a selection of the very best on display in 2018 through the group stages.

This Brazil fan enjoyed the Selecao grabbing a late victory over Costa Rica in their second Group E game.

Iran were a serious outsider's pick to advance from Group B but they gave it their all, narrowly missing out on reaching the...

Iran striker Sardar Azmoun announced his retirement from international football on Thursday, claiming the insults he received had ruined his mother's health.

Iran were knocked out of the World Cup after a win, a defeat and a draw in their three Group B matches, and Azmoun, their top scorer in qualifying, did not replicate his best form in Russia, where he failed to score a single goal.

"Playing in my national team has been a great honour for me and I will be proud of myself to the end of my days,"...

Iran coach Carlos Queiroz has said there is more to Portugal than Cristiano Ronaldo after the Real Madrid decided not to speak to him after the teams' World Cup game on Monday.

Ronaldo had a penalty saved as Portugal were held to a 1-1 draw but advanced to the round of 16 behind Spain in Group B.

Former Portugal coach Queiroz told Publico he was pleased that three players -- Adrien Silva, Bruno Alves and Beto -- had said hello to him after the game but added that he was surprised by the behaviour...

MOSCOW -- Peter Walton, a former English Premier League referee, thinks Cristiano Ronaldo should have been sent off in Monday's tense World Cup match between Portugal and Iran.

"He cuffed him," Walton said of Ronaldo's elbow into the face of Morteza Pouraliganji late in the group stage game. "It was aggressive and it was a strike to the face and, if I was the man on the field, a strike to the face means he has to go."

Clear enough, right? But here is where it gets a little more complicated. Despite...