Culture - Sports

Sports IRAN SOCCER FIFA World Cup Schedules Iran team FIFA website Group D Match Date Venue Teams Time/Score 7 11-Jun-2006 Nuremberg MEX:IRN 18:00 3-1 24 17-Jun-2006 Frankfurt POR:IRN 15:00 2-0 40 21-Jun-2006 Leipzig IRN:ANG 16:00 1-1 Iranian fans at World Cup 2006 Take me to the river Fans from all over the world are thrilled with the giant screen in Frankfurt. Situated in the middle of the river Main and based on 22 meter long hydraulic poles, the giant cube weighs 160 tons, even without the screen. Iranian national soccer team player Ali Karimi, right, and Bahrain's national soccer team player Talal Yusuf Mohamed in action during the Iran and Bahrain Asian World Cup qualifying for the 2006 World Cup in Tehran, Iran Wednesday June 8, 2005. An Iranian fan shouts slogans in support of Iran's soccer team at the start of the FIFA World Cup 2006 Asian Qualifiers against Bahrain at Tehran's Azadi Stadium June 8, 2005. Fans wave flags as they attend the Iranian soccer team's Asian World Cup qualifying match against Bahrain for the 2006 World Cup in Tehran on Wednesday June 8, 2005. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, second right, shakes hands with Iranian international Ali Karimi in the Azadi stadium in Tehran.