Abadan

Type: City

Name: Abadan

Country: Iran

Latitude: 30.33

Longitude: 48.279999

population: 370,220

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First Reported May 10 2012 - Updated May 10 2012 - 1 Documents

Reds suffer another loss at IPL

Persepolis has suffered a 4-3 home loss against Rah Ahan in the 32nd week of the Iranian Premier League (IPL) to stand only one step out of the relegation zone.The Reds tasted their 12th loss of the season in the penultimate week of league at Tehran’s ... [ Published May 10 2012 by Press tv ]

Entities: Bahador Abdi, Éamon Zayed, Tehran, Hossein Kazemi

First Reported May 05 2012 - Updated May 05 2012 - 1 Documents

Nicolas Anelka

Terry Won’t Quit England

The league pace setter Sepahan will face its rival Zob Ahan. If Sepahan will be able to beat its rival, they can almost be sure about their third consecutive championship in the IPL. On the other side, Zob Ahan is eying the full points of the match to ... [ Published May 05 2012 by Iran Daily ]

Entities: Nicolas Anelka, Sepp Blatter, Abadan, Didier Drogba

First Reported Apr 05 2012 - Updated Apr 06 2012 - 2 Documents

Jimmy White

Iranian teen to turn pro

Hossein Vafaei Ayouri will make history next season as the first professional snooker player from Iran.The talented 17-year-old from Abadan won the IBSF World Amateur Championship last December, which has earned him a place on the professional tour for ... [ Published Apr 06 2012 by Yahoo! UK and Ireland Eurosport ]

Entities: Iran, Jason Ferguson, Lee Walker, Jimmy White, Ministry of Sport

Quotes

"Snooker is growing globally like never before and we are keen to see the sport develop in every country and for gifted players to come through. Hossein played extremely well to win the World Amateur title against a very strong field and he deserves his place on the tour."

Iranian teen to turn pro [Yahoo! UK and Ireland Eurosport - Apr 06 2012]

"Snooker is a very popular sport in Iran, second after football. We have over 1,000 clubs and many of the younger generation are attracted to the sport. The stars like Ronnie O'Sullivan are as famous in Iran as they are in the UK. We watch the World Snooker tournaments on the satellite channels. And our local television, with the efforts of our Federation and Ministry of Sport, are to beginning to show our national ranking tournaments, which I am sure will increase the number of snooker supporters."

Hossein Set For Pro Tour [World Snooker - Apr 05 2012]

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Reds suffer another loss at IPL [ Published May 10 2012 by Press tv ]
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Persepolis downed 4-3 against Rah Ahan [ Published May 07 2012 by IRIB World Service ]
Terry Won’t Quit England [ Published May 05 2012 by Iran Daily ]
‘Title Race Is Not Over’ [ Published Apr 15 2012 by Iran Daily ]
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Iranian teen to turn pro [ Published Apr 06 2012 by Yahoo! UK and Ireland Eurosport ]
Hossein Set For Pro Tour [ Published Apr 05 2012 by World Snooker ]