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Iran plans to provide Saudi Al-Nasr striker Cristiano Ronaldo and other foreign football players with a SIM card that will allow them access to the Internet without restrictions, which is not available to citizens of the country, Al Jazeera reports.
Next week, Al-Nasr will play away against Iranian Persepolis in a group stage match of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League. Persepolis president Reza Darwish said some people “who want to tarnish our reputation” are advising footballers not to come to Iran because they will not have access to the Internet without content filtering.
— I spoke with the general director [оператора мобильной связи] and told him that we want to provide players and staff with SIM cards with unlimited Internet access so that they can use it from the moment they enter Iran until the moment they leave,” Darwish said.
Tens of thousands of websites and all major global messaging and social media platforms are blocked in Iran. Restrictions were tightened significantly last year after mass protests.
Iran’s Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Ezzatollah Zarghami joked that if Ronaldo came to Iran, he would need to use government-approved platforms.
“He can contact his wife, children, friends and ask them all to install these platforms. He should feel happy if he can do it too! – he told reporters with a smile.
Some social network users expressed dissatisfaction with the intention to provide the 38-year-old Portuguese with unlimited access to the World Wide Web.
“I don’t want Ronaldo or any other star to come to Iran if they receive more services than a citizen of the country.” This is a demeaning of every Iranian. “I would like you to understand that Ronaldo does not deserve more rights and services than the Iranians in his homeland,” wrote journalist Ehsan Bodaghi.
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Bosnian midfielder Miralem Pjanic has announced that he will retire from football at the age of 35. In an interview with Tuttosport, the player said that he wants to spend more time with his family.
The Bosnian, who played a total of 666 official matches during his career, scored 77 goals and provided 132 assists. Pjanic, whose career has included clubs such as Barcelona and Juventus, has won a total of 9 trophies.
Pjanich’s last team was Moscow CSKA.
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English club Liverpool have announced the end of their collaboration with the set-piece coach Aaron Briggs. It should be noted that the specialist was fired because the club was dissatisfied with the team’s behavior in standard situations this season.
He notes that work on standards will now be distributed among the remaining members of the technical staff.
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The Arbitration Court of the Rostov Region proposed to conclude a peace agreement between FC “Rostov” and the Department of Property and Land Relations of the city of Rostov-on-Don in the request to recover from the football club almost 465 million rubles of debt under a land lease agreement, the court file shows.
“The court decided to grant the defendant’s motion. To reconcile the parties, the trial was postponed to January 14, 2026 at 10:40 Moscow time. It invites the parties to take measures for peace,” reads the minutes of the court hearing.
According to the case documents, in June 2025, the department appealed to the Arbitration Court of the Rostov Region to recover FC “Rostov” has more than 348 million rubles of debt under the land lease agreement, as well as 127 million rubles in penalties.
In October 2025 a FC “Rostov” reported financial problems to the club, according to the general director of the club Igor Goncharov, RFU they asked management and owners FC “Rostov” promptly take measures to eliminate problems in order to obtain the license for the new season.
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