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: Sports BizProtesting Iranian Soccer Players Banned

You may recall that some members of the Iranian national soccer team expressed solidarity with the protesters in the streets by wearing green arm and wristbands during their World Cup qualifying match last week against South Korea. The regime took its revenge announcing lifetime bans for four of the six players, the fate of the other two is not known at this time. The players involved included several of the most well known Iranian players including team captain, Mehdi Mahdavikia. Officially, the players have been "retired" from the sport, but since one of the players involved is only 24, we can safely assume that this retirement was anything but voluntary.
Full post as published by Sports Biz on June 23, 2009 (boomark / email).
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